| It mainly focuses on project related tasks. | It mainly focuses on process related tasks. |
| Skills required for project engineer includes process improvement, technical understanding, visualization software, safety management, etc. | Skills required for process engineer includes strong attention to detail, good analytical and math skills, ability to identify and solve problems, etc. |
| Their responsibilities includes controlling project costs, preparing project status report, complete engineering projects, maintain safe and clean working environment, etc. | Their responsibilities includes analyzing findings and data, oversee and assesses existing processes, assembles reports to document process status as well as changes, etc. |
| Factors affecting project engineer performance includes poor team leading skills, poor manufacturing methods and procedures, no technical knowledge, etc. | Factors affecting process engineer includes weak or poor written skills, poor communication skills, lack of commercial awareness, etc. |
| Its process include preparation, schedule, coordinating, checking, and maintaining project elements to complete projects. | Its process include developing, configuring and optimizing building, manufacturing and industrial process. |
| Its main objective is to ensure that project is fit for purpose and is completed as per schedule as well as in budget. | Its main objective is develop or create processes for converting raw materials into new products. |
| Its benefit includes easy to create rules and responsibilities, increase team motivation, identify and solve problems, improve team work, etc. | Its benefit includes reduction in risk of schedule, improve projects, cost benefits, research and develop new equipment's, etc. |
| Project engineer tasks are more difficult than Process Engineer tasks. | Process Engineer tasks are less difficult than project engineer tasks. |
| It can also handle role of Process Engineer. | Its role is limited and therefore cannot handle role of project engineer. |