UPSSSC Junior Engineer Recruitment 2026

The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC), Lucknow, has issued two notifications for recruitment to Mechanical and Electrical engineering-related posts in Uttar Pradesh government departments and institutions. The opportunity is intended for candidates with the relevant diploma or other post-specific qualification who appeared in PET-2025 and hold a scorecard.

There are 1,536 vacancies in total: 1,156 under the Mechanical examination and 380 under the Electrical examination. Applications must be submitted online, with the Mechanical window running from 3 to 25 November 2026 and the Electrical window from 6 to 27 November 2026. Selection involves shortlisting on the PET-2025 normalized score, a written examination and document verification.

Important Dates

Vacancy Details

The notified vacancies cover posts in several Uttar Pradesh departments, public bodies and universities. The category figures below follow the notification; a dash indicates that no number is shown for that category in the source vacancy table.

Mechanical vacancies: 1,156 posts

Electrical vacancies: 380 posts

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the requirements for the specific post they choose and must have appeared in PET-2025 with a scorecard. The detailed notifications for Advertisement Nos. 24-Exam/2026 and 25-Exam/2026 provide the complete eligibility terms, reservation provisions, qualifying marks and examination-centre information. Candidates should check the applicable notification before submitting an application. A zero or negative PET-2025 score does not qualify a candidate for shortlisting.

Educational Qualification

Requirements differ by post, so a general Mechanical or Electrical diploma does not automatically satisfy every listed role. The post-wise qualifications provided in the notification are as follows.

PET-2025 participation and a scorecard are compulsory for both advertisements. Candidates with a score of zero or less will not be shortlisted.

Age Limit

The age is calculated as of 1 July 2026. The minimum age is 21 years for Technical Assistant posts in Ground Water, ADPRO (Technical), Research Assistant at RDTI Kanpur and Junior Engineer posts in the UP State Construction & Infrastructure Development Corporation. The minimum age for all other posts—including Junior Engineer, Mechanic, Electrician, Assistant Storekeeper and Instructor Machine—is 18 years. The maximum age is 40 years for all listed posts. Age relaxation is available under Uttar Pradesh Government rules; reservation and relaxation benefits are restricted to Uttar Pradesh domiciles. The High School certificate is used to establish date of birth.

Application Fee

The notification sets a processing fee of INR 25 for every category. The application fee itself is listed as zero, making the total payable amount INR 25. The same fee applies to each advertisement. Applicants who qualify for both streams must submit and pay for each application separately.

How to Apply

1. Visit the official UPSSSC website at upsssc.gov.in and open the relevant live advertisement: 24-Exam/2026 for Mechanical or 25-Exam/2026 for Electrical.
2. Sign in using the PET-2025 registration number and the one-time password sent to the mobile number or email address registered for PET-2025.
3. Review the personal details, photograph and signature populated from the PET-2025 record.
4. Select the post or posts for which you are eligible.
5. Respond Yes or No to the educational-qualification fields and provide the requested board or university, passing year, certificate or roll number, issue date and marks.
6. Complete the preferential-qualification fields, if applicable, read the declaration, tick the required boxes and choose Save and Submit.
7. Pay the INR 25 processing fee by credit card, debit card, internet banking, UPI or SBI e-Challan before the relevant deadline. After successful payment, the application is submitted automatically.
8. Download and print a copy of the completed application for your records. If applying to both streams, submit a separate application and fee for each advertisement.

Keep the relevant records ready before applying: PET-2025 scorecard; diploma and other education certificates; High School certificate for date of birth; applicable SC, ST or OBC caste certificate; EWS certificate, if applicable; PwBD or Ex-Servicemen certificate, if applicable; domicile certificate for Uttar Pradesh reservation; employer NOC for government employees; recent photograph and signature; valid identity proof; and payment details. An EWS certificate must be issued between 1 April 2026 and the applicable application deadline and must be based on income for financial year 2025–26.

Only one application is accepted for each advertisement; if multiple applications are submitted for the same advertisement, only the last one is considered. Corrections can be made through the Applicant’s Dashboard using Modify Application until 2 December 2026 for Mechanical or 4 December 2026 for Electrical. Candidates serving in Central or State Government employment must obtain an NOC from their employer. The commission states that it does not send individual letters and that updates are published on its website. The examinations are governed by the UP Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024. Women candidates from Uttar Pradesh should note that only a caste certificate issued from the father’s side is valid; Ex-Servicemen retiring by the relevant application deadline may claim reservation.

Salary & Pay Scale

The advertised pay depends on the post. Most engineering, technical and research roles are in Level 6, while the listed UPSRTC posts are assigned Level 4 or Level 5. The notification gives the following pay scales:

Selection Process

UPSSSC first shortlists candidates using their normalized PET-2025 score. Shortlisting is category-wise and is conducted at 15 times the number of vacancies. Shortlisted applicants then take the written examination, followed by document verification. Final selection is based on the written examination; post allocation takes account of merit, candidate preference, availability, qualification and age limit. If the written examination takes place in more than one shift, scores will be normalized.

Both examinations consist of one objective paper with 100 questions for 100 marks and a duration of two hours. A quarter mark is deducted for each incorrect answer.

Eligible candidates should select the correct advertisement for their qualification and complete the online application and fee payment by the applicable Mechanical or Electrical deadline.