| It mainly focuses on providing support to project managers. | It mainly focuses on providing support to superintendent on site. |
| Skills required for project engineer includes great organizational skills, ability to work within budget and on given time period, time management ability, etc. | Skills required for field engineer includes good communication skills, time management skills, problem solving skills, etc. |
| Their responsibilities includes maintain safety, fulfill legal requirements, maintain safe and clean working environment, etc. | Their responsibilities includes timely maintenance, equipment checkups, work with other departments, inspecting and installing new equipment's, etc. |
| Factors affecting project engineer performance includes lack of technical knowledge, poor maintenance skills, time complexity, etc. | Factors affecting field engineer includes weak multitasking abilities, no versatility, poor task management skills, etc. |
| Its process include handling, maintaining, managing, monitoring or checking, installing and giving support to network hardware and software. | Its process include inspecting and installing equipment's, directing crews or workers, doing research, reporting on project status, etc. |
| Its main objective is to make sure that each and everything works smoothly and effectively as well as engineering designs are followed. | Its main objective is to solve issues and problems with equipment or systems. |
| Its benefit includes increase safety, improve team performance, identify and solve problems, reduce cost and time, etc. | Its benefit includes reduction in risk of schedule, improve team strength, identify risk and minimize amount of down time suffered, etc. |
| Project engineer tasks are more difficult than Field Engineer tasks. | Field Engineer tasks are less difficult than project engineer tasks. |
| It cannot handle role of Field Engineer. | Its role is limited and therefore cannot handle role of project engineer. |