DSSSB recruitment 2026 for 314 AE and JE (Civil) Posts

Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (D.S.S.S.B)

Recruitment of 314 Assistant Engineers and Junior Engineers (Civil)

 No. F.1(441)/P&P/DSSSB/2025/Advt./4593

Job Alert Engineers!! Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (D.S.S.S.B) is looking for talented engineering graduates/diploma holders for the post of Assistant Engineers (AE) and Junior Engineers (JE) in Delhi Jal Board (DJB), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board. The total vacancies for engineers in this recruitment is 314. Eligible and interested candidates are invited to apply for the post of Assistant Engineers (AE) and Junior Engineers (JE) in DSSSB recruitment .

*Keep reading further to get an overview of the D.S.S.S.B. vacancies.

Important Links

Apply now- D.S.S.S.B JE exam online application link

D.S.S.S.B AE/JE Exam Important Date:

Total Vacancies:  

The total AE/JE vacancies released by D.S.S.S.B is 314, out of which 144 vacancies are for unreserved candidates, 70 for OBC category candidates, 41 for SC category, 16 for ST category candidates and 43 for EWS category candidates.

For the ease of candidates, we are providing vacancy distribution table below:

As per DoPT OM dated 15.01.2018 and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment O.M. dated 04.01.2021 & 24.08.2022, the details of sub categories of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) are as follows :-

Category (a) : – Blindness (B) and Low Vision (LV)

Category (b) : – Deaf (D) and Hard of Hearing (HH)

Category (c) : – Locomotor disability including Cerebral Palsy (CP), Leprosy Cured (LC), Dwarfism (Dw), Acid Attack Victims (AAV), Spinal Deformity (SD) and Spinal Injury (SI) without any associated neurological/limb dysfunction and Muscular Dystrophy (MDy)

Category (d) : – Autism, Intellectual Disability (ID), Specific Learning Disability (SLD) and Mental Illness (MI).

Category (e) : – Multiple Disabilities (MD) from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf blindness.

Abbreviations of Disabled Category : B=Blind, LV=Low Vision, D=Deaf, HH= Hard of Hearing, OA=One Arm, OL=One Leg, BA=Both Arms, BL=Both Leg, OAL=One Arm and One Leg, BLOA=Both leg & one arm, BLA=Both Legs Arms, CP=Cerebral Palsy, LC=Leprosy Cured, Dw=Dwarfism, AAV=Acid Attack Victims, SD=Spinal Deformity, SI=Spinal Injury, MDy=Muscular Dystrophy, ASD= Autism Spectrum Disorder (M= Mild, MoD= Moderate), ID= Intellectual Disability, SLD= Specific Learning Disability, MI= Mental Illness, MD=Multiple Disabilities

Eligibility:

• The candidate must be a citizen of India.
• The candidate must be eligible in terms of age, educational qualifications, experience etc. as per Recruitment Rules notified by the User Departments for the post in which he/she intends to apply.
• The educational qualification, age, experience etc. as stipulated in advertisement shall be determined as on 25/03/2026.

Educational Qualification:

• For the post of Junior Engineer Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized university OR Three years Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized university / Board / Institute plus two years’ experience in planning, execution and maintenance of civil engineering works

• For the post of Assistant Engineer Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized university

Age Limit

The age of candidates from unreserved category should not exceed 30 years.

Note: Relaxable for govt. servants up to 5 years in accordance with the instructions or orders issued by the Central Government. Contractual employee of same department:- Relaxation in upper age as a one-time measure up to the actual time spent as contractual employee of the same department, subject to a maximum of 5 years provided they have worked for at least 180 working days in that particular year in accordance with OM No. F.19(11)/2015/S-IV/1751-1756 dated 11/06/2019 issued by Services Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi (Annexure-I).

Age relaxation

• Any specific age relaxation provided in the Recruitment Rules for posts of various departments of GNCTD, Autonomous Bodies of Government of NCT of Delhi shall be applicable in respect of those particular posts.
• In Recruitment Rules for the posts of various departments of GNCTD, Autonomous Bodies of Government of NCT of Delhi, wherever it is mentioned that age relaxation shall be given as per Government of India instruction, the age relaxation given here-in-above shall be applicable.
• An Ex-serviceman who has already secured employment under the Central Government/Delhi Govt. or its autonomous/local bodies in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ posts on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to Ex-Serviceman for their re-employment are not eligible for reservation in ESM category and fee concession. However, such Ex-Serviceman will be permitted to avail the benefit of age relaxation as prescribed for ex-servicemen for securing another employment in any higher post or service. Also, such candidate will not be eligible for benefit of reservation.
• In case of physically handicapped/Person with Disability, relaxation in age-limit shall be applicable irrespective of the fact whether the post is reserved or not, provided the post is identified as suitable for persons with disabilities.
• If a person with disability is entitled to age concession by virtue of being a Central Government employee, concession to him/her will be admissible either as a ‘person with disability’ or as a ‘Central Government employee ‘ whichever may be more beneficial to him/her as per DoPT O.M. no. 131412/1/2003-Estt.(D) dated 29.06.2015.

Pay Scale

• Candidates selected for the post of JE would get salary as per level 6. The range of pay scale is ₹35,400 – ₹1,12,400.
• Candidates selected for the post of AE would get salary as per level 7. The range of pay scale is ₹44,900 – ₹1,42,400/.

Application Process

1. Before submitting online applications, candidate must ensure that he/she is registered on DSSSB’s portal i.e. https://dsssbonline.nic.in. The instructions for Registration are available on the Board’s website. Registration with DSSSB is a onetime exercise. The user ID and password generated after registration should be used to login whenever a candidate is applying for examinations of the posts notified by DSSSB. No separate registration is required for each of examination conducted by DSSSB. If, an applicant submits multiple registrations and appears in the examination (at any stage) more than once, his/her candidature will be cancelled and he/she will be debarred from the examinations of the Board.
2. Eligible candidates may apply online through the website https://dsssbonline.nic.in from 24th February, 2026 (12.00 Noon) up to 25th March, 2026 (till 11:59 PM) thereafter, the link will be disabled.
3. (The candidates must go through the INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING ONLINE carefully while filling up Online Application Form for the post concerned.
4. The candidates must submit their application through Online Mode only. No other mode of application shall be accepted. Applications received through any other mode i.e. by post/by hand/by mail etc. will not be accepted and shall not be considered. No correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
5. Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit the online application much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the Board’s website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days. DSSSB will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their applications in stipulated time limit for any reason(s) stated to be beyond their control.
6. Before submission of the online application, candidates must check and ensure that they have filled correct details in each field of the online application form. Once online application form is submitted, no request for change/ correction/ modification (including change of category) shall be entertained or allowed under any circumstances. Request received in this regard in any form like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc. shall not be entertained and no correspondence will be made in this regard. Candidates will responsible for any mistake in the data of application form and fee paid by him/her.

Application fee and mode of payment

• Male candidates from unreserved category have to pay a fee of Rs 100/- however, Women candidates and candidates belonging to Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, PwBD (Person with Benchmark Disability) & Ex-Serviceman category are exempted from paying Application fees.
• Ex-Servicemen who have already secured employment in civil post under Central Government /Government of NCT of Delhi or its Autonomous /Local Bodies on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to Ex-Servicemen for their re-employment are NOT eligible for fee concession.
• The candidates submitting their application online should pay the requisite fees only through SBI e-pay. Other mode of payment shall not be accepted/considered and the payment made shall stand forfeited.
• Application Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.

Selection process and exam pattern

DSSSB will conduct One Tier examination for the post of ASSISTANT ENGINEER (CIVIL) & JUNIOR ENGINEER (CIVIL).

Exam pattern

As mentioned above, there would be one tier exam. The scheme of examination is given below.

• Tier I Total timing: 3 hours

Section A:

MCQs of one mark each as per existing examination scheme

1. General Awareness
2. General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability
3. Arithmetical & Numerical Ability
4. Test of Hindi Language & Comprehension
5. Test of English Language & Comprehension

(20 Marks each) (100 Questions: 100 Marks)

Section B:

MCQs of two mark each to evaluate the ability for application of concepts, problem solving capacity, and abilities to comprehend context, analyze situations, evaluate options, make informed choice, apply theoretical aspects and principles etc. relating to the technical and domain knowledge of the subject.

(100 Questions: 200 Marks)

Note: In One Tier Technical Examination Scheme, the mandatory minimum qualifying marks criteria will be applicable only in domain subject specific i.e. Section-B and there will not be any minimum qualifying marks in Section-A. However, mandatory minimum qualifying marks criteria will be applicable on the cumulative marks secured in both the sections. Further, combined marks of both Section-A and Section-B will be reckoned for preparing the final merit list.

Mode of selection

• The selection shall be made through examination scheme as mentioned above.
• Marks scored by candidates in the Computer Based Examination will be normalized (If required) by using the formula published by DSSSB vide Notice No. 10 (271)/Sec.Cell/DSSSB/18/989 dated 11.07.2018 (Annexure-III) and such normalized scores shall be used to determine final merit and selection.
• In case of any question(s) appearing in the exam are held to be invalid, those questions shall not be evaluated, and the marks scored by the candidate shall be calculated on prorated basis (out of maximum marks).
• The Board, in order to achieve qualitative selection and to recruit the best talent available, has fixed the following minimum qualifying marks (wherever applicable) for different categories (UR/SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/Ex-SM):-

General/EWS: 40%

OBC (Delhi): 35%

SC/ST/PH (PwBD): 30%

Ex-Servicemen will be given 5% relaxation in their respective categories subject to a minimum of 30%.

• DSSSB reserves its right to prescribe a minimum cut off mark for any post as per availability of candidates.

Note : Cut off marks for selection in different categories may go higher depending upon the marks obtained by the candidates and number of vacancies in respective categories.

If there are two or more candidates in the same category are having equal marks in the examination:-

1. Candidate securing more marks in subject specific section is to be placed higher in merit.
2. In case where the marks mentioned at (a) above are also equal, the candidate senior in age is to be placed higher in merit.
3. In case where the date of birth(s) are also the same, the candidate whose first name comes first in Alphabetical order (in English) is to be placed higher in merit.

General Instruction for candidates

• The Board makes the selection of candidates in accordance with the vacancies reported by the user department for various posts. The Board does not have any role in deciding the number of vacancies of any user department. The vacancies advertised are liable to vary (increase or decrease). In case the vacancy position is reduced to any number or even nil by the user department, Board is not liable to compensate the applicant for any consequential damage/loss.
• Implementation of reservation policy, maintaining reservation roster, earmarking of vacancies for different categories and identification of suitability of posts for various benchmark disabilities are under the domain of the user departments.
• The DSSSB reserves the right to cancel or modify the advertisement or part of it, at any stage.
• The centers for holding the examination will be in Delhi/NCR and other states as decided by DSSSB.
• The Board reserves the right to cancel a part or entire process of examination or a part of it due to Administrative reason(s) and in case of unfair means, cheating or other irregularities/ malpractice noticed by the Board. The Board also reserves the right to cancel or set up a new examination centre and divert the candidates from a particular examination centre to another examination centre, if required. The Board also reserves the right to shift candidates of any one centre to some other centre to take the Exam. No request for change in date, time and centre of exam will be accepted under any circumstances.
• In case of any inadvertent error in publication of advertisement, the final result will be prepared on the basis of Requisition / Recruitment Rules of the concerned post, DoPT guidelines, Examination Schemes available on the Board website and any other prevailing guidelines of GNCTD and GOI.
• The Board reserves the right to change or make amendment in the examination scheme, any time before the examination, if so required.
• The candidature of the candidate to the Examination is entirely provisional and subject to the outcome of any direction/ decision/ order/ pronouncement of any Court of Law and mere issuance of Admit Card or appearance at Examination does not entitle him/her to any claim for the post.
• Use of Calculator, Laptop, Palmtop, other Digital Instrument/ Mobile/ Cell phone, Pager/ electronic watches and any metallic items etc. is/ are not allowed. Candidates are strictly advised not to bring any of the above gadgets in the examination centre as no arrangements for keeping or for security of these items will be available at the centers.
• In case any candidate is caught/ found to be in possession of any gadget/instrument, he/ she would be debarred from the examination and legal proceedings shall also be initiated against the candidates.
• The candidates are instructed to follow the following dress code while appearing for DSSSB Exam : (a) Light clothes with half sleeves not having big buttons, brooch/badge, flower etc. with Salwar/ Trouser. (b) Slippers, sandals with low heels. Shoes are not allowed.
• In case there is any discrepancy among the English, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi version of advertisement/ information, the English version will be treated as final.

For more information, candidates are requested to read the official notification

DSSSB Official Notification