1. Career in Civil Engineering… Maharashtra Engineering Service ExamBy
Pravin Kolhe
Executive Engineer
Water Resources Department
Government of Maharashtra
28 Sept 2013,

2. 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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3. Why to become a Civil Engineer?
For money?
For comfort?
For satisfaction
To achieve ‘something’ in life
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4. Specializations in CE Structural Engineering Earthquake Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Water Resource /Hydraulics
Irrigation Engineering
Remote Sensing/Geo- informatics/Surveying
Environmental Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Geology/Geoscience Engineering
Project Management
Construction Management
Maintenance Engineering
And so on…!
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5. 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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6. Career Options for Civil Engineer
Self employment
Software Jobs
PGDIM in IIM
PGDBM in NITIE
NICMAR etc.
Management
Private Sector
Public sector
Government Sector
Field Job
MTech/PhD
Scientist: ISRO, BARC, DRDO
Research
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7. Career Option: Management
NICMAR CET/GATE
NITIE CAT/GATE
IIM’s CAT
MBA
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8. Career Options: Field Jobs
Private Sector
Building design and construction, Real estate
Infrastructure- Highways, Airports, SEZ
Water Resource- Dams and hydraulic structures
Construction planning and management
Public sector
NTPC, NHPC, IRCON, RITE
SAIL, BHEL
AAI, HAL, NAL
Oil sector ONGC, IOCL, HPCL, GAIL
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9. Career Options: Government Jobs
Civil services
(UPSC)
IAS
IPS
IFS
Other
IES
CPWD
Railways
Water Resource
Military
Central Govt
(UPSC)
MESE
PWD
Jeevan Pradhikaran
State Govt
(MPSC)
Non-Engineering
Engineering
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10. Maharashtra Engineering Service Examination (MESE)-Departments1)
Water Resources Department (WRD) 2)
Public Works Department (PWD) 3)
Water Supply & Sanitation Department (WSSD)
Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran

11. Hierarchy of Posts in PWD/WRD
Secretary
Deputy Engineer
Assistant Executive Engineer
Assistant Engineer Grade-1
Sub-Divisional Engineer
Sub-Divisional Officer
Executive Director/Director General
Chief Engineer
Assistant Engineer, Grade-II
Superintending Engineer
Sectional Engineer
Executive Engineer
Junior Engineer

12. Posts in MPSC Exam Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE)
Promoted to EE after 4 years of service
Assistant Engineer, Grade-I (AE1)
Promoted to EE as per seniority of AE1
(Approx. 12~15 year)
Assistant Engineer, Grade-II (AE2)
Promoted to DE as per seniority of AE2
(Approx. 12~15 year) & then EE (approx. 10 year)

13. MPSC Exams 1)
Maharashtra Engineering (Civil) Services Examination-Group-A (MESE-A)
for AEE & AE1 Posts 2)
Maharashtra Engineering (Civil) Services Examination-Group-B (MESE-B)
for AE2 posts

14. MESE-Group-A (AEE & AE1 Posts)
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15. Preliminary Exam Main Exam Interview Examination Pattern-Group A Exam1)
Preliminary Exam 2)
Main Exam 3)
Interview

16. 1. Preliminary Exam 1 Objective Type Paper 100 Questions 100 Marks
Time:- 2 Hours

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

18. Main Written Exam Syllabus-Strategy
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

19. Main Written Exam Syllabus-CE Paper-1
Section
Marks
Topics A 40
Strength of material, Theory of structure B
Structural analysis, Steel structures C
Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures D
Concrete Technology, Pre-stressed Concrete E
Application of Computer Programming to structures, Numerical Methods
Total
200

20. Main Written Exam Syllabus-CE Paper-2
Section
Marks
Topics A 40
Surveying B
Engineering Materials, Building planning C
Building Construction, Estimating, Costing & Valuation D
Geo-technical Engineering E
Construction Planning and Management
Total
200

21. Main Written Exam Syllabus-CE Paper-3
Section
Marks
Topics A 40
Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machines B
Engineering Hydrology, Irrigation Engineering C
Highway Engineering D
Bridge Engineering, Tunnelling E
Water Supply Engineering, Waste Water Engg. & Pollution control, Solid Waste Management
Total
200

22. 3. Interview (100 Marks) Focus on Personality 100 Marks
Time:-10~30 minutes
Study Projects in your district

23. MESE-Group-B (AE-2 Posts)
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24. Preliminary Exam (100 marks)
Examination Pattern-Group B Exam 1)
Preliminary Exam (100 marks) 2)
Main Exam (3 papers-450 marks) 3)
Interview (100 marks)

25. 1. Preliminary Exam for AE2
1 Objective Type Paper
100 Questions
100 Marks
Time:- 2 Hours

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

27. 3. Interview for AE2 (100 Marks)
Focus on Personality
100 Marks
Time:-10~30 minutes
Study Projects in your district
Total Marks = = 550

28. Prelim Exam-Important Points
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.

29. Cut-offs 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%

30. Strategy Merit list is prepared considering marks of- Worried?
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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