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This study examined principal’s managerial practices and teacher’s job engagement in Delta State public high schools. The study was guided by six research questions and four hypotheses. The correlation survey research method of the employed the ex-post facto design was employed. The study population comprised all the 463 principals and 14,745 teachers of public high schools in Delta State. A sample of 40 principals and 400 teachers were selected from the schools through proportionate stratified sampling technique. The questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection from the respondents. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation with a bench mark score of 2.50 and Pearson coefficient of determination. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient with the level of significance established at 0.05. The findings of the study revealed that for the research questions, principal’s managerial practices were high. Teacher’s level of job engagement was good with a weighted mean score of 2.65.The relationship between principal’s managerial practices and teacher’s job engagement was positive, The findings for the hypothesis tested revealed a significant correlation between principal’s managerial practices and teachers job engagement,. a significant correlation between principal’s instructional leadership and teacher’s job engagement. The study concluded by recommending amongst others that principals should improve their managerial practices in areas such as record keeping of teachers movement during school hours, giving attention to teachers request and providing motivation to teachers for jobs well done..