Owner's Engineer or Client's Engineer is a term often given to the representative of the commissioning company of a construction

Construction

In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...

 or engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

 project. It refers to the personnel involved in technical Due diligence

Due diligence

"Due diligence" is a term used for a number of concepts involving either an investigation of a business or person prior to signing a contract, or an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more commonly apply to voluntary investigations...

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Most often, an Owner's Engineer is an independent third party or subcontracted role; undertaken to ensure that the technical and build contractors are adhering sufficiently to the project specification.

Project Management Function

Ordinarily, the role is separate from the Project Manager's role as this often involves overseeing the financial and commercial due diligence aspects of the works.

Functions often include:

• Project Evaluation,Feasibility and Planning
• Management and Monitoring of Construction process
• Design and Engineering
• Schedule Analysis and Optimisation
• Equipment Commission and Test
• Operational and Maintenance Review
• Cost/Benefit Analysis