Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 6/6/2025

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

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):

• SENIOR PROCUREMENT ENGINEER - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

2286

For SENIOR PROCUREMENT ENGINEER, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02286

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.

You may apply by mail to:

• Department of General Services
  Recruitment & Examinations Unit
  P.O. Box 989052
  West Sacramento, CA 95798-9052
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Department of General Services
  Recruitment & Examinations Unit
  707 3rd Street, Suite 7-130, Lobby
  West Sacramento, CA 95605
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

• Transcript (Official or Unofficial)

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.

The following educational requirement must be met when non-State experience is used to qualify for any level.

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in engineering or one of the physical sciences. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for up to two years of the required education on a year-for-year basis.)

Either I

Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of an Associate Procurement Engineer.

Or II

Five years of responsible experience performing quality control inspection and testing in a large organization utilizing a wide variety of materials, equipment, and supplies and the development of standards and specifications for a wide variety of commodities comparable to those purchased by the State of California, three years of which must have been in direct support of a major centralized procurement function. and Education: As indicated above.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Components that are due with your application will be scored and will count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items may result in disqualification or elimination from the examination.

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

Complete and submit the following items with your application. These will be scored and count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items will result in disqualification from the examination.

T&E Evaluation: SrProcurementEngineer_T-E_ADA.pdf

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:

Knowledge of: Engineering mathematics, engineering fundamentals, methods of physical and chemical testing of raw and finished products; statistical methods of data reduction and presentation; sample methods by variance and attributes; testing methods, machines and equipment used in chemical and physical measurement involving factors such as spectorscopy, viscometry, tensile strength, dielectric properties, dimensional tolerance and opacity, testing methods and limitations as to repeatability, accuracy and reliability; purchasing standard and specification development, legal aspects of rejecting nonconforming purchases; Uniform Commercial Code; basic principles of effective supervision and training; principles of personnel management and supervision; department's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program objectives; a manager's role in the EEO Program and the processes available to meet EEO objectives. 

Ability to: Make engineering computations; analyze design capabilities of scientific equipment, determine compliance with written specifications and determine relevance of deviation from specifications with respect to utility, suitability and usage; prepare accurate and concise reports; speak and write effectively; develop accurate and concise standards of specifications reflecting product suitability, adaptability and utility of items in relation to their use; serve in a lead capacity over other technical personnel; plan, direct and coordinate a staff of engineers and analysts in performing quality control engineering and purchasing standards and specification development; direct research studies and investigations relating to quality control; supervise the preparation of accurate and concise standards of specifications reflecting product suitability, adaptability and utility of items in relation to their use; ability to supervise staff in the analysis and evaluation of the relative merits of competitive commodities and in designing uniform procedures for sampling and testing commodities to assure their conformance to specifications; supervise staff in preparing training materials on receiving point inspection methods and evaluating supplier capability; formulate methods and procedures to improve quality and reduce the number of rejected or inferior products; and effectively contribute to the department's EEO objectives. 

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the SENIOR PROCUREMENT ENGINEER Classification will be established for:

• State of California

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 24 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.

Here is a list of suggested resources to have available prior to taking the exam.

To streamline the examination process, please create a CalCareer Account with CalHR. A CalCareer Account is a one stop shop for taking civil service examinations, applying for state jobs, and provides storage and organization for your documents and communications stemming from job opportunities, all in a paperless format. To sign up for a CalCareer Account, or log in to your existing account, Click here.

Employment History: Employment dates, job titles, organization names and addresses, names of supervisors or persons who can verify your job responsibilities, and phone numbers of persons listed above.

Education: School names and addresses, degrees earned, dates attended, courses taken (verifiable on a transcript), persons or office who can verify education, and phone numbers of persons or offices listed above.

Training: Class titles, certifications received, names of persons who can verify your training, and phone numbers of persons listed above.

• Department of General Services
• State of California

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.

Department of General Services 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.