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A detailed analysis of Government Jobs and Vacancies for Engineers

After every student completes the B.Tech, the most common question that pops up in the minds of the recent graduate is “What after B.Tech?” In India alone, several amazing opportunities are available under the four prime segments, exclusively for engineering students and engineering graduates. These engineering jobs include government jobs, higher studies, private sector jobs, and self-employment. Usually, most engineering students and fresh graduates complain about unemployment. In this blog post, you will find a wide range of government job opportunities for which job seekers can prepare themselves and perform well in the respective competitive exams to secure their dream government job.

3725 Government Jobs (Vacancies) for Engineers – March 2024

Let us learn the job opportunities through competitive exams in the present times:

Technical subject-based exams:

 

General Studies-based exams:

 

Aptitude and English-based exams:

  • Common Admission Test (CAT)
  • Staff Service Commission – Combined Graduate Level Exam (SSC-CGL)
  • Banking
  • Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
  • Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)/International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (for foreign universities)

 

Now let us learn the details associated with these competitive exams:

Technical subject-based exams:

The government jobs secured after clearing these exams are the ideal choice for the engineers planning to prepare for a bright career via these opportunities.

1. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering):

This competitive exam is known as the gateway for engineers. GATE offers a wide range of opportunities for engineers. This includes the following:

  • Tech and Higher Studies: IISc, IITs, NITs, NITIE, other government colleges, and foreign universities.

These colleges offer thousands of higher study opportunities for successful students and professionals via the GATE exam.

  • PSUs and Government Jobs:

This category offers 4000-5000 opportunities to aspirants preparing for government jobs every year. The number of government jobs available under this category varies with the PSU’s requirements for the respective roles.

 

2. ESE (Engineering Services Examination):

The number of ESE vacancies varies from 200 – 400 vacancies every year. The organizations that come under the ESE segment include the following:

  • Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
  • Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)
  • National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
  • Central Power Engineering Service (CPES)
  • Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
  • Naval Armament
  • Others

 

3. State Engineering Services Exams:

Most aspirants often neglect the State Engineering Services Exams segment. This job segment offers a wide range of opportunities for eligible and deserving candidates. In the last 1-2 years, the number of vacancies in engineering jobs comes to around 23,000 government jobs and covers the Group A, B, and C opportunities. The different state engineering services exams include the following:

 

4. Other Exams:

The other exams that offer promising government jobs for engineers include the following:

Each of the above-mentioned organizations releases several vacancies for deserving candidates. ISRO, BARC, and BEL comprise research-related job opportunities. AAI mainly offers government job opportunities in two segments: Junior Executive and Air Traffic Control.

 

GS-based exams:

UPSC exams:

  • Civil Services Examination (CSE)
  • Indian Forest Service (IFoS)
  • Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
  • Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS)
  • Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)

State PSC exams:

  • MPPSC
  • UPPSC
  • CGPSC
  • BPSC
  • RPSC

Aptitude & English Based Exams:

Aptitude-based exams:

  • CAT
  • Banking
  • SSC-CGL
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
  • SSB

English-based exams (for Foreign University admissions):

  • GRE
  • GMAT
  • TOEFL
  • IELTS

 

Pattern of these competitive exams:

If you are currently looking for different opportunities for Government Jobs for ECE students or Government Jobs after B.Tech mechanical engineering, you must learn and understand the pattern of your target competitive exams to avoid time wastage during the exam preparation tenure.  Also, if you are a Civil engineer student or graduate and looking for decent opportunities in the form of Civil Engineering Government Jobs, you must thoroughly understand your respective exam pattern to perform in the best possible manner.

GATE exam pattern:

  • One paper of 3 hours duration (Online Mode)
  • Total 65 Questions in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs), and Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT).
  • Section A: Reasoning, Aptitude, and English
  • Section B: Technical Subject
  • Maximum marks: 100 marks (Section A – 15 marks and Section B – 85 marks)

 

ESE exam pattern:

Stage-I PRELIMS Objective (MCQ) 2 Papers (500 marks): The ESE Prelims exam is divided into two stages:

  • GS & Engineering Aptitude: 2 Hours duration (200 marks)
  • Technical domain: 3 hours duration (300 marks)

Stage-II MAIN (Conventional) 2 Papers (600 marks): The ESE Main is divided into two stages:

  • Paper-I Technical Domain: 3 hours duration (300 marks)
  • Paper-II Technical Domain: 3 hours duration (300 marks)

Stage-III Interview (Verbal): 200 marks

 

BPSC exam pattern:

  1. Paper-1: Hindi
  2. Paper-2: English
  3. Paper-3: GK
  4. Paper-4: General Engineering
  5. Paper-5: Technical – I
  6. Paper 6: Technical – II

Interview

 

RPSC exam pattern:

  1. Prelims Paper – 1: GK
  2. Prelims Paper – 2: Technical
  3. Main Paper – 1: Technical
  4. Main Paper – 2: Technical
  5. Main Paper – 3: Social Aspects of Engineering
  6. Main Paper – 4: Hindi

Interview

 

UPPSC:

Paper-1: Tech + Hindi

Paper-2: Tech + GS

 

MPPSC:

Paper 1: Technical + GS

Interview

 

MPSC:

Prelims Paper: GS + Marathi + English + GE

Main Paper-1: Technical

Main Paper-2: Technical

Interview

 

ISRO exam pattern:

Written Exam:

  • 80 MCQ (Tech)
  • 90 minutes
  • Max marks: 240 marks
  • Interview: Qualifying.

 

BARC exam pattern:

Written Exam:

  • 100 MCQ (Technical)
  • 120 minutes
  • marks: 300 marks
  • Interview: Qualifying

 

AAI exam pattern:

  • 120 MCQs (Technical)
  • Physics + Maths + English + GI + GK + RA
  • 120 minutes
  • Maximum marks: 120 marks
  • Interview marks: 30

 

SSC-JE exam pattern:

Prelims: Objective

  • Paper – I: 200 MCQ
  • 100 Technical questions + 100 RA & GK

Main: Conventional

  • Technical Paper  – II: Max. Marks: 300 (2 hours)

 

RRB-JE exam pattern:

CBT-1: Common for all

  • 100 MCQ
  • 90 minutes
  • marks: 100

CBT-2: Technical round

  • 150 MCQ (50 NT + 100 Tech)
  • Maximum marks: 150 (120 minutes)

 

Syllabus of Competitive Exams:

GATE ESE State Engineering Exams Other Exams
Technical Technical Technical Technical
Reasoning and Aptitude Reasoning and Aptitude Reasoning and Aptitude Reasoning and Aptitude
Mathematics and English Mathematics Hindi/Regional language/English
General Studies

  1. Material Science
  2. Project Management
  3. Ethics
  4. Design, Drawing, Safety
  5. ICT
  6. Standards and Quality Practices
  7. Current Affairs
  8. Energy and Environment

General Studies

  1. History
  2. Polity
  3. Geography
  4. Economy
  5. General Science
  6. General Knowledge
  7. Current Affairs
  8. Energy and Environment

 

Therefore, if you are preparing for government jobs via ESE, then you will prepare yourself for GATE, State Engineering Services exams, and other related exams. So, understand your respective target exam’s syllabus well to land Government jobs for Civil Engineer 2022 and government jobs after B.Tech mechanical engineering.

 

Vacancies in PSUs through the GATE exam:

The vacancies in PSUs through the GATE exam vary with the requirement of the respective PSU in that particular year. Here are the vacancies for the Public Sector Undertaking jobs at the top PSUs for different engineering streams. Therefore, if you are looking for Government Jobs for Civil Engineer 2022, then you must keep a check on the following vacancies in the respective PSUs:

Exam Session Number of Vacancies Streams
ONGC GATE 2021 400 ME, EE, IN, CE, CH, PI
ONGC GATE 2022 65 ME, EE, IN, CE, CH, PI
NTPC GATE 2021 280 ME, EE, CS, CE
NTPC GATE 2021 (two times hiring in the same year) 40 ME, EE, CS, CE
PGCIL GATE 2021 115 EE, CS, CE, EC
NPCIL GATE 2022 225 ME, CH, CE, EC
GAIL GATE 2022 51 IN, ME, EE
DRDO GATE 2022 167 EC, ME, EE, CE, CH
NMDC GATE 2021 67 EE, ME
NMDC GATE 2021 29 EE, ME
EIL GATE 2022 67 ME, CE, EE, IN
CIL GATE 2021 588 ME, CE, EE
HPU GATE 2021 162 ME, EE
POSOCO GATE 2022 NA EE, CS
HAL GATE 2021 90 ME, CS, EE, ME
HPVN GATE 2022 200 EE, ME, CE, EC, IN
IOCL GATE 2022 ME, EE, CE, IN, CH, CS
IB (ACIO Tech) GATE 2021-2022 150 EC, CS
CRIS GATE 2022 144 CS
BARC GATE 2021-2022 ME, CH, CE, EE, EC, CS, IT
NFL Separate Exam 49 EE, IN, PI, ME
BEL Separate Exam 38 ME, EC, CS/IT
DMRC Separate Exam 60 EE, EC, CE, ME, CS-IT
BARC GATE and Separate Exam
LMRC Assistant Manager SCTO 292 CE, EE, EC
AAI Separate Exam       –        –
ISRO Separate Exam

 

Therefore, the total number of vacancies is 3800+ under the Public Sector Undertaking Jobs for the respective PSUs. Aspirants can reap the benefits of these PSU jobs, which are the best government jobs to the best extent with their commendable performance in the GATE exam and even the direct exams that several PSUs conduct for their recruitment process.

 

Vacancies through State Engineering Services Exams

Exam Post & Notification date Number of Vacancies Streams
UPPSC AE (13 August 2021) 271 CE, ME, EE
UPPSC Lecturer (15 Sept 2021) 1370 CE, ME, EE, EC, CS
UPPCL AE & JE (21 Feb 2021) 383 CE, ME, EE
RSSB JE (17 January 2021) 1092 CE, ME, EE
RVUNL AE & JE 928 CE, EE, ME
RSSB Computer Instructor  (1 February 2022) 10157 CS, IT, EC, EE, EC, IN
MPPEB Sub Engineer (27 March 2022) 3435 CE, ME, EE, EC
MPPSC AE (30 March 2022) 466 CE, ME, EE
BPSC Lecturer (14 January 2022) 286 CE
DSSSB AE (10 January 2022) 736 CE, EE
DSSSB JE (10 January 2022) 116 CE, EE
MPSC AE (2021) 308 CE, ME, EE
OPSC AE (26 August 2020) 210 CE
CGPSC AE (5 August 2021) 83 CE, ME
CGPSC JE (22 September 2021) 307 CE, ME, EE
APPSC AE (7 October 2021) 190 CE, ME, EE
APSC JE (16 December 2020) 87 CE, ME, EE
PPSC AE (2021) 85 CE, ME, EE
PPSC JE (23 October 2020) 585 CE
PPSC JE (13 March 2021) 125 CE
KPSC AE (19 March 2022) 140 CE, ME
KPSC JE (19 March 2022) 410 CE, ME
TNPSC AE (4 April 2022) 626 CE, ME, CH, EE
HPSC AE (10 January 2022) 34 EE
KRIDL AE (2021) 61 CE
WBPSC AE (10 January 2020) 34 EE
JKPSC AE (6 April 2021) 45 CE, ME, EE, EC
SSC JE (2020) 785 EE, ME, CE

 

State Engineering Services Exams offered 23,500+ vacancies in the latest years.

The number of vacancies present in each of these popular categories indicates that there are thousands of vacancies in different categories for various engineering roles. Therefore, stay focused on your respective exam to crack the target exam with excellence. Aspirants preparing for government jobs must refer to the best quality MADE EASY books, and online test series to prepare themselves in the best possible manner. You can choose either classroom courses or online courses according to your convenience and study schedule.

If you have started preparing for your respective target exam right from your college academic years, then great. You will have ample time for proper revision before attempting the ultimate exam. New graduates or professionals who have completed graduation a year back must dedicate one complete year with expert guidance to prepare for the respective competitive exam and secure the dream government job for a promising career.

Hope this blog post helped you understand the opportunities associated with Government Jobs and Vacancies for Engineers.

All the best with your exam preparation.

Do not forget to watch the detailed video on Government Jobs and Vacancies for Engineers, where Mr. B. Singh Sir (Ex. IES), CMD, MADE EASY explains each government job opportunity for engineers in detail. Along with this, you will also find the recent year’s number of vacancies and smart exam preparation ways to excel in these competitive exams. 

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