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Sri Lanka Railway Transport Costing Officer Vacancies 2026 – Open Competitive Examination

Sri Lanka Railway Transport Costing Officer Grade III Vacancies 2026 Open Competitive Examination


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🚆 Sri Lanka Railway Vacancies 2026

Open Competitive Examination for Recruitment to

Transport Costing Officer – Grade III

👥 02 Vacancies 🎓 Graduate Recruitment 🏛 Government Job

📢 Recruitment Notice

Applications are invited from qualified Sri Lankan citizens for the Open Competitive Examination for Recruitment to the post of Transport Costing Officer Grade III in the Associated Officer Service Category of the Sri Lanka Railway Department.

According to the Gazette notice, 02 appointments are expected to be made through this recruitment examination.

📌 Vacancy Details

🏢 Department Sri Lanka Railway Department
💼 Post Transport Costing Officer – Grade III
👥 Number of Appointments 02
📝 Recruitment Method Open Competitive Examination
📅 Examination Expected to be held in September 2026
💰 Examination Fee Rs. 1,200

🎓 Required Qualifications

General Requirements

  • Applicant must be a citizen of Sri Lanka.
  • Applicant must be of excellent character.
  • Applicant must possess adequate physical and mental fitness to serve in any part of Sri Lanka.

Educational Qualifications

Applicants should possess either Qualification 01 or Qualification 02 below.
✅ Qualification 01 A degree obtained from a university recognized by the University Grants Commission, containing at least one of the following subjects:
  • Commerce
  • Business Management
  • Information Technology
  • Economics
  • Statistics
  • Cost Management
  • Mathematics
  • Science

✅ OR – Qualification 02 A degree in any field obtained from a recognized university together with 02 years of experience in Cost Management.
📌 The effective date of the degree qualification must be on or before the closing date for applications.

🎂 Age Limit

Minimum Age 21 Years
Maximum Age 35 Years

The applicant must be not less than 21 years and not more than 35 years of age as at the closing date for applications.

💰 Salary Scale

Rs. 53,060 – 94,100
MN 4 – 2025

Rs. 53,060 – 10 × 800 – 11 × 1,190 – 10 × 1,320 – 5 × 1,350 – Rs. 94,100

Other allowances payable to government officers may also be applicable in accordance with government regulations.

🏛 Nature of Appointment

  • The post is permanent.
  • The appointment is subject to a three-year probation period.
  • The First Efficiency Bar Examination prescribed for the post must be passed within three years of recruitment.
  • The prescribed proficiency in the relevant official language must be obtained within five years after appointment, in accordance with the applicable Public Administration circulars.

📝 Written Examination

The written examination consists of the following two papers:

🧠 01. Intelligence Test Maximum Marks: 100
Pass Mark: 40
Duration: 01 Hour
📊 02. Costing & Statistics Maximum Marks: 100
Pass Mark: 40
Duration: 03 Hours

Intelligence Test

The paper is designed to assess language ability, reasoning, decision-making ability and mathematical skills. It consists of 50 multiple-choice and short-answer questions.

Costing & Statistics

This paper evaluates knowledge relating to areas such as:

  • Use of costing methods in management decision-making
  • Material, labour and overhead costs
  • Cost analysis
  • Variable and fixed costs
  • Direct and indirect costs
  • Long-term and short-term costs
  • Economic costs and costing principles
  • Statistical information for management decisions
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Statistical forecasting

🌐 Examination Medium

The examination will be conducted in:

🇱🇰 Sinhala
🇱🇰 Tamil
🇬🇧 English

Candidates must answer all examination papers in the same language medium. The medium indicated in the application cannot subsequently be changed.

🏆 Selection Procedure

Candidates who pass the written examination will be ranked according to merit.

A number of candidates equal to twice the number of vacancies will be called for a structured interview.

Marks at the structured interview are allocated for:

  • Additional Educational Qualifications – 10 Marks
  • Professional Qualifications – 20 Marks
  • Experience – 25 Marks
  • Information Technology Knowledge – 20 Marks
  • English Language Proficiency – 20 Marks
  • Skills demonstrated at the Interview – 05 Marks

💳 Examination Fee

The examination fee is Rs. 1,200.00.

According to the Gazette, the fee should be credited through any People's Bank branch to the following account:

People's Bank – City Office Branch
Account No:
176-1001-090-27314

The original receipt should be securely attached to the application at the prescribed place. Applicants are advised to retain a photocopy of the receipt.

📮 How to Apply

The application should be prepared according to the specimen application published in the Gazette notice.

  • Use A4 size paper.
  • Complete the application in the language medium in which you intend to sit the examination.
  • Attach the original examination fee receipt in the specified place.
  • The applicant's signature must be certified by an authorized person specified in the Gazette.
  • Send the completed application by registered post.
General Manager of Railways
Sri Lanka Railway Department
P.O. Box 355
Olcott Mawatha
Colombo 10

The name of the examination should be clearly written on the top left-hand corner of the envelope.

⚠️ Important – Please Check the Application Deadline Carefully

The Gazette notice contains two different dates relating to the closing/receipt of applications.

📅 One section states that the closing date is 14.09.2026.

📮 However, the section explaining how to apply states that the completed application should reach the Sri Lanka Railway Department by registered post on or before 24.08.2026.

Therefore, applicants are strongly advised to read the official Gazette carefully and obtain confirmation from the relevant authority before relying on a closing date.

🇱🇰 සිංහල සාරාංශය

ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ගමනාගමන පිරිවැය නිලධාරී III ශ්‍රේණිය බඳවා ගැනීම – 2026

ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ආශ්‍රිත නිලධාරී සේවා ගණයේ ගමනාගමන පිරිවැය නිලධාරී III ශ්‍රේණිය සඳහා බඳවා ගැනීමේ විවෘත තරග විභාගයට අයදුම්පත් කැඳවා ඇත.

  • 👥 පුරප්පාඩු / පත් කිරීම් සංඛ්‍යාව – 02
  • 🎂 වයස් සීමාව – අවුරුදු 21 – 35
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  • 🎓 නැතහොත් පිළිගත් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයක ඕනෑම විෂය ක්ෂේත්‍රයකින් උපාධියක් සමඟ පිරිවැය කළමනාකරණය පිළිබඳ වසර 02ක පළපුරුද්ද තිබිය යුතුය.
  • 💰 විභාග ගාස්තුව – රු. 1,200
  • 💵 වැටුප් පරිමාණය – රු. 53,060 – 94,100 (MN 4-2025)
  • 🏛 තනතුර ස්ථිර වන අතර වසර 03ක පරිවාස කාලයකට යටත් වේ.
  • 📝 ලිඛිත විභාගය – බුද්ධි පරීක්ෂණය සහ පිරිවැය හා සංඛ්‍යානය.
  • 📮 අයදුම්පත් ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව වෙත යොමු කළ යුතුය.
⚠️ ගැසට් නිවේදනයේ එක් ස්ථානයක අවසන් දිනය 14.09.2026 ලෙස ද, අයදුම් කිරීමේ උපදෙස් කොටසේ අයදුම්පත 24.08.2026 දින හෝ ඊට පෙර ලැබිය යුතු බව ද සඳහන් වේ. එබැවින් නිල ගැසට් නිවේදනය හොඳින් කියවා අදාළ ආයතනයෙන් දිනය තහවුරු කර ගැනීම සුදුසුය.

🇱🇰 தமிழ் சுருக்கம்

இலங்கை புகையிரதத் திணைக்களம் – போக்குவரத்துச் செலவுக் கணக்கீட்டு உத்தியோகத்தர் தரம் III ஆட்சேர்ப்பு 2026

இலங்கை புகையிரதத் திணைக்களத்தின் இணைந்த உத்தியோகத்தர் சேவைப் பிரிவில் போக்குவரத்துச் செலவுக் கணக்கீட்டு உத்தியோகத்தர் தரம் III பதவிக்கான திறந்த போட்டிப் பரீட்சைக்கு தகுதியான இலங்கைப் பிரஜைகளிடமிருந்து விண்ணப்பங்கள் கோரப்பட்டுள்ளன.

  • 👥 நியமனங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை – 02
  • 🎂 வயது எல்லை – 21 முதல் 35 வயது வரை
  • 🎓 பல்கலைக்கழக மானியங்கள் ஆணைக்குழுவினால் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட பல்கலைக்கழகமொன்றிலிருந்து வர்த்தகம், வணிக முகாமைத்துவம், தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பம், பொருளியல், புள்ளிவிபரவியல், செலவு முகாமைத்துவம், கணிதம் அல்லது விஞ்ஞானம் ஆகியவற்றில் குறைந்தது ஒரு பாடத்தை உள்ளடக்கிய பட்டம் பெற்றிருக்க வேண்டும்.
  • 🎓 அல்லது அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட பல்கலைக்கழகமொன்றிலிருந்து ஏதேனும் ஒரு துறையில் பட்டத்துடன் செலவு முகாமைத்துவத்தில் 02 வருட அனுபவம் பெற்றிருக்க வேண்டும்.
  • 💰 பரீட்சைக் கட்டணம் – ரூ. 1,200
  • 💵 சம்பள அளவுத்திட்டம் – ரூ. 53,060 – 94,100 (MN 4-2025)
  • 🏛 பதவி நிரந்தரமானது. நியமனம் 03 வருட தகுதிகாண் காலத்திற்கு உட்பட்டது.
  • 📝 எழுத்துப் பரீட்சை – நுண்ணறிவுப் பரீட்சை மற்றும் செலவீனம் & புள்ளிவிபரவியல்.
  • 📮 பூர்த்தி செய்யப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பம் பதிவுத் தபால் மூலம் இலங்கை புகையிரதத் திணைக்களத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட வேண்டும்.
⚠️ வர்த்தமானி அறிவித்தலில் ஒரு பகுதியில் விண்ணப்ப முடிவுத் திகதி 14.09.2026 என குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ள நிலையில், விண்ணப்பிக்கும் முறை தொடர்பான பகுதியில் விண்ணப்பம் 24.08.2026 அன்று அல்லது அதற்கு முன்னர் கிடைக்க வேண்டும் என குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. எனவே விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் உத்தியோகபூர்வ வர்த்தமானியை முழுமையாக வாசித்து உரிய அதிகாரிகளிடம் இறுதித் திகதியை உறுதிப்படுத்திக் கொள்வது பரிந்துரைக்கப்படுகிறது.

📥 Gazette & Application Details

Click the button below to access the official Gazette.

📌 After opening the Gazette page, select the Gazette dated 14.08.2026 and read Part I – Section II (A) – Advertising.
ℹ️ Applicants are advised to read the complete official Gazette notification before submitting an application. This post is intended as a convenient summary of the recruitment notice.

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