List of United States Army Corps of Engineers Chiefs of Engineers

Chief of Engineers of the United States Army
Seal of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
Flag of the Chief of Engineers
Incumbent LTG Scott A. Spellmon since 10 September 2020
Department of the Army
Reports to	Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Seat	The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	10 U.S.C. § 3036
Formation	April 1776
First holder	LTC Rufus Putnam
Website	Official website

The Chief of Engineers is a principal United States Army staff officer at The Pentagon. The Chief advises the Army on engineering matters, and serves as the Army's topographer and proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs. The Chief of Engineers is the senior service engineer for the Department of Defense, responsible for integrating all aspects of combat, general and geospatial engineering across the Joint Force.

The Chief of Engineers also commands the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the US 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 (Civil Works).

A pair of golden castle pins, a graduation gift, was gifted to Major General Leif J. Sverdrup by General of the Army Doulas MacArthur in 1945, as MacArthur thought Sverdrup was more deserving to wear them. Sverdrup gave them to the Chief of Engineers in 1975. Every Chief of Engineers since then has worn MacArthur's pins.