1.项目工程师：
顾名思义，项目工程师仅仅是负责记录和管理项目进度，识别和解决问题以及分配职责的人员或工程师，以便员工或团队成员能够尽最大的努力来实现项目目标。
2.驻地工程师：
顾名思义，驻地工程师就是一个人或雇员，负责确保根据合同的质量，进度和预算执行项目的建设工作，即管理在开发商和承包商之间建立的合同。
项目工程师和常驻工程师之间的区别：
| Project Engineer | Resident Engineer |
|---|---|
| It mainly focuses on successful project completion. | It mainly focuses on construction process and staff for projects. |
| Skills required for project engineer includes documentation skills, managerial skills, managerial skills, technical understanding, etc. | Skills required for resident engineer includes strong leadership skills, strong managerial skills, good communication skills, etc. |
| Their responsibilities includes develop project objectives, develop specifications for required tools and equipment’s, maintain and develop project metrics, etc. | Their responsibilities includes obtaining materials, managing construction staff, ensuring that tests are performed, maintaining records, etc. |
| Factors affecting project engineer performance includes lack of design skills, lack of technical understanding, poor manufacturing methods, etc. | Factors affecting resident engineer performance includes no related experience, no ability of troubleshooting issues, lack of organizational skills, etc. |
| Its process include scheduling, planning, forecasting, resource and managing all activities related to technical. | Its process include supervising, managing, planning, documenting and reporting and evaluating work throughout construction. |
| Its main objective is to complete all projects by coordinating project elements. | Its main objective is to lead project and supervise staff. |
| Its benefit includes increase customer satisfaction, improve quality, increase productivity, ensure safety and better working environment, etc. | Its benefit includes resolve customer questions, perform regular evaluation, improve operations and team performance, etc. |
| Project engineer tasks are more difficult than Resident Engineer tasks. | Resident engineer tasks are less difficult than Project Engineer tasks. |
| It cannot handle role of Resident Engineer. | Its role is limited and therefore cannot handle role of project engineer. |