MP Sub Engineer Recruitment Notification 2026 Out: Check Vacancy, Age Limit, Salary & More

1,700 posts. That's the number MPESB has put out under the Group-03 Combined Recruitment Test 2026, and it covers Sub Engineer, Draftsman, Lab Technician and a handful of equivalent roles across departments in Madhya Pradesh.

For diploma and degree holders in Civil, Electrical or Mechanical, this is one of those notifications you don't want to half-read.

Most candidates preparing for this exam eventually reach the same point — they've read the notification, they know the vacancy count, but the technical revision part still feels scattered. 

That's usually where study material from a publisher like Engineers Academy Publications comes into the picture — books and practice sets built around the actual syllabus, rather than trying to piece revision together from old college notes.

Here's the full breakdown — dates, vacancies, eligibility, exam pattern, fees — straight from the official MP Sub Engineer notification.

MP Sub Engineer Important Dates 2026

A little over five weeks from the notification to the exam.

That's not a lot of time if the technical syllabus hasn't been touched in a while.

Click Here: MP Sub Engineer Notification 2026 Download PDF

MP Sub Engineer Exam Centres 2026

• Bhopal
• Indore
• Jabalpur
• Khandwa
• Gwalior
• Ratlam
• Rewa
• Sagar
• Satna
• Sehore
• Ujjain

MP Sub Engineer Vacancy 2026: Category-Wise Breakup

The notification also carries a separate department-and-post-code list — PWD, Water Resources Department, Rural Engineering Services, and a number of Development Authorities are all hiring under this cycle. Worth a look if you already have a department in mind.

MP Sub Engineer Recruitment 2026 Overview

Everything else — full salary breakup, exact correction rules — sits in the official PDF. Better to confirm from there than rely on a summary alone.

MP Sub Engineer Salary 2026

• Pay Level 6: Rs. 25,300 – 80,500 (Sub Engineer / degree posts)
• Pay Level 5: Rs. 22,100 – 70,000 (diploma / ITI-specific posts)

MP Sub Engineer Eligibility Criteria 2026

• 3-year diploma, or a higher qualification (B.E./B.Tech), in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, or a closely related technical field
• Qualification must come from a recognised university or institute
• Live registration with the MP State Employment Exchange (Rojgar Panjiyan) is compulsory — no exceptions

That third point catches people off guard almost every year. Sort it out before the form deadline, not after.

MP Sub Engineer Age Limit 2026 (as on 1 January 2026)

MP Sub Engineer Exam Pattern 2026

The written paper is 200 marks, divided into two equal halves:

• 100 marks — General section: GK, Hindi, English, Mathematics, Reasoning, Science, Computer Knowledge
• 100 marks — Technical, trade-based questions from the candidate's own branch

Neither half can really be skipped. General knowledge needs steady, ongoing revision. The technical half is where most candidates lose marks simply because core subjects haven't been revisited since college.

MP Sub Engineer Selection Process 2026

Three stages decide the final outcome:

• Written Examination
• Document Verification
• Medical Examination

MP Sub Engineer Application Fee 2026

• General / UR: Rs. 500
• SC / ST / OBC / EWS / PwD (MP domicile): Rs. 250
• Backlog direct-recruitment posts: Nil
• Payment accepted via NEFT / UPI on the MP Online portal

How to Apply for MP Sub Engineer Recruitment 2026

• Go to esb.mp.gov.in
• Complete MPESB profile registration, if not already done
• Log in and choose "Group-03 Combined Recruitment Test 2026"
• Fill in personal and educational details
• Upload photograph, signature, and required documents
• Pay the application fee online
• Submit the form and keep a printed copy

MP Sub Engineer Exam Shift & Timing 2026

Preparing With Engineers Academy Publications

The technical half of this paper is branch-specific, which means generic preparation material only goes so far.

Engineers Academy Publications puts out subject-wise books and MCQ sets built specifically for exams like this — Civil, Electrical and Mechanical, each covered separately, with practice questions modelled on the kind of trade-based technical questions this exam actually asks.

A book won't revise itself, obviously.

But having the right subject broken down properly, with enough MCQs to test whether a concept has actually stuck, tends to save time compared to hunting through old semester notes.

 For someone with five weeks and a full syllabus to revisit, that difference matters.

Final Takeaway

1,700 posts and barely five weeks to prepare — that's the real shape of this recruitment cycle.

Get the employment exchange registration and application out of the way early, then split revision time sensibly between general awareness and your technical branch.

For the technical portion, a good subject-wise book from Engineers Academy Publications can help organise what to revise and in what order. The revising itself, though, still has to happen.

FAQs

Q1. How many vacancies are there in MP Sub Engineer Recruitment 2026? 

1,700 posts in total, spread across Sub Engineer, Draftsman, Lab Technician and equivalent positions.

Q2. When is the last date to apply for MP Sub Engineer 2026? 

Applications close on 12 September 2026, having opened on 29 August 2026, at esb.mp.gov.in.

Q3. What qualification is needed for MP Sub Engineer 2026? 

A 3-year diploma or higher (B.E./B.Tech) in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical or a related field, along with live registration at the MP Employment Exchange.

Q4. What is the exam pattern for MP Sub Engineer 2026?

 A single written paper of 200 marks over 3 hours — 100 marks general subjects, 100 marks branch-specific technical questions.

Q5. Are Engineers Academy Publications books useful for MP Sub Engineer preparation? For the technical section specifically, yes — the subject-wise books and MCQ sets are built around branch syllabus content, which can help structure revision instead of starting from scratch. General-section preparation still needs to be handled separately.