Ministry of Highways Project Vacancies 2026 – 208 Vacancies | Disaster Rebuild & Rural Road Project
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🚧 Ministry of Highways Project Vacancies 2026
Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development
For Government / Semi-Government Officers & Other Sri Lankan Citizens
📥 Full Details & Application Forms
Full Advertisement
View all vacancies, qualifications, service conditions, age limits and application instructions.
VIEW FULL DETAILSApplication - Annexure I
Use this application for Category A - F Posts. The form starts from Page 15 of the official PDF.
OPEN A-F APPLICATIONApplication - Annexure II
Use this application for Supporting Staff Posts such as Management Assistant, Driver and Office Aide.
OPEN SUPPORTING STAFF APPLICATION💼 Vacancies & Required Qualifications
1. Project Director
Minimum Qualification - Route 1
- Bachelor's Degree in the relevant field.
- Master's Degree / Associate Membership / similar recognized professional qualification in the relevant field.
- At least 12 years' relevant managerial-level experience.
- At least 6 years of the above experience should be at Senior Managerial Level.
Alternative Route
- Corporate / Fellow Membership of a recognized professional body in the relevant field.
- At least 10 years' managerial-level experience, including 5 years at Senior Managerial Level.
2. Deputy Project Director
PIU Sabaragamuwa / Western / Southern - 01
PIU North / North Central / North Western - 01
PIU Eastern / Uva - 01
PIU Central - 01
PIU ADB - 01
Qualification Routes
- Bachelor's Degree + Master's / Associate Membership / similar professional qualification + 11 years managerial experience, including 5 years at Senior Managerial Level; or
- Corporate / Fellow Membership + 9 years managerial experience, including 4 years at Senior Managerial Level; or
- Class I officer of a Government All-Island Service or similar status + relevant Master's / Associate Membership / similar qualification + at least 4 years in the Class I post or similar status.
3. Chief Engineer
Sabaragamuwa / Western / Southern - 03
North / North Central / North Western - 05
Eastern / Uva - 02
Central - 03
ADB - 02
Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor's Degree + Associate Membership / similar professional qualification + 10 years managerial experience; or
- Corporate Membership / similar professional qualification + 8 years managerial experience; or
- Class I Government All-Island Service officer or similar status + Associate Membership / similar professional qualification + 3 years' experience in Class I or similar status.
4. Procurement Specialist
- Bachelor's Degree in the relevant field + Master's Degree / Associate Membership / similar professional qualification.
- At least 10 years' experience in the relevant field at managerial level.
OR
- Class I Government All-Island Service officer or similar status.
- Relevant Master's Degree.
- At least 3 years' experience in Class I or similar status.
5. Contract Administrator
- Bachelor's Degree + Master's Degree / Associate Membership / similar recognized professional qualification in the relevant field.
- At least 10 years' relevant managerial-level experience.
OR
- Class I Government All-Island Service officer or similar status.
- Master's Degree in the relevant field.
- At least 3 years in the Class I post or similar status.
6. Senior Planning Engineer
- Bachelor's Degree in the relevant field.
- Associate Membership / similar recognized professional qualification.
- At least 10 years' relevant managerial-level experience.
Alternative routes are also available
Corporate professional membership with required experience, or Class I Government All-Island Service status with the required professional qualification and experience.
7. Engineer
Sabaragamuwa / Western / Southern - 08
North / North Central / North Western - 10
Eastern / Uva - 05
Central - 09
ADB - 02
Engineer I
- Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent in the relevant field.
- Associate Membership / similar professional qualification.
- At least 7 years' relevant experience.
Engineer II
- Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent.
- Associate Membership / similar professional qualification.
- At least 4 years' relevant experience.
Engineer III
- Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent in the relevant field.
- Associate Membership / similar professional qualification.
Government All-Island Service alternatives are also specified in the official advertisement.
8. Planning Engineer
- Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent in the relevant field.
- Associate Membership / similar recognized professional qualification.
- At least 7 years' relevant experience.
OR
Class II/III or above officer of a Government All-Island Service or similar status with at least 7 years' relevant experience in that status.
9. Accountant
- Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent plus the specified Accounting professional examination qualification.
- At least 7 years' post-qualifying relevant experience.
Alternative Routes
- Associate Membership / similar recognized professional qualification + at least 4 years' relevant experience; or
- Class II/III or above Government All-Island Service officer or similar status + at least 7 years in that status.
10. Project Internal Auditor
Qualifications are under the same Category D1 requirements specified for Accountant / Project Internal Auditor.
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / recognized equivalent with specified professional accounting qualification and experience; or
- Relevant Associate Membership / similar professional qualification with required experience; or
- Eligible Government All-Island Service qualification and experience.
11. Human Resource Administrator
- Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent in the relevant field.
- Master's Degree / similar professional qualification in the relevant field.
- At least 7 years' relevant experience.
OR
Class II/III or above Government All-Island Service officer or similar status with at least 7 years' experience in that status.
12. Quantity Surveyor
- Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent in the relevant field.
- Associate Membership / similar professional qualification.
- At least 7 years' relevant experience.
OR
Class II/III or above Government All-Island Service officer or similar status with the specified 7 years' experience.
13. Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Sabaragamuwa / Western / Southern - 08
North / North Central / North Western - 05
Eastern / Uva - 05
Central - 09
ADB - 02
Qualification Routes
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent, or relevant NVQ Level 7, with at least 3 years' relevant experience; or
- Relevant NVQ Level 6 + at least 6 years' experience; or
- Relevant NVQ Level 5 + at least 9 years' experience.
14. Geographic Information System Officer
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / equivalent or NVQ Level 7 + 3 years' relevant experience; or
- NVQ Level 6 + 6 years' relevant experience; or
- NVQ Level 5 + 9 years' relevant experience.
15. Draughtsman
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / equivalent or NVQ Level 7 + 3 years' relevant experience; or
- NVQ Level 6 + 6 years' experience; or
- NVQ Level 5 + 9 years' experience.
16. IT Officer
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / UGC-recognized equivalent or NVQ Level 7 + 3 years' relevant experience; or
- NVQ Level 6 + 6 years' relevant experience; or
- NVQ Level 5 + 9 years' relevant experience.
17. Project Secretary
- Passes in 6 subjects at G.C.E. O/L, including the language requirements stated in the advertisement.
- Passes in 3 subjects, excluding General Paper, at G.C.E. A/L.
- Secretarial course from a recognized institution or pursuing examinations leading to Chartered Secretary.
- At least 4 years' relevant experience.
OR
Chartered Secretary with at least 4 years' relevant experience.
18. Accounts Officer
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / equivalent or NVQ Level 7 + at least 3 years' experience; or
- NVQ Level 6 + at least 6 years' experience; or
- NVQ Level 5 + at least 9 years' experience.
19. Social Safeguard Officer
Location: PIU - ADB
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / equivalent or NVQ Level 7 + 3 years' relevant experience; or
- NVQ Level 6 + 6 years' experience; or
- NVQ Level 5 + 9 years' experience.
20. Environmental Officer
Location: PIU - ADB
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / equivalent or NVQ Level 7 + 3 years' relevant experience; or
- NVQ Level 6 + 6 years' experience; or
- NVQ Level 5 + 9 years' experience.
21. Management Assistant
Sabaragamuwa / Western / Southern - 06
North / North Central / North Western - 07
Eastern / Uva - 03
Central - 06
ADB - 02
Minimum Qualification
- G.C.E. O/L in 6 subjects with 4 credit passes including Language and Mathematics and two other subjects in one sitting.
- Pass G.C.E. A/L examination in one sitting.
22. Driver
Sabaragamuwa / Western / Southern - 05
North / North Central / North Western - 07
Eastern / Uva - 04
Central - 04
ADB - 02
Minimum Qualification
- G.C.E. O/L in 6 subjects with 2 credit passes including Language and one other subject, in not more than two sittings.
- Driving Licence: C and C1 vehicle categories, or Category B under the new driving licence.
- At least 3 years' driving experience.
23. Office Aide
Sabaragamuwa / Western / Southern - 01
North / North Central / North Western - 01
Eastern / Uva - 01
Central - 01
ADB - 02
Minimum Qualification
Pass G.C.E. O/L examination in 6 subjects with 2 credit passes, in not more than two sittings.
🇱🇰 සිංහල සාරාංශය
ප්රවාහන, මහාමාර්ග සහ නාගරික සංවර්ධන අමාත්යාංශය යටතේ ක්රියාත්මක වන ආපදා ප්රතිසංස්කරණ හා ග්රාමීය මාර්ග ව්යාපෘතිය සඳහා රැකියා පුරප්පාඩු 208ක් සඳහා අයදුම්පත් කැඳවා ඇත.
ප්රධාන තනතුරු:
- ව්යාපෘති අධ්යක්ෂ - 01
- නියෝජ්ය ව්යාපෘති අධ්යක්ෂ - 06
- ප්රධාන ඉංජිනේරු - 17
- ප්රසම්පාදන විශේෂඥ - 01
- කොන්ත්රාත් පරිපාලක - 01
- ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ සැලසුම් ඉංජිනේරු - 01
- ඉංජිනේරු - 40
- සැලසුම් ඉංජිනේරු - 02
- ගණකාධිකාරී - 02
- ව්යාපෘති අභ්යන්තර විගණක - 01
- මානව සම්පත් පරිපාලක - 01
- ප්රමාණ සමීක්ෂක - 04
- සහකාර ප්රමාණ සමීක්ෂක - 41
- භූගෝලීය තොරතුරු පද්ධති නිලධාරී - 02
- සැලසුම් ශිල්පී (Draughtsman) - 02
- තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ නිලධාරී - 01
- ව්යාපෘති ලේකම් - 01
- ගිණුම් නිලධාරී - 06
- සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ නිලධාරී - 01
- පාරිසරික නිලධාරී - 01
- කළමනාකරණ සහකාර - 44
- රියදුරු - 25
- කාර්යාල සහායක - 07
🎓 එක් එක් තනතුර සඳහා අධ්යාපන, වෘත්තීය සහ සේවා පළපුරුදු සුදුසුකම් වෙනස් වේ. ඉහත ඉංග්රීසි කොටස හා නිල දැන්වීම පරීක්ෂා කර සුදුසුකම් තහවුරු කරගන්න.
📌 රාජ්ය / අර්ධ රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් සඳහා වයස අවුරුදු 60ට අඩු විය යුතු අතර, අනෙකුත් අයදුම්කරුවන් සඳහා වයස අවුරුදු 64ට අඩු විය යුතුය.
📅 අයදුම්පත් භාරගන්නා අවසන් දිනය: 31.08.2026
🇱🇰 தமிழ் சுருக்கம்
போக்குவரத்து, நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் மற்றும் நகர அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சின் கீழ் நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்படும் அனர்த்த மறுகட்டமைப்பு மற்றும் கிராமிய வீதி திட்டத்திற்கு 208 வேலைவாய்ப்புகளுக்காக விண்ணப்பங்கள் கோரப்பட்டுள்ளன.
முக்கிய பதவிகள்:
- திட்டப் பணிப்பாளர் - 01
- பிரதித் திட்டப் பணிப்பாளர் - 06
- பிரதம பொறியியலாளர் - 17
- கொள்வனவு நிபுணர் - 01
- ஒப்பந்த நிர்வாகி - 01
- சிரேஷ்ட திட்டமிடல் பொறியியலாளர் - 01
- பொறியியலாளர் - 40
- திட்டமிடல் பொறியியலாளர் - 02
- கணக்காளர் - 02
- திட்ட உள் கணக்காய்வாளர் - 01
- மனித வள நிர்வாகி - 01
- Quantity Surveyor - 04
- Assistant Quantity Surveyor - 41
- புவியியல் தகவல் முறைமை உத்தியோகத்தர் - 02
- வரைதொழில்நுட்பவியலாளர் (Draughtsman) - 02
- தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப உத்தியோகத்தர் - 01
- திட்டச் செயலாளர் - 01
- கணக்கு உத்தியோகத்தர் - 06
- சமூக பாதுகாப்பு உத்தியோகத்தர் - 01
- சுற்றாடல் உத்தியோகத்தர் - 01
- முகாமைத்துவ உதவியாளர் - 44
- சாரதி - 25
- அலுவலக உதவியாளர் - 07
🎓 ஒவ்வொரு பதவிக்கும் கல்வித் தகைமை, தொழில்சார் தகைமை மற்றும் அனுபவத் தேவைகள் வேறுபடுகின்றன. விண்ணப்பிப்பதற்கு முன் மேலே வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ள தகைமைகளையும் உத்தியோகபூர்வ அறிவித்தலையும் முழுமையாகப் பார்க்கவும்.
📌 அரச / அரை அரச உத்தியோகத்தர்கள் 60 வயதிற்குக் குறைவாகவும், ஏனைய விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் 64 வயதிற்குக் குறைவாகவும் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
📅 விண்ணப்ப முடிவுத் திகதி: 31.08.2026
📌 Important Conditions
- Posts will be filled on a full-time contractual basis.
- The initial appointment period is one year.
- Extension may be considered based on service requirements and performance.
- Salary and allowances will be according to Management Services Circular No. 02/2026.
- Selection will be through a structured interview and applicable circular provisions.
- Candidates must be willing to work at any selected location within the project area and/or country.
📮 How to Apply
- Download the official advertisement and select the correct application form.
- Use Annexure I for Category A-F posts.
- Use Annexure II for Supporting Staff posts.
- Complete the application according to the prescribed format.
- Attach relevant supporting documents, including academic qualification certificates, degree transcript where applicable, professional qualifications and experience documents.
- If applying for more than one position, submit a separate application for each post.
- Write the name of the post and project on the top left-hand corner of the envelope.
- Send the completed application by Registered Post to the following address, or hand it over to the Ministry Administration Division.
Ministry of Highways
“Maganeguma Mahamedura”
No. 216, Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha
Koswatta, Battaramulla
🏛️ Applicants already holding permanent posts in the Public Service, Provincial Public Service, Local Authorities, Public Corporations, Statutory Boards or fully State-owned companies must submit their applications through the Head of the Institution with the required recommendation and consent for release.
☎️ Further Details: 011 227 1048
