• Any editable section on the Exam Bulletin has been updated. 

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 8/15/2024
• 9/16/2024
• 10/16/2024
• 11/18/2024
• 12/16/2024
• 1/15/2025
• 2/18/2025
• 3/17/2025
• 4/14/2025
• 5/14/2025
• 6/16/2025

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.

Postmark dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS, are not considered postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing. Applications received via email or fax will not be accepted.

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):

• SUPERVISOR, HEALTH FACILITIES REVIEW - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

3247

For SUPERVISOR, HEALTH FACILITIES REVIEW, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03247

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 Health Care Access and Information
  Human Resource Services Section
  2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 1016
  Sacramento, CA 95833
  

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 Health Care Access and Information
  Human Resource Services Section
  2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 1016
  Sacramento, CA 95833
  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.

EXAMINATIONS/EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS (STD 678) ALSO ACCEPTED BY EMAIL AT HREXAMS@HCAI.CA.GOV

Drop off location non-operational on weekends and holidays.

Other - Examination documents. See "Taking the Examination" section for details.

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.

Possession of a valid certificate of registration as a civil, structural, mechanical, or electrical engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.

or Possession of a valid certificate of registration as an architect issued by the California State Board of Architectural Examiners.

(Applicants who are eligible to apply for registration will be admitted into the examination but must possess a valid certificate of registration to be eligible for appointment.) and Either I Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Senior Architect; Senior Architect, Health Facilities; Senior Structural Engineer; District Structural Engineer; Senior Electrical Engineer; or Senior Mechanical Engineer.

Or II

Four years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of an Associate Architect; Associate Electrical Engineer; Associate Mechanical Engineer; or Structural Engineering Associate.

Or III

Experience: Broad and extensive experience (more than five years) involving the architectural or engineering planning and design of major buildings or facilities of Type I or II construction as defined in the California Code of Regulations (California Building Standards), Title 24. and Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in engineering or architecture. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)

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.

Supervisor, Health Facilities Review:

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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: The planning, design, and construction of major buildings including health facilities; principles, methods, and practices of civil and structural engineering and professional architecture as applied to the management of planning and design of buildings and groups of buildings with special emphasis on hospital and other health facilities; Federal and State seismic safety, fire and life safety, facility design, and construction standards and regulations affecting hospital facilities; architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and fire and life safety engineering and compliance requirements; principles of public administration, personnel management, management and supervisory techniques, and practices, training, safety, budget preparation, and administration; and a supervisor's responsibility for promoting equal opportunity in hiring and employee development and promotion, and for maintaining a work environment which is free of discrimination and harassment.

Ability to: Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate the work of a multidisciplinary professional and technical staff responsible for plan review and specification approvals work involving health facility construction and alteration; evaluate complex design and consulting work involving structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, fire and life safety, and architectural fields; assist in the establishment of engineering, fire and life safety, and architectural review policies and procedures; direct the preparation of technical reports; direct the preparation of a unit budget and oversee cost control systems; analyze engineering, architectural, and managerial problems and develop effective solutions; maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; train and direct personnel; effectively present policy questions, alternatives, and recommendations to department management and other officials; implement effective administrative and personnel procedures; prepare clear and concise reports; represent the organization in meetings and conferences with outside architectural and engineering consultants, contractors, and other public agencies; effectively promote equal opportunity in employment and maintain a work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the SUPERVISOR, HEALTH FACILITIES REVIEW Classification will be established for:

• Department of Health Care Access and Information

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.

The Training and Experience Examination (T&E) will be used to evaluate your experience, education, and training. This T&E is the examination and will account for 100% of your score.

Access the T&E Examination here.

Access the Blank Application Form (STD678) here.

Access an Accommodation Request (STD679) here.

How to Submit: Your electronic examination application, the completed T&E and any other required documents can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. Sign into your profile and apply for (Supervisor, Health Facilities Construction) examination for the Department of Health Care Access and Information. Add the documents listed below as attachments to your Examination/Employment Application (STD. 678).

What to Include: In order to apply for and participate in this examination, you must submit a complete examination package. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application. The following documents must be submitted along with your Examination/Employment Application (STD. 678):

• T&E Examination including the Affirmation Statement, Conditions of Employment form.

• Department of Health Care Access and Information

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 Health Care Access and Information 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.