Chief of Engineers

The chief of engineers also commands the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the chief of engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agency. This office defines policy and guidance, and it plans direction for the organizations within the Corps. The chief of engineers is currently a lieutenant general billet but in the past has been held by field grade officers as low as major. Civilian oversight of the chief of engineers is provided by the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works.