By Pravin Kolhe Executive Engineer Water Resources Department Government of Maharashtra 28 Sept 2013, 1

Career in Civil Engineering…Maharashtra Engineering Service Exam

By

Pravin KolheExecutive Engineer

Water Resources Department

Government of Maharashtra

28 Sept 2013,

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Career in Civil Engineering, by Pravin Kolhe

What is Civil Engineering? Civil Engineering is broad

field of engineering, which deals with the planning, construction and maintenance of structures or public works as they are related earth, water or in space.

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Why to become a Civil Engineer? For money? For comfort? For satisfaction To achieve

‘something’ in life

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Specializations in CE Structural Engineering Transportation Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Water Resource /Hydraulics Irrigation Engineering Remote Sensing/Geo-

informatics/Surveying Environmental Engineering

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Earthquake Engineering Geology/Geoscience

Engineering Project Management Construction Management Maintenance Engineering And so on…!


Definitions of degree- BE/BTech:

I know everything ME/MTech:

I know something PhD:

I know NOTHING

and I want to learn.

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Career Options for Civil Engineer

• PGDIM in IIM• PGDBM in NITIE• NICMAR etc.

Management

• Private Sector• Public sector• Government Sector

Field Job

• MTech/PhD• Scientist: ISRO, BARC,

DRDOResearch

Self employm

entSoftware

Jobs

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Career Option: Management

NICMAR CET/GATE

NITIE CAT/GATE

IIM’s CAT

MBA

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Career Options: Field Jobs

Building design and

construction, Real estate

Infrastructure- Highways,

Airports, SEZ

Water Resource- Dams and hydraulic structures

Construction planning and management

Private Sector

NTPC, NHPC, IRCON, RITE

SAIL, BHEL

AAI, HAL, NAL

Oil sector ONGC, IOCL, HPCL, GAIL

Public sector

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Career Options: Government Jobs

• IES• CPWD• Railways• Water Resource

• Military

Central

Govt(UPSC

)• MESE• PWD• Water Resource

• Jeevan Pradhikaran

State Govt

(MPSC)

Civil servic

es(UPSC

)

IAS

IPS

IFS

Other

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Non-Engineering Engineering

Maharashtra Engineering Service Examination (MESE)-Departments

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1)• Water Resources Department (WRD)

2)• Public Works Department (PWD)

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• Water Supply & Sanitation Department (WSSD)• Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran

Hierarchy of Posts in PWD/WRD11

• Assistant Executive Engineer• Assistant Engineer Grade-1• Sub-Divisional Engineer• Sub-Divisional Officer

Deputy Engineer

Assistant Engineer, Grade-II

Sectional Engineer

Junior Engineer

Secretary

Executive Director/Director General

Chief Engineer

Superintending Engineer

Executive Engineer

Posts in MPSC Exam12

• Promoted to EE after 4 years of serviceAssistant Executive

Engineer (AEE)

• Promoted to EE as per seniority of AE1• (Approx. 12~15 year)

Assistant Engineer, Grade-I (AE1)

• Promoted to DE as per seniority of AE2• (Approx. 12~15 year) & then EE (approx. 10 year)

Assistant Engineer, Grade-II (AE2)

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• Maharashtra Engineering (Civil) Services Examination-Group-A (MESE-A)

• for AEE & AE1 Posts

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• Maharashtra Engineering (Civil) Services Examination-Group-B (MESE-B)

• for AE2 posts

MPSC Exams

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MESE-Group-A(AEE & AE1 Posts)

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1)• Preliminary Exam

2)• Main Exam

3) • Interview

Examination Pattern-Group A Exam

1. Preliminary Exam16

• 1 Objective Type Paper• 100 Questions• 100 Marks• Time:- 2 Hours

2. Main Written Exam (4 Papers, 750 Marks)17

• 1) Marathi, English & GK (Objective Type)

• 150 Marks, 150 Questions, Time: 90 minutes.

• 2) Civil Engineering Paper-I, II & III (3 Papers)

• Subjective Type

• Each Paper of 200 Marks

• Each Paper has 5 Sections (A, B, C, D, E)

• Each Section have 2 questions each with 40 marks

• Solve only one question from each section

• Solve total 5 Questions out of 10

• Time: 3 hours for each paper

Main Written Exam Syllabus-Strategy18

There are 5 sections in each paper i.e. A, B, C, D, E In each section there are 2 questions i.e. total 10 questions in a paper Each question carries 40 marks i.e. total 400 marks in a paper Attempt any ONE question from 2 i.e. 200 marks from 400 marks

Main Written Exam Syllabus-CE Paper-119

Section

Marks Topics

A 40 Strength of material, Theory of structure

B 40 Structural analysis, Steel structures

C 40 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

D 40 Concrete Technology, Pre-stressed Concrete

E 40 Application of Computer Programming to structures, Numerical Methods

Total 200


Section

Marks Topics

A 40 Surveying

B 40 Engineering Materials, Building planning

C 40 Building Construction, Estimating, Costing & Valuation

D 40 Geo-technical Engineering

E 40 Construction Planning and Management

Total 200


Section

Marks Topics

A 40 Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machines

B 40 Engineering Hydrology, Irrigation Engineering

C 40 Highway Engineering

D 40 Bridge Engineering, Tunnelling

E 40 Water Supply Engineering, Waste Water Engg. & Pollution control, Solid Waste Management

Total 200

3. Interview (100 Marks)22

• Focus on Personality• 100 Marks• Time:-10~30 minutes• Study Projects in your district

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MESE-Group-B(AE-2 Posts)

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1)• Preliminary Exam (100 marks)

2)• Main Exam (3 papers-450 marks)

3) • Interview (100 marks)

Examination Pattern-Group B Exam

1. Preliminary Exam for AE225

• 1 Objective Type Paper• 100 Questions• 100 Marks• Time:- 2 Hours

2. Main Written Exam for AE2 (3 Papers, 550 Marks)26

• 1) Marathi, English & GK (Objective Type)

• 150 Marks, 150 Questions, Time: 90 minutes.

• 2) Civil Engineering Paper-I & II (2 Papers)

• Objective Type

• Each Paper of 100 questions with 200 Marks• Time: 2 hours for each paper

3. Interview for AE2 (100 Marks)27

• Focus on Personality• 100 Marks• Time:-10~30 minutes• Study Projects in your district

• Total Marks = 450+100 = 550

Prelim Exam-Important Points28

Exam centre for Prelim & Mains Exam: Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune.

Preliminary exam is just screening test. The marks of Prelim Exam are not intimated & not considered for final merit list

There is no re-revaluation system for Prelim Exam as it is multiple choice question based and answer key is available on MPSC website for self verification by candidate.

There is 25% negative marks for wrong answer in Prelim Only those candidates are allowed to appear for the Main Written Exam who

qualifies the Preliminary Exam.

Cut-offs29

Cut-off will be different for each post/each category. Generally cut-off line for main exam is decided such that there will be 10 to 12

times candidates will be called upon. Generally cut-off line for interview is decided such that there will be 2 to 3 times

candidates will be called upon and it will be different for each post/each category.

Minimum Marks for Cutoff in Main Exam are as follows- 1) General Candidates : Min. 35% 2) Backward Class : Min. 30% 3) Physically Disabled/Players : Min 20%

Strategy30

Merit list is prepared considering marks of- Main Exam = 750 Marks Interview = 100 Marks Total (Group-A) = 850 Marks

Worried? Total marks in main exam including optional = 1200 Attempt for 600 marks Topper’s Marks = 50 % of Total marks. i.e. about 450~500 marks


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