In India, the Heavy Engineering Sector is coming under the ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Heavy Engineering sector forms the major part of the Engineering sector in India and during the financial year 2003-04, the sector contributed more than 80% of the share, while the light engineering sector contributed the remaining share towards the GDP of the economy.

Among the developing countries in the world, India is the major exporter of heavy engineering goods and a wide range of item comes under the purview of this sector. The heavy engineering sector also offers a wide range of employment opportunities as compared to the light engineering sector.

Machineries coming under heavy engineering:

The companies operating the following sectors come under heavy engineering industry:

• Dairy Machinery

• Mining Machinery

• Material handling equipment

• Machine tool

• Metallurgical Machinery

• Rubber Machinery

• Sugar Machinery

• Cement Machinery

Public Sector companies operating in the heavy engineering industry in India:

In India, the following public sector organizations come under the heavy engineering sector:

• Tungabhadra Steel Products Limited

• Triveni Structurals Limited

• Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Burn Standard Company Limited

• Braithwaite & Company Limited

• Bharat Yantra Nigam Limited

• Bharat Wagon & Engineering Company Limited

• Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Limited

• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

• Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited

Recent public sector job notifications in the heavy engineering sector:

Recently the following government organizations operating in the heavy engineering sector called for applications from eligible candidates for the corresponding positions:

• General Manager (Marketing) - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• General Manager (Corporate Planning) - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• General Manager (Foundry Forge Plant) - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• General Manager (heavy machine tools plant) - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Safety Officers - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Doctors - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Manager - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Senior Manager - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Executive Engineer (Technical) - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Executive Trainee (Finance) - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

• Executive Trainee (HR) - Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited

In addition to these posts, candidates can look for the latest recruitment notifications issued by the public sector companies by visiting the website of appropriate companies in the list of public sector companies in this sector.

Educational qualification required for finding government jobs in heavy engineering sector:

As the sector itself is an engineering sector, engineering graduates in the fields of mechanical, electrical, electronics & communication and metallurgical engineering can find government jobs in heavy engineering sector. However, from the afore-mentioned recent job notifications, it is clear that candidates from other fields of education like medicine, finance, HR and marketing can also find employment opportunities in the Government organizations in this sector.

Scope of heavy engineering sector in India:

Since many other industries depend on heavy engineering sector for their machinery requirements, this sector will always be a very good sector for employment opportunities for engineering graduates. Even candidates from other branches of studies can find employment opportunities in the heavy engineering sector.