SSC JE 2025 Official Notification out! Check Now
Staff Selection Commission Junior Engineer
(SSC JE 2025)
Attention Engineers!! The Staff Selection Commission has released the notification for 1340 vacancies of Junior Engineers (Civil, Mechanical and Electrical) in different departments/organizations under the Government of India. The online application form opens from 30 June 2025 and closes on 21 July 2025. Read below to know more about this SSC-JE 2025 recruitment.
| NAME OF POST | QUALIFICATION | Pay Matrix |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Engineer |
Engineering degree/diploma in
|
Level- 6 (₹35,400-₹1,12,400/-) of pay matrix of 7th Central Pay Commission |
Important Links
Apply Now – SSC JE Exam Online Application Link
SSC JE Exam Important Date:
| Important Dates | |
|---|---|
| Commencement of online registration | 30th June 2025 |
| Last date and time for receipt of online applications | 21st July 2025 (23:00 hours) |
| Last date and time for making online fee payment | 22nd July 2025 (23:00 hours) |
| Dates of ‘Window for Online Application Form Correction and Online payment of Correction Charges’ | 1st August 2025 to 2nd August 2025 (23:00 hours) |
| Paper-01 (CBT) Exam Date | 27th October 2025 to 31st October 2025 |
| Paper-02 (Conventional) Exam Date | Jan-Feb 2025 |
| Toll-Free Helpline Number to be called in case of any difficulty in filling up the Online Application Form | 180 030 93063 |
Total Vacancies:
As per SSC JE 2025 Notification, there are total 1340 (One thousand three hundred and forty) vacancies (tentative). Tentative vacancies/Final vacancies post-wise & category-wise, will be made available on the website of the Commission (https://ssc.gov.in> For Candidates > Tentative Vacancy). Candidates may note that Statewise/ Zone-wise vacancies are not collected by the Commission. Candidates are advised to approach the concerned User Departments for information pertaining to zone-wise/state-wise vacancies, if any.
Eligibility:
To become eligible for SSC JE 2025, candidates must fulfil some conditions as per SSC JE 2025 notification. Some important conditions are given below.
Citizenship:
A candidate must be either
- a citizen of India, or
- a subject of Nepal, or
- a subject of Bhutan, or
- a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India.
- Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3) and (4) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
- A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination, although the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him (hereinafter may be read as ‘him/her’) by the Government of India.
Age Limit:
- The age limit for all the posts/departments for the unreserved category is 30 years, except for CPWD (JE Electrical and Civil). The age limit for unreserved category candidates for CPWD (JE Electrical and Civil) is 32 years.
- Requirement of Age for the posts is as follows:
| For the posts for which the age limit is up to 30 years | Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1996 and not later than 01-01-2008. |
| For the posts for which the age limit is up to 32 years | Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1994 and not later than 01-01 -2008. |
Age relaxation
Permissible relaxation in the upper age limit is as follows
| Code
No. |
Category | Age-relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | SC/ ST | 5 years |
| 02 | OBC | 3 years |
| 03 | Persons with Disabilities (PwD) | 10 years |
| 04 | PwD + OBC | 13 years |
| 05 | PwD + SC/ ST | 15 years |
| 06 | Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age. |
| 07 | Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in
the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01- 01-1980 to 31-12-1989. |
5 years |
| 08 | Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof. | 3 years |
| 09 | Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST ). | 8 years |
Date of Birth filled by the candidate in the Online Application Form and the same recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate will be accepted by the User Department/ Commission for determining the age and no subsequent request for change will be considered or granted and mismatch of date of birth will be a ground for rejection of candidature.
Minimum Educational Qualification:
Candidates aspiring for SSC JE 2025 should have Degree/Diploma in civil, mechanical or electrical engineering (any one of the stream). Candidates can check educational qualification and work experience required for different post from the table given below.
SSC JE 2025 Post Details:
| S.No. | Posts | Educational and Other Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Junior Engineer (Civil), Central Water Commission. | Degree or Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized University or Institution |
| Junior Engineer (Mechanical) in Central Water Commission. | Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University or Institution | |
| 2. | Junior Engineer (Civil), CPWD | Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized University or Institute. |
| Junior Engineer (Electrical), CPWD | Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University or Institute. | |
| 3. | Junior Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical), MES |
Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University; Or (a) Three years diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized Institute or University or Board; and (b) Two years experience in Planning, Execution and Maintenance of Electrical or Mechanical Engineering works. |
| 4. | Junior Engineer (Civil), MES |
Three years Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized Institute or University or Board; and Two years’ experience in Planning, Execution and Maintenance of Civil Engineering works OR Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized University; |
| 5. | Junior Engineer (Civil), Farakka Barrage Project. | Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized University or Institute or Board. |
| Junior Engineer (Electrical), Farakka Barrage Project. | Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University or Institute or Board. | |
| 6. | Junior Engineer (Civil), Border Roads Organization, Ministry of Defence. |
Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized University/ Institute or (a) Three years Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized University/ Institute/ Board; and (b) Two years working experience in Planning/Execution/ Maintenance of Civil Engineering works. |
| Junior Engineer (Electrical and Mechanical), Border Roads Organization, Ministry of Defence. | Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University/Institute; or (a) Three years Diploma in Electrical/ Automobile/ Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University/ Institute/ Board; and (b) Two-Year experience in Planning/ Execution/ Maintenance of Electrical or Mechanical Engineering works | |
| 7. | Brahmaputra Board, Ministry of Jal Shakti (Civil) | Three-Year Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized University or Institution |
| 8. | Central Water and Power Research Station JE (Civil) | Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognized Institute |
| Central Water and Power Research Station JE (Electrical) | Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized Institute | |
| 9. | Junior Engineer (Mechanical), DGQA, Naval. | Degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University;
or (a) Three years Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized University or Institution; and (b) Two years experience in the respective fields. |
| Junior Engineer (Electrical), DGQA, Naval. |
Degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University; or (a) Three years Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University or Institution; and (b) Two years experience in the respective fields. |
|
| 10. | Junior Engineer (Civil), National Technical Research Organization. | Diploma in Civil Engineering from recognized University/ Institution. |
SSC JE 2025 Application Process:
- All the candidates who wish to apply in response to this Notice are required to complete their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the website of the Commission (https://ssc.gov.in). The OTR generated on the old website (https://ssc.nic.in ) will not be functional for the new website. Subsequent to OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill in the Online Application Form for the Examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the new website (https://ssc.gov.in), it will continue to remain valid for all the examinations to be applied for on the new website.
- The Application Form must be submitted only in online mode, either at the website of SSC (HQ) (https://ssc.gov.in) or through the ‘mySSC’ mobile application (which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store).
- The candidates are advised to opt for Aadhaar-Based Authentication, in terms of the Aadhaar Policy as published on the website of the Commission, while completing their OTR process. The Online Application Form of the Candidates who opt for Aadhaar Authentication will not be rejected on the ground that the photograph and/or signature uploaded by the candidate are not as per the prescribed standards. Such candidates will not be required to produce recent colour photographs, original valid Photo-Identity proof for admission to the Examination Venue at the time of the Computer-Based Examination.
- For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing photograph of himself/ herself for submitting the Online Application Form. The application module has been so designed to capture a real-time photograph of the candidate while filling up the Online Application Form. The candidate will be required to stand/sit before the camera when prompted by the application module and to scrupulously observe the following instructions while capturing the photograph:-
- Find a place with good light and a plain background.
- Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
- Position yourself directly in front of the camera and look straight ahead.
- Ensure that your face is fully inside the prescribed area delineated by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover the area fully, and no part of the face should be outside the area delineated by the camera.
- Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/ spectacles while capturing the photo.
- The appearance of a candidate, while appearing for the Examination, should be as per the photograph in the Online Application Form. The candidate should ensure that the photograph captured is clear, without a cap or spectacles, and has a full frontal view. The Online Application Forms with photographs not in accordance with the instructions are liable to be rejected. In no case should the candidate capture the photograph of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such Online Application Forms where the photograph of his/her pre-existing photograph is captured will be rejected summarily. However, the Online Application Form of candidates submitted through the Aadhaar-Based Authentication process will not be rejected on the aforesaid grounds.
- Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG format (10 to 20 KB). The image dimension of the signature should be about 6.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Online Application Forms with inappropriate photographs or blurred/miniature signatures, not meeting the prescribed requirement, will be rejected summarily. However, the rejection on the aforesaid grounds will not be applicable to the candidates who have used the Aadhaar-Based Authentication process for applying.
- Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit the Online Application Form much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to log in to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.
- The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their Online Application Form within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.
- Before submission of the Online Application Form, candidates must check through the Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct details in each field of the Online Application Form. They should also check that photograph and signature are meeting all the above requirements. Candidates are advised to keep a copy of the application.
Application Fee:
| Category | Application Fee |
|---|---|
| Unreserved/OBC Category candidates | ₹100/ |
| Female candidates and Reserved Category Candidates (SC/ST/PwD/Ex-Servicemen) |
No application Fee
|
- Fee can be paid only through online payment modes, namely BHIM UPI, Net Banking, or by using Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, or RuPay Debit card.
- Candidates must ensure that their online payment has been successfully made to SSC. If the fee is not received by SSC, the status of the Online Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’, and this information is printed at the top of the Online Application Form. Further, the status of fee payment can be verified at the ‘Payment Status” link provided in the candidate’s login screen. Such Online Application Forms, which remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee, will be SUMMARILY REJECTED, and no request for consideration of such Online Application Forms and fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of Examination shall be entertained.
- Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other Examination or selection.
- After the closing date for receipt of Online Application Form, the Commission will provide a period of additional 02 days to enable candidates to correct/ modify Online Application Form parameters, wherein candidates will be allowed to resubmit Online Application Form after making requisite corrections/ changes in the Online Application Form data as per their requirement.
- A candidate will be allowed to correct and resubmit his modified/ corrected Online Application Form two times during the ‘Window for Online Application Form Correction’ i.e., if he has made a mistake in his updated Online Application Form also, he will be allowed to re-submit one more modified/ corrected Online Application Form after making requisite corrections/ modifications. No more corrections in the Online Application Form will be allowed under any circumstances.
- Only those candidates will be allowed to make corrections in the Online Application Form, whose completed Online Application Form, along with payment of the requisite fee (if applicable), have been received by the Commission within the specified period.
- Subject to the receipt of applicable correction charges, the latest modified/ corrected Online Application Form will be treated as the valid one, and the previous Online Application Form(s) submitted by such candidates will be cancelled.
- The Commission will levy uniform correction charges of ₹200/- for making corrections and resubmitting the modified/ corrected Online Application Form for the first time and ₹ 500/- for making corrections and resubmitting the modified/ corrected Online Application Form for the second time. The correction charges will be applicable to all candidates irrespective of their gender/ category.
- If the applicable correction charges are not received by the SSC, the status of the Online Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’, and this information is printed on the top of the Online Application Form printout. Such an Online Application Form shall not be accepted, and the previously submitted Online Application Form will remain valid.
- The correction charges can be made only through online payment modes, namely BHIM UPI, Net Banking, or by using Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, or RuPay Debit card.
- The correction charges once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances, nor will they be adjusted against any other Examination or selection.
- Before submission of the corrected Online Application Form, candidates must check that they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After the expiry of the ‘Window for Online Application Form Correction’, no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed under any circumstances. Requests received in this regard in any form, like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc., shall not be entertained by the Commission and will be summarily rejected.
SSC JE 2025 Exam Pattern
The selection in SSC JE 2025 selection is done on the basis of marks scored by the candidates in examination. The selection process includes a two-tier examination. Candidates aspiring to become the junior engineer in different government departments/organizations through SSC have to appear in Paper I and clear it. Those who clear Paper I will be called for Paper II. After clearing Paper II, candidates would be called for medical examination and document verification (DV). Post DV, departments/organizations would be allotted to selected candidates. Let us look at the exam pattern of SSC JE 2025 in detail.
| Papers | Mode of Examination | Subject | Number of Questions /Maximum Marks | Negative marking per wrong answer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper 1 | Computer Based Examination (MCQ type) | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50/50 | 0.25 | 2 hours (2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates who are eligible for scribe ) |
| General Awareness | 50/50 | ||||
| Technical Domain depending upon the educational qualification (Civil, Electrical or Mechanical) | 100/100 | ||||
| Paper II | Computer Based Examination (MCQ type) | Part-A: General Engineering (Civil & Structural) or Part-B: General Engineering (Electrical) or Part-C: General Engineering (Mechanical) | 100/300 | 1 | 2 hours(2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates who are eligible for scribe) |
- Scientific Calculator will now also be available on the Computer Screen for the entire duration of the Examination. This will be available towards the left side of the candidate’s application image as a Calculator icon.
- No Physical version of Table and calculator will be allowed inside the exam lab.
- Tentative Answer Keys of Paper-I and Paper-II will be placed on the website of the Commission after having conducted the CBE. Candidates may go through the Answer Keys and submit online representations, if any, within the time limit given by the Commission, on payment of ₹ 100/- per question, which is non-refundable. Representations on the matter received through any other modalities, i.e., letter, application, email, etc., will not be entertained. Representation regarding the Answer Keys will be scrutinized before finalization of the Answer Keys, and the decision of the Commission in this regard will be final.
- Marks scored by the candidates in Computer Based Examination, if conducted in multiple shifts, will be normalized by using the procedure published by the Commission vide Notice dated 02.06.2025 and such normalized scores will be used to determine final merit and cut-off marks.
- The Final Answer Keys will be used for processing the result of ComputerBased Examination. Final Answer Keys as well as marks will be made available on the website of the Commission after the declaration of the result of the Computer-Based Examination.
- In this Examination, a few posts are common for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Since the engineering branches are different, different question papers are served to the candidates of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Because of altogether different disciplines/question papers, difficulty levels between the two question papers may vary. Accordingly, scores of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Paper-II of this Examination shall also be normalized with each other for determining the final merit and cut-off marks.
- The schedule of the Examination indicated in the Notice is tentative. Any change in the schedule of the Examination will be informed to candidates only through the website of the Commission.
- There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking of scores of any stage/ paper(s) of the Examination. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
SSC JE 2025 official syllabus
Candidates can check the official syllabus of SSC JE 2025 from the official notification. Link to SSC JE 2025 notification is given below.
General Instructions for SSC JE 2025 aspirants
- Before applying, candidates are advised to go through the instructions given in the notice of examination very carefully. The notice of examination is printed both in English and Hindi. In case of any dispute, the English version will prevail
- Candidates in their own interest should submit online application form much before the closing date and not wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.
- The candidate must write his/ her name and date of birth strictly as recorded in the matriculation/ secondary certificate. If any variation in the date of birth is observed at the time of entry in the examination venue, he/she shall not be allowed to appear in the examination. Further, if any variation in the name and date of birth is observed at the time of document verification or any other time, his/ her candidature will be cancelled.
- All the candidates, who wish to apply in response to this Notice and have not generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website of the Commission (i.e., https://ssc.gov.in), will be required to do so as the earlier OTR generated on the old website (https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional for the new website. Subsequent to OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill in the Online Application Form for the Examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the new website, it will continue to remain valid for all the Examinations to be applied for on the new website. The detailed instructions for OTR are given in Annexure-III to this Examination Notice.
- The Commission has implemented an Aadhaar-Based Biometric Authentication in this Examination. Accordingly, all candidates will have an option to authenticate themselves using Aadhaar at the time of One Time Registration, while filling in the Online Application Form for the Examination. The candidates who do not want to authenticate themselves through an Aadhaar-Based Authentication are required to upload the following documents for completion of their One Time Registration (OTR):
- Proof of Name viz. Voter ID Card, PAN Card, Driving License, Government ID Card, Government Service Identity Card, Pension Document
- Proof of Date of Birth, viz. Birth Certificate, School Leaving Certificate, Certificate of Date of Birth issued by a Gazetted Officer, Aadhaar Card,
- Proof of Address, viz. Voter Identity Card, Driving License, A Bank Statement with an attested photograph of the applicant, Rent Agreement, and Income Tax Assessment Order.
- Photograph.
- Proof of Gender viz. Voter ID Card, Birth Certificate, School Leaving Certificate.
- Those candidates who have not authenticated themselves with Aadhaar will have to report at the Examination Venue two hours before the scheduled time of the Examination. In addition to the Admission Certificate, it will be mandatory for them to carry to the examination hall at least two passportsize recent colour photographs and an Original valid Photo-ID proof having the full Date of Birth as printed on the Admission Certificate, such as:
- Driving License
- PAN Card
- Passport
- ID Card issued by the University/ College/ School
- Employer ID Card (Government/ PSU)
- Ex-Serviceman Discharge Book issued by the Ministry of Defence
- Any other photo bearing ID Card issued by the Central/ State Government. If the Photo Identity Card does not have the Date of Birth, then the candidate must carry an additional original certificate/ document (e.g. Matriculation Certificate, Marks Sheet issued only by CBSE/ ICSE/ State Boards; Birth Certificate, Category Certificate) as proof of their Date of Birth. In case of a mismatch in the date of birth mentioned in the Admission Certificate and the Photo ID/ Certificate brought in support of the date of birth, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the Examination.
For other important instructions, candidates are requested to read the official notification from here.
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These were some of the important points regarding SSC JE 2025 recruitment. Interested candidates are highly advised to read the detailed official notification link below to avoid any confusion. We wish all the very best to every SSC JE 2025 aspirant.
SSC JE 2025 Official Notification
FAQs:
1. Is the SSC JE 2025 Notification officially released?
Answer: Yes, SSC JE 2025 notification has been officially released.
2. What is the last date to apply for SSC JE 2025?
Answer: The last date to apply for SSC JE 2025 is 21.07.2025.
3. What is the age limit for CPWD through SSC JE?
Answer: The age limit for CPWD through SSC JE is 32 years for unreserved candidates.
4. What is the salary of SSC JE 2025?
Answer: Selected candidates get salary as per Level- 6 (Rs 35400-112400/-) of pay matrix of 7th Central Pay Commission
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