Job profile of the post of CMA in Indian Railways advertised by RRB

By Global Rail Network on November 2, 2014

Last updated on May 3rd, 2015 at 07:46 am

RRB has advertised 183 posts of Chemical Metallurgist Assistant in the pay scale of Rs. 9300-34800 with grade pay of Rs. 4200/- with minimum educational qualification of degree in Metallurgy or Chemical Engineering or M.Sc in Chemistry or Applied Chemistry. Chemical and Metallurgist is very small organisation in Indian Railways. The cadre is mostly concentrated on Research Design and Standards Organization in Lucknow. The responsibility of the cadre is for preparing the specification and testing of materials used for different applications. The major laboratory is located at RDSO. In Railways, the laboratories are located in every workshop and locomotive maintenance sheds. The most important responsibility of these laboratories is to carry out conditional monitoring of axle for cracks through ultra-sonic flaw detector, grease for ferrous content, dissolved gas analysis of transformer oil for incipient fault in its winding, checks on diesel fuel, lubricating oil, rubber materials, Ferrous and non-ferrous material, brake blocks etc. It also undertakes quality check on the material specification as per the need.

The organization is very small headed by a Junior Administrate or Senior Scale officer in a Railway under the overall control of Mechanical Department.

The promotion to the next grade is not a problem, but the major issue is promotion to officer grade because of the very limited number of posts. Unless the cadre restructuring is undertaken in the near future, there is every possibility of superannuation in the grade pay of Rs. 4600/- with little hope of promoted to the level of ACMT i.e. Junior scale level officer. However, the situation in RDSO is different, where a degree in Chemical and Metallurgical engineering makes you eligible for the post of (Chemical and Metallurgical Superintendent) CMS in the grade pay of Rs. 4600/- but not so in Railways. The number of Assistant and Senior Scale officer posts is also very large in number, therefore, providing an adequate promotional avenue. There is a possibility that this discrepancy will be observed and corrective action initiated to avoid discontentment in the cadre. Except this aspect in the cadre, there is nothing wrong, and one should prepare with full throttle as there are limited scope for job opportunities for Chemical and Metallurgical Engineers to find opportunity in Indian Railways.

The working hours are not very strenuous and not requiring working beyond schedule hours. You can conveniently make use of the free time to acquire higher qualification or knowledge bank. The knowledge of Railway working, specification, testing procedures is a privileged experience any may give you openings in Private or PSU sector.

The posting is at the places of the location of Railway workshops and Locomotive maintenance sheds. The place of posting may be a small or near a major city. The posting is stable with almost negligible transfers and that too when promoted to the officers grade.

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