I have been on enough projects where engineers were in charge that went to hell to know that isnt always a solution. And yes I am an engineer.

One of the projects I am on now the main lead is full PE civil and its a manmade clusterfuck well behind schedule, overbudget, and several corporate bridges burned. Haven't even started digging yet.

By far the very biggest cluster fuck I was ever on was run by a Chemical Engineer. A 40 million dollar disaster that never should have been even considered.

Being good at technical problems (which frankly most of us aren't) doesn't mean you know how to do anything else.