If you are a Mechanical Engineer or a Mechanical Engineering student and want to know about the job opportunities in the Government sector, then this article will surely help you.
To start with, I will divide the jobs into two categories i.e. Central Government Jobs & State Government Jobs.
Central Government Jobs:
The key features of Central Government jobs are
- Handsome salary
- On-time payment
- Good increments
- Timely promotions
- Huge allowances
- Social reputation and influence over society
- Job tenure surety
- Recession-proof etc.
These are some of the unique features of a Government job. The Central Government jobs can be further categorized into;
1. Administrative & Engineering Services:
UPSC conducts exams for the Administrative Services as well as Engineering Services. Engineering Services are exclusively for Engineers and it is named as “Indian Engineering Services – IES”. Whereas anyone with a graduation degree (Including Mechanical Engineers) can apply for Administrative services, and the successful candidates are given opportunities to work for the following services;
- Indian Administrative Services – IAS,
- Indian Foreign Services – IFS,
- Indian Police Services-IPS,
- Indian Revenue Services-IRS etc.
These are the topmost and very reputed exams in India. For all administrative services, the selection is done through a separate Exam (in three-phase i.e. 1. Preliminary Exam, 2. Mains Exams 3. Interview). Similarly, for Indian Engineering Services – IES a separate exam is conducted in a similar fashion.
The selected candidates from IES exams are given a very good post with lots of allowances and many facilities.
2. Public Sector Undertakings (PSU):
The second most demanding Government job for an Engineer is working with a PSU. Though PSUs come directly under Central Government but they have been guaranteed some autonomy for better working. Some of the most popular PSU’s are
Maharatna Companies:
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
- Coal India Limited (CIL)
- GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL)
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
- NTPC Limited (NTPC)
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID)
- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
Navratna Companies:
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
- Container Corporation of India Limited (CCIL)
- Engineers India Limited (EIL)
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
- National Aluminium Company Limited
- NBCC (India) Limited
- NMDC Limited
- NLC India Limited
- Oil India Limited
- Power Finance Corporation Limited
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
- Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
- Shipping Corporation of India Limited
Miniratna Companies:
- Airports Authority of India
- Antrix Corporation Limited
- Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited
- Bharat Coking Coal Limited
- Bharat Dynamics Limited
- BEML Limited
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited
- Central Warehousing Corporation
- Central Coalfields Limited
- Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited
- Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Cochin Shipyard Limited
- Cotton Corporation of India Limited
- EdCIL (India) Limited
- Kamarajar Port Limited
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited
- Goa Shipyard Limited
- Hindustan Copper Limited
- HLL Lifecare Limited
- Hindustan Newsprint Limited
- Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited
- Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited
- HSCC (India) Limited
- India Tourism Development Corporation Limited
- Indian Rare Earths Limited
- Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited
- Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited
- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited
- India Trade Promotion Organization
- IRCON International Limited
- KIOCL Limited
- Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
- Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
- MOIL Limited
- Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemical Limited
- Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited
- Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited
- MMTC Limited
- MSTC Limited
- National Fertilizers Limited
- National Projects Construction Corporation Limited
- National Small Industries Corporation Limited
- National Seeds Corporation
- NHPC Limited
- Northern Coalfields Limited
- North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited
- Numaligarh Refinery Limited
- ONGC Videsh Limited
- Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited
- Projects & Development India Limited
- Railtel Corporation of India Limited
- Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
- Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited
- RITES Limited
- SJVN Limited
- Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
- South Eastern Coalfields Limited
- Telecommunications Consultants India Limited
- THDC India Limited
- Western Coalfields Limited
- WAPCOS Limited
- Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India
- Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited
- Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited
- Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited
- Engineering Projects (India) Limited
- FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Limited
- Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited
- HMT (International) Limited
- Indian Medicines & Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited
- MECON Limited
- National Film Development Corporation Limited
- Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited
The Maharatna companies are the largest Government companies, hence they give higher pay, and benefits then comes the Navratna companies and finally the Miniratna Companies. Most of these companies hire directly through Gate scorecard or conducts recruitment exams or interviews. You need to check the career/Notice page of their websites and employment news regularly for the upcoming vacancies.
In addition to the PSU, Mechanical Engineers can work for some of the premier research organisations of India, which comes directly under the Central government like;
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Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
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Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
3. Defense:
After the administrative/Engineering Services and PSU the third category, i.e. defense is also one of the most popular categories among Engineers. These jobs are unique in nature and give your life a new dimension. The popular jobs under the defense category (Especially for Engineers) are;
Military Engineering Services (MES): These jobs are specialized jobs and require only Engineers to fill the post, which comes under this service.
Combined Defence Services (CDS): Any graduate including mechanical Engineers can take this exam. The successful candidates are given officers post in the Army, Military, Navy, and Air force.
4. Indian Railways:
Indian Railways fill their vacancies by various modes. One of them is conducting direct exams through Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).
RRB publishes their requirements on their websites and through employment news and offer a very good package for Engineers.
5. Staff Selection Commission (SSC):
SSC conducts many exams for the recruitment of staff in various ministries and departments, which comes under the Central Government. One of the most important posts for Engineers is Junior Engineer (JE), which is often filled by SSC.
6. Banking Sector:
If you want to make a career in a non-technical line, then you can focus on bank exams too. The Government Banks Especially PSU’s offer a very handsome salary and attractive allowances.
You can plan for probationary officers (PO) exams. Probationary officers (PO) are promoted as managers very quickly. Most of the highest posts in banks are often assigned to experienced probationary officers.
These are some of the most prestigious Central government job opportunities for Mechanical Engineers. I hope this article will help many aspirants looking to make their career in Government organizations. The State Government opportunities will be discussed in the next part of this article. Please give your valuable comments/feedback.
(Disclaimer: This article is based on my knowledge. Please visit the respective websites and other sources for more accurate and reliable information’s)
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