1. The engagement of personnel is purely temporary in nature and on contact basis for a period of 24 months or till completion of the projects, whichever is earlier. The actual engagement may vary depending on requirement and status of projects.
2. Candidates are required to register themselves with National Skills Registry (NSR) at https://nationalskillsregistry.com and provide NSR registration number to POWERGRID. Further, they are required to get the following verified in their NSR profile at their own cost before joining or within 03 months of joining, failing which their engagement shall automatically be terminated without assigning any reason/notice whatsoever:
   1. Personal details like Identity, Biometrics (fingerprints)
   2. Essential Qualification e. Post Graduation/Graduation/Diploma/Relevant Degree (as applicable)
   3. Previous employment/experience information

Upon joining, candidates shall be required to provide permission to POWERGRID to view their profile in NSR.

3. Field Engineer/ Field Supervisor shall submit the Police Verification Report / Employee Verification Report regarding Character & Antecedents from police station of their permanent home address. If due to any reason, they are not able to submit the aforesaid document at the time of joining, they shall be provisionally allowed to join on the basis of character certificate & attestation form, subject to condition that he/she shall submit the verification report within 3 months, failing which his/her engagement as Field Engineer/ Field Supervisor shall automatically be terminated without assignment of any reason/notice whatsoever.
4. The personnel engaged will not be entitled to claim for any regular employment in POWERGRID or any relaxations in case of any recruitment for regular posts in POWERGRID.
5. The contractual engagement will automatically be terminated on expiry of 24 months or on completion of the projects, whichever is earlier.
6. Management reserves the right to cancel / restrict / enlarge / modify / alter the recruitment / selection process, if need so arises, without issuing any further notice or assigning any reason thereafter.

Selection Process:

1. Interested and eligible candidates shall register for POWERGRID - Common FTE Written Test-2025. Candidates will have to meet all the eligibility criteria including one year relevant post qualification experience, as on the last date of online registration.
2. The written test for all the provisionally eligible candidates will be conducted for all the posts on PAN India basis in a single day.
3. The scheme of the test shall be as following:
   1. The test would be of 1 hour duration (Extra time will be allowed to PwBD/ PwD candidates as per Govt. of India directives)
   2. Sections and Number of questions:
      1. Technical Knowledge Test – 50 questions based on Tech / BE/ Diploma (as applicable) syllabus in the relevant discipline.
      2. Aptitude Test – 25 questions tentatively on the following topics:

General English: Articles, Prepositions, Vocabulary, Comprehension, Synonyms/Antonyms, Jumbled Sentences.

Reasoning: Data Interpretation, Coding and Decoding, Deductive Logic, Inductive Logic, Data Sufficiency, Series Completion, Puzzles, Pattern Completion.

Quantitative Aptitude: Ratio & Proportion, Time & Work, Speed & Distance, Profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Percentage, Average, Mensuration, Trigonometry, Geometry, Algebra, Probability, LCM & HCF, Numbers

General Awareness: Social Science, Science, Current Affairs, General Knowledge.

• All questions would be MCQ type with 4 options and carry equal weightage (1 mark each) and there shall be no negative marking.
• Qualifying marks would be minimum 40% for Unreserved including EWS and 30% for reserved vacancies (subject to reservation of vacancies).
• Candidates shall have the option for appearing in the Common FTE written test in Hindi or English.
• Centres for Common FTE written test shall be pan-India and date of test shall be intimated separately to the applicants after basic scrutiny of application. The right to allocate centre/venue shall be reserved by the Management.

For Field Engineer post:

1. Candidates who have qualified the Common FTE Written Test as per the eligibility criteria and have submitted their consent for the vacancies notified by the respective Region/CC as mentioned at point 7 above, will be shortlisted and called for interview by concerned Region/CC based on their performance in the test.
2. Qualifying marks in Interview would be minimum 40% for Unreserved including EWS and 30% for reserved vacancies (subject to reservation of vacancies).
3. Candidates shall have the option for appearing in Interview in Hindi or English
4. The merit will be drawn by the Region purely on the basis of performance in the Interview only.
5. Candidates who qualify as per qualifying criteria, shall be shortlisted category-wise for empanelment by the Region, in proportion to the number of vacancies in the respective category in the prescribed ratio of 1:5.
6. In case two or more candidates secure equal marks, they will be empanelled in the chronological order of their date of birth, the eldest being placed first among The number of candidates to be empanelled may change as per availability of suitable candidates at cut-off.
7. The candidates will be issued Offer of Engagement as per number of vacancies and in order of merit.
8. Candidates can apply against any number of Regions/Projects simultaneously, as per the vacancies notified by the Region/CC, provided they meet the eligibility criteria and have valid test score.
9. A candidate who joins a Region based on the score obtained in the test shall not be eligible to apply for the same post in same/other regions during the validity of the score. In other words, test score can be used only once for obtaining employment during the validity of test scores.
10. The candidates who fail in the interview in one Region/CC shall be allowed to reappear for interview against vacancies in the same Region/other Regions/CC, only after 06 months from the date of declaration of interview result wherein the candidate was found unsuitable, subject to the validity of test score.
11. Candidature of those candidates who are disqualified in document verification shall be rejected and will not be considered for further process in any Region/CC, during the validity of the score.

For Field Supervisor post:

1. Candidates who have given consent for the vacancies notified by the respective Region/CC as mentioned at point 7 above, provided they meet all the prescribed criteria and qualify in the Common FTE Written Test-2025, shall be empanelled by that Region/CC in order of merit purely on the basis of performance/ marks obtained in the written test.
2. Candidates who qualify, as per qualifying criteria, shall be shortlisted category-wise for empanelment by the Region/CC, in proportion to the number of vacancies in the respective category in the prescribed ratio of 1:5.
3. In case two or more candidates secure equal marks, they will be empanelled in the chronological order of their date of birth, the eldest being placed first among The number of candidates to be empanelled may change as per availability of suitable candidates at cut-off.
4. The candidates will be called for document verification as per number of vacancies and if found eligible, will be issued Offer of Engagement.
5. Candidates can apply against any number of Regions simultaneously, as per the vacancies notified by the Region, provided they meet the eligibility criteria and have valid test score.
6. Candidature of those candidates who are disqualified in document verification, shall be rejected and will not be considered for further process in any Region/CC, during the validity of the score.
7. A candidate who joins a Region based on the score obtained in the test, shall not be eligible to apply for the same post in other regions during the validity of the In other words, test score can be used only once for obtaining employment during the validity of test scores.

Test Centres:

Interested and eligible candidates are advised to select one test center from the list of test centers mentioned below:

 POWERGRID reserves the right to alter the test centers. The decision of POWERGRID regarding test centers shall be final and binding. Efforts will be made to allocate the choice of city opted by the candidate for Common FTE Written Test in their application form. However, in exceptional circumstances, a nearby/different city may be allotted.

Application Fees:

 SC/ST/PwBD/ExSM are exempted from payment of Application Fee.

Important Instructions for Registration / Application:

It is mandatory that the candidates go through the full text of the advertisement and agree to all the conditions given, while applying for the post.

1. Interested and eligible candidates should apply only through Online Registration System of To apply log on to https://www.powergrid.in à Careers Section à Job Opportunitiesà Openings à Executive Positions on All India Basis and then “Engagement of experienced personnel on Contract Basis for the post of Field Engineer/ Field Supervisor”. No other means/ mode of application shall be accepted. POWERGRID will not be responsible for bouncing back of any email sent to the candidate.
2. Before registering and submitting their applications on the website, the candidate should possess a valid self E- mail ID, Alternate E-mail ID and Mobile number. This is Mandatory. In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he / she should create his / her new email ID before applying These would be required for accessing information through candidate login during the later stages of the recruitment process. Candidates are advised to keep the E-mail ID and Mobile number entered in the online application form compulsorily active for at least one year.
3. Candidates should submit only one application for a Application once submitted may be edited/updated till last date of submission of online application. It cannot be altered after that. Accordingly, no requests for change in applicant data after last date of submission of online application shall be entertained. A valid e-mail ID is essential for submission of the online application.
4. Candidates are advised to make a note of their e-mail ID as entered in the application form and Registration Number generated at the top right-hand corner of the ‘Resume’. These would be required for accessing information through candidate login during the later stages of the recruitment process.
5. Candidates are advised to take a printout of the submitted online application, same is required at the time of Interview/Document Verification (as applicable) and note down the user ID and password generated at the time of online registration.
6. Candidates should ensure the following while filling up the online registration form:
   • Qualification details are complete.
   • Complete Details of experience are mentioned separately for each organization along with pay details, if applicable.

7. Candidates are advised to upload legible copies of the following documents while submitting online application in the space earmarked in the online application. The candidates called for Interview/Document Verification (as applicable) are required to produce uploaded documents in original for verification: 

Candidates will have to bring these above documents along with original at the time of Interview/Document verification for preliminary & functional scrutiny / medical / joining, if called for, failing which candidature shall be cancelled.

Information regarding this recruitment process shall be made available in the career section of POWERGRID website. Applicants are advised to check the website periodically for updates.

Payment of Application Fees:

• After successful completion of registration, candidates shall receive an email with details of their Login ID, Password and other information. Candidate is required to login to career page through candidate login link available on job opportunities section (Go to Careers> Job Opportunities>Openings> Executive Positions on All India Basis > Concerned advertisement & candidate login link).
• A button shall be available on the login page which will guide the candidate to payment gateway. Candidate will be automatically directed to payment gateway website and return back to POWERGRID website automatically on completion of transaction.
• Online payment can be made through Credit Card, Debit Card, Net
• If the transaction is successful, the online payment button will disappear and transaction confirmation will appear. If the transaction fails and the amount is deducted, the candidates will have to wait for 2 hours to check any update in status on his/ her candidate login home page. In case of no change, he/ she will have to send mail stating the issue and quoting his/ her POWERGRID Registration Number. Hence candidates are advised not to wait till last date for submission of application or payment of Payment once done cannot be refunded.

Once applied, the applicants are advised to check the web site as well as their registered e-mail regularly for any updates.

The admit card indicating Roll Number, Name of the allocated Test Center and guidelines for the test will be made available on our website to the candidates found apparently eligible based on the online data The candidate is required to download his/her Admit card, Test Guidelines etc. for appearing in the test from the website only. Please note that the admit card will not be sent by post.

All information regarding this recruitment will be made available on the website: http://www.powergrid.in and no separate communication shall be made. Candidates must constantly visit website http://www.powergrid.in for information regarding dates of written test, downloading of admit card, result of written test, medical standards etc.

E-mail ID and Mobile number to be entered in online application form is In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her new email ID before applying online. Candidates are advised to keep the e-mail ID and Mobile number entered in the online application form compulsorily active for at least one year. No change in the email ID or mobile number will be allowed once entered. All future correspondence shall be made via E-mail and/or SMS only.

Applicants should keep sufficient copies of same photographs in reserve for future use, which they are using in the Online Registration.

General Information and Instructions

1. Only Indian Nationals who have attained the age of 18 years or above are eligible to
2. The candidature of the candidate at all stages of the selection process shall be provisional in
3. Mere submission of application does not guarantee the adequacy of candidature for being considered for further selection process.
4. Before applying, the candidate should ensure that he/she fulfils the eligibility criteria and other norms mentioned in this advertisement. Applications in which the essential qualification/ experience cannot be fully ascertained will be liable for Accordingly, it is the responsibility of candidate to satisfy that he/ she meets the eligibility criteria (as mentioned in this advertisement) fully before applying, to properly fill the application and provide necessary documents asked for. Candidates not meeting the specified criteria including experience profile, shall not be considered for selection.
5. Date of issuance of final mark sheet shall be taken as the date of acquiring essential qualification.
6. All photocopies of documents (along with the application) submitted at the time of Interview/Document Verification (as applicable), if called for, should be self-attested by the candidate.
7. The candidate must possess qualifications recognized by the relevant statutory bodies like UGC/ AICTE etc. Correspondence course in Degree/ Diploma shall not be considered as recognised qualification as per AICTE norms.
8. Candidates must note that for the post of Field Supervisors, Higher technical qualification like Tech/B.E. /M.Tech/M.E etc with or without Diploma is not allowed.
9. At the time of application and at the time of joining, the candidate applying for Field Supervisor post, shall submit an undertaking that he/she is not possessing Higher technical qualification as mentioned above and in case it is found subsequently that he/she has submitted any false declaration or suppressed any information, his/her application shall be liable for rejection and if appointed, services shall be liable for termination at any stage of service.
10. Wherever CGPA/OGPA/DGPA or Letter Grade is awarded in the essential qualification, its equivalent percentage of marks must be indicated in the application form as per norms adopted by the University/ Institute from where they have obtained the qualification.
11. Percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in in the essential qualification shall be calculated based on the practice followed by the University/Institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree/diploma.
12. In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100.
13. Marks in Essential Qualification will not be rounded off for deciding eligibility of any candidate.
14. Management reserves the right to post selected personnel at any of its project/office as per requirement.
15. The number of vacancies mentioned are tentative and may vary. Operation of panel will depend on the requirement in the projects.
16. Application Fee is non-refundable even if the candidature is rejected for any reason.
17. Applications should be submitted through online mode only.
18. Training / Teaching / Internship/Apprenticeship period will not be counted as experience.
19. Candidates claiming reservation under OBC (NCL)/EWS should belong to respective category as on last date of online submission of application and must possess valid OBC(NCL)/ EWS certificate as on closing date of online submission of application to POWERGRID.
20. All computations of Age and Post Qualification Experience etc., shall be as on closing date of online application i.e. 17.09.2025.
21. If any of the certificate is issued in a language other than Hindi/English, candidates are advised to submit a certified translation of the same in either in Hindi or English language at the time of Interview/ document verification, if called for.
22. For POWERGRID Common FTE Written Test -2025, details of test centre, venue shall be intimated to candidates. Only SC/ST/PwBD candidates shall be reimbursed sleeper class rail/bus fare by shortest route for appearing for the test, provided they meet the laid down criteria.
23. Candidature is liable to be rejected at any stage of recruitment/selection process without notice or if joined services are liable to be terminated, if any information provided by the candidate is not found in conformity with the eligibility criteria notified or if POWERGRID comes across any evidence/knowledge that the qualification/experience and any other particulars indicated in the application/personal resumes/other forms/formats are not recognized/false/misleading and/or amounts to suppression of information/ particulars of which should have been brought to the notice of POWERGRID or that the candidate has been shortlisted for next stage in the process/ has secured employment in POWERGRID through or adopting any unfair means.
24. The application process will be treated as complete only on submission of application fees, wherever applicable.
25. Incomplete/Draft application/applications without application fees (if applicable) will be rejected.
26. During the written test, candidate must occupy the seat allotted against their respective roll Inter changing seats, creating disturbance in the hall, exchanging notes, consulting/talking to each other/ any malpractices & impersonation/ copying of questions in any form etc. will result in summarily dismissal from the Examination Hall, non- evaluation of answer sheet and other disciplinary proceedings. Candidates must refrain from creating any obstruction during the conduct of examination. Such candidates shall also be liable to be debarred from future examinations of POWERGRID, and legal proceedings could be initiated against such candidates.
27. The Management reserves the right to cancel / restrict / enlarge / modify / alter the recruitment/ selection process, if need so arises, without issuing any further notice or assigning any reason thereafter. The number of vacancies mentioned are tentative that may vary, and operation of panel will depend on the requirement.
28. Management reserves the right to raise or lower the qualifying standards in any stage of the selection process depending on availability of sufficient number of candidates.
29. By submitting application, candidate gives consent that candidate data may be shared with the third party for the conduct of written test and evaluation purpose with adequate security.
30. Candidates are required to fill in their bank details such as bank A/C No, Bank’s name, Branch Name, IFSC code etc. in the online application form in order to enable us to process TA payment online, if applicable.
31. The contractual engagement will be regulated by Company’s rules and administrative orders that may be enforced from time to time during the period of engagement
32. Complaints attributable to the incompatibility of the Client Systems, ignorance of users, non-availability of internet connectivity or any other aspects beyond the direct control of POWERGRID employees or systems will not be entertained.
33. No correspondence regarding this recruitment made in Complaint Management System of POWERGRID will be entertained.
34. Legal jurisdiction will be NCT of Delhi in case of any cause / dispute.
35. For any queries regarding this recruitment please send email to {recruitment@powergrid.in}. Candidates are required to add this email-id to their address book in order to avoid any email communication gap. Please write “ <Post applied ><subject matter>” in the subject line of e-mail.
36. Applicants are advised NOT to upload documents which are not clearly legible or/are password Mobile phone scans/clicks/pictures which are not readable / not in proper size willl not be considered for further process.
37. All information regarding this recruitment process would be made available in the career section of POWERGRID website Applicants are advised to check the web site periodically for important updates. Once registered for POWERGRID, all correspondences shall be made through their registered e-mail ID or candidate login only.

Important Dates:

 NOTE:

In order to avoid the last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough. POWERGRID will not be responsible for network issues / technical glitches / server issues etc.

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