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Whilst I'm fairly confident I have the answer to this clue, I would appreciate help with the word play:

8d Replace engineers, as it happens, with head of engineering (7)

I have R?L?E?E and assume answer to be RELIEVE = replace, but not able to parse remainder of clue.

Thanks for any help.

live ...as it happens with the extra E inside...

Thank you!