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This is not a timed examination. If you request a Reasonable Accommodation, your account will be locked and you will not be able to proceed with the examination until the request is processed.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• PRINCIPAL WATER RESOURCE CONTROL ENGINEER - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

2164

For PRINCIPAL WATER RESOURCE CONTROL ENGINEER, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02164

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with a bachelors or advanced degree curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology with major work in environmental, chemical, sanitary, mechanical, agricultural, geotechnical, or civil engineering, or a related engineering discipline. (If the Accreditation Board accredits any engineering curriculum for Engineering in the institution from which the degree is earned, all engineering curricula from that institution will be considered accredited.) Possession of equivalent qualifications may be demonstrated by graduation from an unaccredited curriculum in any of the above specialized engineering fields, which includes the basic engineering courses normally covered in a standard four-year course, and by qualifying in a written examination covering water quality control engineering. (Registration as a Senior or graduate student in any of the above specialized engineering fields will admit the applicant to the examination, but they must produce evidence of graduation before they will be considered eligible for appointment.) And

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This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

A Departmental Open eligible list for the PRINCIPAL WATER RESOURCE CONTROL ENGINEER Classification will be established for:

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The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

1. Reviewing and preparing presentations regarding various programs for executive management, general public, industry, elected officials and other governmental agencies or departments.
2. Resolving conflicts and disagreements with the stakeholders including the regulated community and other interested parties to promote collaboration consistent with program goals and objectives.
3. Interacting with the press to communicate important and critical data regarding new regulations, incidents, or critical public health announcements.
4. Managing program budgets for short and long term goals, setting and tracking performance objectives, and recommending modifications by evaluating resources and personnel for effective program implementation.
5. Directing the recruitment, placement and evaluation of project staff using human resources and project management knowledge to facilitate the timely completion of work products.
6. Providing testimony in legal proceedings such as formal hearings and depositions.
7. Communicating policy expectations and program priorities to staff and ensuring that departmental regulatory policies, procedures, and guidelines are understood by staff and applied consistently throughout the organization.
8. Planning and implementing methods and means (including completion of performance evaluations) of monitoring and improving employee performance to ensure and enhance employee productivity.
9. Planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, tracking and evaluating the work efforts of various programs to report to executive management on staff productivity, efficiency and performance.
10. Providing direction to staff on complex and sensitive federal, state and local issues and mandates to ensure compliance with program performance measures.
11. Directing a team of project managers to comply with and integrate goals and mandates of multiple programs.
12. Identifying strengths and weaknesses of solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems and recommend the most appropriate course of action.
13. Developing and tracking objectives, plans, schedules and performance measures to comply with state mandates and agency/department priorities.
14. Planning, directing, reviewing, and approving briefing documents and critical work products, and formulating assessments and recommendations addressing challenging water quality, drinking water, water rights, and administrative issues for consideration by executive management.
15. Overseeing the development and implementation of water quality control plans, regulations, policies and strategies by directing the work of supervising and managerial staff.
16. Applying engineering principles and practices to oversee the review and approval of permits, plans, materials, and technologies related to drinking water supply, water rights, water and waste water treatment, operation, design criteria, and construction.
17. Implementing or enforcing State laws and regulations pertaining to water quality, water rights, and public health.
18. Preparing and recommending program policy statements, public statements, and proposed positions.
19. Reviewing and analyzing staff recommendations on proposed legislature concepts including changes to existing legislation to determine impacts on the State.
20. Identifying areas in recently mandated legislative requirements that may impact the department in order to properly plan for new responsibilities and secure appropriate resources needed to implement the legislation.
21. Promoting and supporting awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences of a diverse work force, which includes cultural, race, and gender diversity, amongst individual subordinate staff members.
22. Monitoring compliance with the department’s policies in all personnel actions (i.e., hire, transfer, promote, discipline or take other appropriate action) to ensure that staff are productive and that equal employment opportunities are achieved.

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Technical questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

Administrative questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

State Water Resources Control Board reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.