SSC JE 2026 Notification

SSC JE 2026 posts and vacancies

The Staff Selection Commission holds the Junior Engineer Examination, 2026 to fill Junior Engineer posts in central organisations such as the Border Roads Organisation, Central Water Commission, CPWD, Military Engineer Services, NTRO, the Department of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. This year the same exam also recruits Scientific Assistants for the India Meteorological Department, which issued its own notice on 7 September 2026 pointing candidates to SSC. The notice lists 1,748 tentative vacancies in all; SSC gives the post-wise and category-wise split on its website under Tentative Vacancy. Every post is in Group B, Pay Level-6 (₹35,400–1,12,400), and carries all-India service liability.

Qualification by branch

Most Junior Engineer posts need a diploma or degree in Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, depending on the post. A few organisations want more: BRO, DGQA-Naval and MES accept a three-year diploma only with two years of working experience, and DG Lighthouses & Lightships asks for three years of experience with a diploma. Junior Engineer (Telecom) in the Department of Telecommunications needs an engineering or technology degree in electrical, electronics, communications, computer science, telecom, IT or instrumentation. Scientific Assistant in IMD needs a B.Sc. with Physics or a degree in computer science, computer applications, electronics or a related branch named in the notice. Qualifications must be in hand by 22 September 2026, and experience only counts if gained after the qualification.

How the two papers work

Paper-I is qualifying. It has General Intelligence and Reasoning (50 marks), General Awareness (50 marks) and one subject part worth 100 marks: Part-A Civil and Structural, Part-B Electrical, Part-C Mechanical, Part-D Computer Science and IT, Part-E Electronics and Telecommunication, Part-F Physics, or Part-G Telecommunication. Paper-II covers the same subject part again, with 100 questions for 300 marks. Each paper lasts 2 hours, or 2 hours 40 minutes for candidates eligible for a scribe. The JE (Telecom) part is held in a separate batch. A scientific calculator, the IS 456:2000 table and the steam table appear on screen when needed; physical calculators are not allowed.

Merit, normalisation and post allotment

Only Paper-II normalised marks decide the final merit. Because Electrical and Mechanical candidates take different papers for some common posts, SSC normalises their scores against each other, and it does the same for the three IMD parts. Before the first round of allocation, candidates fill post and department preferences online; a post not chosen will not be offered, and a candidate who misses the preference deadline is left out. Ties in Paper-II marks are broken first by the reasoning marks and then by the general awareness marks of Paper-I. Selected candidates serve two years on probation.

Points to note before the exam

Women candidates were encouraged to apply, but BRO posts are for men only and include physical efficiency and medical standards checked after the final result; failing them can end a candidate's chance for any other post. Answer keys for both papers will be published, and objections cost ₹50 per question. Candidates who did not use Aadhaar authentication must reach the venue two hours early with two recent photographs and an original photo ID showing their full date of birth. There is no re-evaluation of scores.