Sri Lanka Railway Transport Costing Officer 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
📢 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
🎓 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
- Commerce
- Business Management
- Information Technology
- Economics
- Statistics
- Cost Management
- Mathematics
- Science
🎂 Age Limit
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
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:
Pass Mark: 40
Duration: 01 Hour
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ගමනාගමන පිරිවැය නිලධාරී III ශ්රේණිය බඳවා ගැනීම – 2026
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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.
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- 🎂 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.
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- 📮 பூர்த்தி செய்யப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பம் பதிவுத் தபால் மூலம் இலங்கை புகையிரதத் திணைக்களத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட வேண்டும்.
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