Technical expert

A technical expert can cover a technology, a process or even the language of the auditee. They support the auditors but do not audit.

<audit> person who provides specific knowledge or expertise to the audit team (3.14) Note 1 to entry: Specific knowledge or expertise relates to the organization, the activity, process, product, service, discipline to be audited, or language or culture. Note 2 to entry: A technical expert to the audit team (3.14) does not act as an auditor (3.15). [SOURCE: ISO 9000:2015, 3.13.16, modified — Notes to entry 1 and 2 have been modified]

ISO 19011:2018, clause 3.16