UPPCL Director Recruitment 2026Open

• Applicants must be Indian citizens.
• Director (Distribution): Full-time B.Tech./B.E./B.Sc. Engineering in Electrical Engineering. Internal candidates must be serving or retired regular Chief Engineers; external candidates need 15 years of senior-management experience during the last 20 years.
• Director (Finance): CA, ICWA or MBA in Finance. Internal candidates must be regular General Managers in the Finance/Accounts Wing; external candidates need 15 years of senior-management experience during the last 20 years. Power-sector experience is preferred.
• Director (Operation): Full-time B.Tech. or equivalent in Electrical, Mechanical, Telecommunication, Instrumentation, Electronics, Computer Science & Engineering, or Industrial & Production Engineering. Internal candidates must be regular Chief Engineers; external candidates need 15 years of senior-management experience during the last 20 years.
• Director (Commercial & Planning) and Director (Technical): Full-time B.Tech./B.E./B.Sc. Engineering in Electrical Engineering.
• Director (Commercial): Full-time B.Tech. or equivalent in Electrical, Mechanical, Telecommunication, Instrumentation, Electronics, Computer Science & Engineering, or Industrial & Production Engineering.
• Director (Personnel & Administration): Internal candidates need graduation; external candidates need graduation and an MBA, preferably in HR.

• Open the UPPCL official website using the link below.
• Read Advertisement No. 03/2026 and check the conditions for the Director role you wish to apply for.
• Complete the online application form.
• Submit the application online by 21 November 2026; offline documents will not be accepted.

About the recruitment

The Department of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, has issued Advertisement No. 03/2026 for contractual Director appointments in Uttar Pradesh. Seven role titles are covered, spanning distribution, finance, operation, commercial and planning, commercial, technical, and personnel and administration. The notification does not give a vacancy count, so the list of roles is not a statement of seven available seats.

Who should check eligibility

These positions have role-specific academic and professional requirements. Electrical Engineering qualifications apply to Distribution, Commercial & Planning, and Technical. Operation and Commercial accept the engineering disciplines listed in the eligibility section. Finance applicants need CA, ICWA or an MBA in Finance. Personnel & Administration requires graduation for internal candidates and graduation with an MBA for external candidates, with HR preferred.

For Distribution, Finance and Operation, external applicants need 15 years of senior-management experience within the last 20 years. The corresponding internal eligibility conditions differ by role. Applicants must be Indian citizens and, on 31 October 2026, must have reached age 50 without having reached age 62.

Application steps and deadline

• Open the official notification and check the requirements for the intended position.
• Visit the UPPCL website and complete the online form.
• Submit the application no later than 21 November 2026.

Offline documents will not be accepted. The notice does not specify an application fee. Unresolved departmental email queries on the closing date will not provide grounds for extending the submission deadline.

Selection, pay and engagement

Applications will be scrutinised before the interview stage. The stated overall pay range is Rs. 171400–224100 under Pay Level-15, with a 3% annual increment; individual role ranges are shown above. The appointment term is stated as a minimum of three years or until age 65, whichever is earlier. Two extensions of one year each are possible, and either party may end the engagement by giving three months' notice.