OPSC AEE Recruitment 2026: 758 Posts, Apply by 11 Nov

758 Assistant Executive Engineer posts are open at the Odisha Public Service Commission, and 612 of the 750 Civil posts are backlog vacancies from previous years. OPSC AEE Recruitment 2026 fills 750 Civil and 8 Mechanical posts in Group A of the Odisha Engineering Service, and the form runs from 22 October to 11 November 2026 at 5 pm on opsc.gov.in. There is no written exam and no examination fee. Selection rests on a valid GATE score and an interview, with the GATE score carrying 90 percent and the interview 10 percent.

That backlog number is the first thing to understand about this drive. The Commission is clearing years of unfilled Civil seats in one advertisement, which is why the count looks so large next to the 8 Mechanical posts. The Civil seats sit across three departments, Water Resources, Works, and Housing and Urban Development, and you mark your department preference in the form. That choice is final once you submit it, so decide before you open the form rather than while filling it.

OPSC AEE Recruitment 2026 at a glance

No exam, no fee, and the GATE score does almost all the work

This is the part that makes the drive unusual. OPSC runs no written test here. Your GATE score decides nearly everything, and the interview only adjusts the final order.

That puts the whole contest on a card you already hold, which is good news if your score is strong and bad news if it sits below the qualifying mark for your category. A score below that mark does not count at all, even if you hold a valid card.

Only GATE 2024, 2025 and 2026 scores count, because a GATE score stays valid for three years. The score must come from the right paper, Civil Engineering for the Civil post and Mechanical Engineering for the Mechanical post. OPSC accepts only the QR coded GATE score card, and no GATE mark sheet will do. If you hold scores from more than one of the three years, upload one year's card only, and the Commission will judge you on that card alone.

Two conditions around the card deserve care. You must submit an affidavit in the form given as Annexure-I to the advertisement, declaring the uploaded card genuine. And the Commission can ask you to log in to the GATE portal with your own credentials during document verification, so keep your enrolment ID or email ID and password ready. Any manipulation or forgery of a GATE score card counts as a criminal offence, and it brings rejection plus debarment from future OPSC recruitment.

What happens after you apply

After the forms close, the Commission calls candidates for document verification in phases, in GATE score order within each category. Mere participation in verification gives no right to selection.

After verification, about twice the advertised vacancies in each category, subject to a minimum of five, go forward to interview. The final merit list adds the GATE score at 90 percent to the interview at 10 percent, and it holds exactly as many names as there are vacancies in the category. If two candidates tie on the total, the higher interview marks win, and if they still tie, the older candidate ranks higher. After the result, the Commission will publish the GATE score at 90 percent of the last selected candidate and the last shortlisted candidate for interview, category-wise, on its website, along with individual GATE scores and interview marks.

Who can apply

The degree rule is plain. Civil needs a degree in Civil Engineering from a recognised university or institution, or Associate Membership of the Institution of Engineers of India in Civil. Mechanical needs the same in Mechanical. The degree must be in hand on the date you apply.

Age runs from 21 to 42 years as on 1 January 2026, which means born between 2 January 1984 and 1 January 2005. Relaxation follows the Odisha government rules: five years for SC, ST, SEBC, women and ex-servicemen, ten years for persons with disabilities whose permanent disability is 40 percent or more, and fifteen years in total for a PwD candidate who also belongs to SC, ST or SEBC. Junior Engineers from the Diploma Engineers Service who later earned the degree can get relaxation up to 45 years, with no more than five chances.

Reservation and relaxation under SC, ST and SEBC apply to Odisha candidates only. Two certificate traps sit in the notice. The SEBC certificate must have been issued on or after 23 October 2023, since it stays valid for three years, and an OBC certificate does not stand in place of an SEBC certificate. Women candidates from SC, ST and SEBC must submit caste certificates showing "daughter of" followed by the father's name; the Commission does not accept a certificate showing "wife of", and it can get the form rejected.

The remaining conditions are standard for an OPSC drive. You must be an Indian citizen, pass a medical board examination before appointment, and serve two years on probation. Government servants can apply but must tell their head of office in writing and produce a no objection certificate at document verification, so get that paper well in advance. Appointees join under the contributory pension scheme, since the old pension rules do not cover anyone appointed on or after 1 January 2005.

The Odia condition is the quiet filter

Every candidate must be able to read, write and speak Odia, and the notice lists exactly what proves it. You qualify if you passed the Middle School Examination with Odia as a language subject, or passed Matriculation with Odia as the medium of examination in a non-language subject, or passed Odia as a language subject in the final examination of Class VII, or passed an Odia test at Middle English School standard run by the School and Mass Education Department or the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.

If none of those covers you, three other papers can: a certificate from the headmaster of your high school, a certificate from the principal of your school showing Odia as a subject in Class VII or above, or an Odia Test Pass Certificate from the School and Mass Education Department or the Board of Secondary Education. That certificate must be issued before the last date of application. The Commission also reserves the right to test your Odia during the interview itself, so a paper certificate with no real ability behind it will not survive the process. Forgery of an Odia certificate counts the same way as forgery of a GATE card, as a criminal offence with rejection and debarment.

How to apply on opsc.gov.in

Apply online only, through the e-Chayan portal on opsc.gov.in. No other mode counts, and the Commission rejects applications sent any other way. Read the detailed instructions on the portal before you start, because the form is system driven and walks you through the fields in its own order.

Upload a scanned copy of your latest passport size photograph, your full signature and your left hand thumb impression, all clearly visible. Keep at least four copies of the same photograph for later use. You also upload the HSC certificate, degree certificate, all semester mark lists, the QR coded GATE score card, the affidavit, caste certificate where applicable, Odia proof, disability certificate where applicable, and identity proof such as Aadhaar, voter ID, driving licence, passport or PAN card. Get every certificate issued on or before the day you submit the form; a certificate issued after the last date does not count.

On successful submission the portal assigns a Permanent Public Service Account Number, or PPSAN. Take a printout of the submitted forms, sign the declaration, and keep it with copies of your certificates for document verification. There is no edit facility after submission.

If you need to change anything, cancel the application and apply again before 11 November at 5 pm. The notice advises candidates to submit well in advance rather than waiting for the closing hours, and the Commission can reject incomplete forms without any correspondence.

The corrigendum fixed two mistakes in the original notice

OPSC issued a first corrigendum on 16 October 2026, a week after the advertisement, and it corrects two copy paste errors rather than changing any date or vacancy. The first fix concerns the marks you enter in the form: the note now reads "H.S.C. to Bachelor's Degree in Civil/Mechanical Engineering", where the original wrongly said "Agriculture/Horticulture".

The second fix concerns the admission certificate clause: it now refers to a Certificate of Admission to Document Verification, where the original wrongly spoke of admission to a written examination that this recruitment does not hold. The corrigendum also states that the example given in the GATE note of the advertisement is only an example to explain eligibility, and is not related to any real GATE score. Everything else in the advertisement stays unchanged.

OPSC is running two more drives on the same portal this month. Our OPSC ASO Recruitment 2026 post covers 340 Assistant Section Officer posts with forms open 9 to 30 November, and our OPSC Scientific Officer Recruitment 2026 post covers 89 posts with forms open 6 to 26 November. Both charge a fee and hold a written exam, which makes the AEE drive the odd one out: no fee, no exam, and a GATE score that carries the whole selection.

If your GATE card is from 2024, 2025 or 2026 and your Odia proof is in hand, the only date that matters now is 11 November at 5 pm. Check the SEBC certificate date and the department preference before you submit, because neither can be fixed after the form goes in.

Sources & verification: Odisha Public Service Commission, Advertisement No. 13 of 2026-27, Notice No. 5762/PSC dated 9 October 2026, read 7 November 2026 from the official PDF on opsc.gov.in. 1st Corrigendum to the same advertisement, Notice No. 5870/PSC dated 16 October 2026, read the same day from opsc.gov.in. The advertisement states the posts, the category-wise vacancy tables, the application dates, the age limit, the pay level, the GATE years and score card rules, the Odia requirement, the selection method, the document verification schedule and the application steps.

The notice gives no rupee salary figure and no application fee, and this article gives neither. Emitrawala, Schools360 and FreeJobAlert articles of October and November 2026 were used for discovery only.