OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL ENGINEER

Mission

To alleviate poverty and facilitate the delivery of basic services through infrastructure

Vision

An institution that is responsive and effective; graft-free, transparent and pro-nature.
A fully-developed and progressive province where people are living in economic and social prosperity.

Core Values

  • Hard work, industry, self-reliance, discipline, and responsiveness to the public.
  • Reliability and basic sense of responsibility toward one’s work.
  • Awareness of other people’s needs,and the ability to give appropriate assistance to such needs and demands where delivery of public goods and services are concerned.

GENERAL FUNCTION/MANDATE

  • Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and objectives, plans and programs, techniques, procedures and practices in infrastructure development and public works in general of the provincial government;
  • Advise the Governor on infrastructure, public works, and other engineering matters; Administer, coordinate, supervise, and control the construction, maintenance, improvement, and repair of roads, bridges, and other engineering and public works projects of the provincial government;
  • Provide engineering services to the provincial government, including investigation and survey, engineering designs, feasibility studies, and project management;
  • Exercise technical supervision over all engineering offices of component cities and municipalities; and
  • Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.