RITES Individual Consultants Patna Recruitment 2026

RITES Individual Consultants Recruitment 2026: Overview

RITES Limited is bringing together Individual Consultants for a client assignment in Patna, Bihar. The notice spans railway systems, civil works, project planning and project support. You would join as an independent consultant on a project contract, with deployment tied to the client's requirements.

Posts and Disciplines

• Signalling and system integration: Deputy Chief specialists and a Resident Engineer cover signalling, testing and commissioning.
• Electrical interfaces and rolling stock: The Interface Manager, Resident Engineer and Site Engineer roles focus on these separate parts of the project.
• Civil and track: Track Expert, Resident Engineer, Section Engineer and Site Engineer posts cover the civil and track disciplines.
• Quality and environment: Expert, Section Engineer and Site Engineer roles cover quality assurance, quality control and environmental work.
• Building Information Modelling (BIM): BIM Manager and BIM Engineer are separate assignments.
• Station systems: Section Engineers cover supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), electrical and mechanical systems, lifts and escalators. Site roles cover tunnel ventilation, ECCS, station air-conditioning and automatic fare collection (AFC).
• Planning and support: The Construction Planning Programme cum Progress/Monitoring Engineer and Team Secretary complete the project team.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial engagement: The assignment starts with a 12-month term. An extension depends on your performance and the project's continuing need, and applies to the same project.
• Client approval: RITES shares suitable applicants' CVs with the client. An offer depends on client approval, award of work and the company's project requirements.
• Consultant status: The contract does not create an employer-employee relationship. You are engaged to provide services as an independent consultant.
• Other assignments: A full-time consultant cannot take another assignment during this engagement. You must also avoid a conflict of interest with your RITES work.
• Leave: You earn 1.5 days for each completed month. Unused leave does not carry beyond the calendar year; maternity leave follows the provisions identified in the notice.
• Ending the contract: The normal notice period is one month for either side. RITES also retains the power to end the contract without prior notice or a stated reason.
• Police checks: A negative police verification report ends the contract immediately. If you currently work elsewhere, you must be properly relieved before joining.
• Confidentiality: Project records and work products belong to RITES. You must keep project information confidential and return supplied equipment when the assignment ends.
• Insurance: You arrange your own insurance cover at your expense. The notice also excludes compensation for service-related death, injury or illness under the stated contract conditions.

Application Submission Notes

Use the online registration format linked from the RITES Career section. Do not post or courier hard copies to the office. Recruitment questions can be sent to yp.rites@rites.com, quoting your vacancy number, registration number, full name and registered email address.