Educational qualification and GATE score AEE (Civil) Degree in Civil Engineering from a Government-recognised university or institution, or Associate Membership of the Institution of Engineers (India) in Civil; and a valid GATE score in Civil Engineering AEE (Mechanical) Degree in Mechanical Engineering or AMIE in Mechanical; and a valid GATE score in Mechanical Engineering The qualification must be held on the date of application. The GATE rules decide eligibility as much as the degree does: A GATE score is valid for three years, so only GATE 2024, 2025 and 2026 score cards are accepted. The score is valid only if the candidate's GATE marks are at or above the qualifying mark for their category printed on the score card. The advertisement's own example: an SEBC candidate with 32.5 marks against an OBC-NCL qualifying mark of 33.3 is not eligible, score card or not. Only the QR-coded GATE score card is accepted; a GATE mark sheet is not. A candidate with score cards from more than one year uploads one, and is considered only on that one. An affidavit in the format at Annexure-I, affirming the score card is genuine, must be submitted. Forgery is treated as a criminal offence and leads to debarment. OPSC may ask candidates to log in to the GATE portal during verification, so keep the GATE enrolment ID, email and password. Age limit Between 21 and 42 years on 1 January 2026: born not earlier than 2 January 1984 and not later than 1 January 2005. The date of birth in the HSC (10th) certificate is the only one accepted. Upper-age relaxation: 5 years for SC, ST, SEBC, women and ex-servicemen; 10 years for persons with 40% or more permanent disability; PwD candidates of SC, ST or SEBC get a cumulative 15 years. Junior Engineers of the Diploma Engineers' Service who acquired the degree later may apply up to 45 years, with not more than five chances. A candidate in more than one category gets only one relaxation, except the PwD addition above. Knowledge of Odia Candidates must be able to read, write and speak Odia and must have one of: passed the Middle School examination with Odia as a language subject; passed Matriculation or equivalent with Odia as the medium of examination in a non-language subject; passed Odia as a language subject in the Class VII final examination of a recognised school; or passed the Odia test of Middle English School standard conducted by the School and Mass Education Department or Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. Candidates without Odia in the HSC certificate upload a Headmaster's or Principal's certificate, or the Odia Test Pass Certificate, issued before the last date. The Commission may test Odia at the interview. Other conditions Citizen of India; of sound health, to be confirmed by a Medical Board before appointment (the health provision does not apply to PwD candidates). Not more than one living spouse, unless exempted by the State Government. Government servants may apply if qualified and within the age limit; they must inform their head of office in writing and produce a No Objection Certificate at document verification. Candidates debarred by OPSC, another State PSC or UPSC for a period are not eligible during that period. All eligibility conditions must be met by the closing date, 11 November 2026. FREEJOBALERT DAILY QUIZ Preparing for Govt Exams? Test Yourself! 25 Questions · 20 Minutes · Instant Score Take Today's Free Quiz →

Not applicable. The advertisement states that no examination fee is charged because the recruitment is conducted on GATE scores.

Document verification in phases. Candidates are called in a reasonable number, category-wise, strictly in order of the uploaded GATE score, for scrutiny of the score card, documents, eligibility and reservation claims. Appearing at verification confers no right to selection. Shortlist for interview. After verification, about two times the advertised vacancies in each category (minimum five) are shortlisted on GATE score. Interview. Worth 10% of the total; the Commission may test Odia reading, writing and speaking here. Final merit. GATE score at 90% plus interview marks; the final list equals the number of advertised vacancies per category. Ties are broken first by interview marks, then by age (older first). After the result, OPSC publishes the GATE score (at 90%) of the last selected and last shortlisted candidate in each category, together with individual GATE and interview marks.