The Chief of Engineers is a principal United States Army staff officer at The Pentagon.

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 (Civil Works).

A pair of golden castle pins, a graduation gift, was gifted to Major General Leif J. Sverdrup by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in 1945, as MacArthur thought Sverdrup was more deserving to wear them.