diff --git a/src/ert/job_queue/job_status.py b/src/ert/job_queue/job_status.py
index 3e53cca79a5..d6b0c3397a8 100644
--- a/src/ert/job_queue/job_status.py
+++ b/src/ert/job_queue/job_status.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import asyncio
-from statemachine import StateMachine, states
 from enum import Enum, auto
 
+from statemachine import StateMachine, states
+from transitions import Machine
+from transitions.extensions.asyncio import AsyncMachine
+
 
 class JobStatus(Enum):
     # This value is used in external query routines - for jobs which are
@@ -46,6 +49,90 @@ def __str__(self):
         return super().__str__().replace("JobStatus.", "")
 
 
+transitions = [
+    ["activate", JobStatus.NOT_ACTIVE, JobStatus.WAITING],
+    {
+        "trigger": "submit",
+        "source": JobStatus.WAITING,
+        "dest": JobStatus.SUBMITTED,
+        "before": "on_submit",
+    },
+    ["allocate", JobStatus.UNKNOWN, JobStatus.NOT_ACTIVE],
+    ["accept", JobStatus.SUBMITTED, JobStatus.PENDING],  # from driver
+    ["start", JobStatus.PENDING, JobStatus.RUNNING],  # from driver
+    ["runend", JobStatus.RUNNING, JobStatus.DONE],  # from driver
+    ["runfail", JobStatus.RUNNING, JobStatus.EXIT],  # from driver
+    ["retry", JobStatus.EXIT, JobStatus.SUBMITTED],
+    [
+        "dokill",
+        [JobStatus.SUBMITTED, JobStatus.PENDING, JobStatus.RUNNING],
+        JobStatus.DO_KILL,
+    ],
+    ["verify_kill", JobStatus.DO_KILL, JobStatus.IS_KILLED],
+    [
+        "ack_killfailure",
+        JobStatus.DO_KILL,
+        JobStatus.DO_KILL_NODE_FAILURE,
+    ],  # do we want to track this?
+    ["validate", JobStatus.DONE, JobStatus.SUCCESS],
+    ["invalidate", JobStatus.DONE, JobStatus.FAILED],
+    [
+        "somethingwentwrong",
+        [
+            JobStatus.NOT_ACTIVE,
+            JobStatus.WAITING,
+            JobStatus.SUBMITTED,
+            JobStatus.PENDING,
+            JobStatus.RUNNING,
+            JobStatus.DONE,
+            JobStatus.EXIT,
+            JobStatus.DO_KILL,
+        ],
+        JobStatus.UNKNOWN,
+    ],
+    ["donotgohere", JobStatus.UNKNOWN, JobStatus.STATUS_FAILURE],
+]
+
+
+class JobStatusModel:
+    def __init__(self, jobqueue, iens, retries: int = 1):
+        self.jobqueue = jobqueue
+        self.iens: int = iens
+        self.retries_left: int = retries
+        self.machine = AsyncMachine(
+            model=self,
+            states=JobStatus,
+            transitions=transitions,
+            initial=JobStatus.NOT_ACTIVE,
+        )
+
+    async def on_submit(self, event, state):
+        self.jobqueue.driver_submit(self.iens)
+
+    async def on_enter_state(self, event, state):
+        if state in [
+            self.SUBMITTED,
+            self.PENDING,
+            self.RUNNING,
+            self.SUCCESS,
+            self.FAILED,
+        ]:
+            self.jobqueue.publish_change(self.iens, state.id)
+
+    async def on_enter_EXIT(self):
+        if self.retries_left > 0:
+            self.retry()
+            self.retries_left -= 1
+        else:
+            self.invalidate()
+
+    async def on_runend(self):
+        self.jobqueue.run_done_callback(self.iens)
+
+    async def on_enter_DO_KILL(self):
+        self.jobqueue.driver_kill(self.iens)
+
+
 class JobStatusMachine(StateMachine):
     def __init__(self, jobqueue, iens, retries: int = 1):
         self.jobqueue = jobqueue