RITES Engineering Professionals Recruitment 2026 - Apply Online for 33 Manager, Assistant Manager, DGM Posts

UR/EWS candidates (and SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/PWD candidates applying against unreserved posts) need a First Class degree/minimum 60% marks; reserved-category candidates need at least 50% marks for consideration against reserved posts. | The degree must be recognized by AICTE/UGC (as applicable), from a University/Institution established or incorporated as prescribed by law; Sections A & B of the Institution of Engineers (India) examination is also accepted as equivalent. | If the certificate/marksheet does not show First Class/percentage, the applicant must submit the university’s CGPA-to-percentage conversion formula; absent a formula, an institutional undertaking is required, and 6/10 on a 10-point scale will be treated as 60%. | Training (except on-the-job), internship, teaching, academic, fellowship or PhD research experience does NOT count as experience; Apprenticeship Act, 1961 training in the relevant discipline does count, subject to other eligibility conditions. | Date of acquiring qualification is the earliest of: last day of the month of the final qualifying exam, date of declaration of result, date of issuance of marksheet, or date of issuance of degree – no relaxation is given on this account.

Post Upper Age Limit DGM (all Cluster-II posts, RG/31/26–RG/34/26) 41 years Manager (Cluster-I, RG/35/26–RG/40/26) 35 years Assistant Manager (Cluster-I, RG/41/26–RG/45/26) 32 years Age relaxation (common to both clusters): RITES regular/contract employees meeting the qualification and experience criteria get 5 years’ relaxation over the upper age limit. Additional relaxation: SC/ST – 5 years; OBC-NCL – 3 years; J&K Domicile – 5 years; Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) – 10 years (in addition to SC/ST/OBC-NCL relaxation where applicable), subject to the post being identified suitable for PwBD and production of required certificates. PwBD relaxation applies irrespective of whether the post is reserved, provided it is identified suitable for PwBD as per the notified table (Civil discipline: Locomotor disability and Hearing Impairment categories are identified suitable, per the respective cluster’s table).

1. Written Test: 125 objective-type questions, 1 mark each, duration 2.5 hours. No negative marking. PwBD candidates get 50 minutes’ compensatory time. Qualifying marks: minimum 50% for UR/EWS, 45% for SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/PwBD against reserved posts.
2. Document Scrutiny: Based on written-test results and vacancies, RITES scrutinizes submitted documents; shortlisted candidates are called for interview preceded by original document verification.
3. Interview: Candidates are called in the ratio of 1:6 to the number of vacancies. Weightage: Written Test – 60%; Interview – 40% (Technical & Professional proficiency 30, Personality/Communication/Competency 10). Minimum interview marks: 60% for UR/EWS, 50% for SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/PWD against reserved posts. No minimum qualifying marks are required in the aggregate.
4. Test centers (tentative, subject to number of candidates and RITES’ discretion, except Delhi/Gurgaon): Delhi/Gurgaon, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati. Candidates give two center preferences; RITES reserves the right to allot any center.
5. Document Scrutiny: Submitted documents are scrutinized; eligible candidates are called for original document verification and the selection process.
6. Interview: Weightage – Interview 100% (Technical & Professional proficiency 65%, Personality/Communication/Competency 35%). Minimum interview marks: 60% for UR/EWS, 50% for SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/PWD against reserved posts. No minimum qualifying marks are required in the aggregate.
7. Candidates may appear for the selection process in Hindi or English.
8. Based on requirement and RITES’ discretion, the written test and/or interview may be conducted from Regional Offices, intimated via call letters.
9. Appointment is subject to being found medically fit as per RITES Rules and Standards of Medical Fitness for the relevant post.
10. Selected candidates will be on probation for 1 year and must clear a screening test for confirmation; failure may extend probation.
11. Selected candidates are liable for posting anywhere in India or abroad as per Company requirements. An employee’s application will not be forwarded for outside jobs until 2 years of RITES service is completed.