SSC JE vacancy 2026: 1,699 tentative vacancies, post-wise and department-wise list

SSC has put up the tentative vacancies for the Junior Engineer Examination, 2026. The list shows 1,699 vacancies in total across 20 post entries in 12 departments. The largest entries are SA in the India Meteorological Department with 462, JE (C) in CPWD with 343 and JE (C) in the Border Roads Organization with 271 (male candidates only). The list is titled tentative, so treat the numbers as not final. The application for this exam has already closed; see our SSC JE 2026 guide and SSC exam schedule guide.

Total vacancies and category split

SSC’s notice-board PDF is titled ‘Tentative Vacancies for the recruitment of Junior Engineer Examination, 2026’. Its last row gives the total: 1,699 tentative vacancies, spread over 20 post entries in 12 departments. Counting by post, 1,237 are Junior Engineer (JE) posts and 462 are SA posts in the India Meteorological Department.

The category-wise split in the total row is:

• UR: 718
• OBC: 462
• SC: 245
• ST: 140
• EWS: 134

These five add up to 1,699. The list also has four more columns: OH 32, HH 14, VH 1 and Others 13 (total row). The list does not explain these abbreviations, so we show them as printed.

Post-wise and department-wise vacancy table

Here is every entry in the list, largest first (SC, ST, OBC, EWS, UR and Total as printed):

Post, department	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Total
SA, India Meteorological Department (IMD)	76	11	99	45	231	462
JE (C), Central Public Works Department (CPWD)	51	25	92	34	141	343
JE (C), Border Roads Organization (BRO), male candidates only	39	20	118	9	85	271
JE (E&M), Military Engineer Service (MES)	16	26	38	11	70	161
JE (C), Military Engineer Service (MES)	19	32	33	9	61	154
JE (E), Central Public Works Department (CPWD)	15	7	27	10	44	103
JE (T), Department of Telecommunication	10	5	18	6	30	69
JE (C), Brahmaputra Board	8	5	18	4	21	56
JE (C), Central Water Commission (CWC)	4	4	6	3	12	29
JE (E&M), Border Roads Organization (BRO), male candidates only	1	1	9	1	10	22
JE (C), Directorate General of Light Houses and Lightships	1	1	0	1	4	7
JE (M), DGQA-Naval, Ministry of Defence	1	1	0	1	3	6
JE (M), Central Water Commission (CWC)	1	0	1	0	1	3
JE (C), Central Institute of Coastal Engineering for Fishery	1	1	1	0	0	3
JE (C), Central Water Power Research Station (CWPRS)	1	0	0	0	1	2
JE (E), DGQA-Naval, Ministry of Defence	0	1	1	0	0	2
JE (C), Farakka Barrage Project	0	0	0	0	2	2
JE (E), Directorate General of Light Houses and Lightships	0	0	1	0	1	2
JE (E), Central Water Power Research Station (CWPRS)	1	0	0	0	0	1
JE (M), Central Water Power Research Station (CWPRS)	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	245	140	462	134	718	1,699

Both Border Roads Organization entries are marked ‘For Male candidates only’ in the list.

Department-wise totals and post types

Adding up the entries of each department gives:

Department	Entries	Total vacancies
India Meteorological Department (IMD)	1	462
Central Public Works Department (CPWD)	2	446
Military Engineer Service (MES)	2	315
Border Roads Organization (BRO), male candidates only	2	293
Department of Telecommunication	1	69
Brahmaputra Board	1	56
Central Water Commission (CWC)	2	32
Directorate General of Light Houses and Lightships	2	9
DGQA-Naval, Ministry of Defence	2	8
Central Water Power Research Station (CWPRS)	3	4
Central Institute of Coastal Engineering for Fishery	1	3
Farakka Barrage Project	1	2
Total	20	1,699

By post type: JE (C): 867 (9 entries), JE (E&M): 183 (2), JE (E): 108 (4), JE (T): 69 (1), JE (M): 10 (3) and SA: 462 (1). SSC’s JE 2026 notice names the engineering branches as Civil, Mechanical and Electrical, so C, M and E are read as Civil, Mechanical and Electrical. The list itself does not spell out C, E, M, E&M, T or SA, so we show them as printed.

What ‘tentative’ means and what the list does not say

Tentative means the numbers are provisional, not final. This PDF has no separate note on how or when the final numbers will be fixed, and it carries no ‘as on’ date. Do not treat any figure as confirmed.

The list also does not give the pay level, age limit, educational qualification, fee, selection stages, or state-wise or zone-wise vacancies. For these, read the official notices on ssc.gov.in.

How to read the list and what to do next

1. Open ssc.gov.in and find ‘Tentative Vacancies of Junior Engineer Examination, 2026’ on the notice board.
2. Find your department and post (C, E, M and so on) in the table and read the category columns.
3. Note that Border Roads Organization posts are for male candidates only.
4. Remember that the numbers are tentative.

The online application for this exam closed on 22 September 2026, and SSC has proposed Paper-I (computer based) for 2 to 6 November 2026. Details are in our SSC JE 2026 guide and SSC exam schedule guide. Use only the official website, ssc.gov.in.