Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 4/14/2025

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.

If application is sent via interoffice mail, application MUST be received on or before the final filing date by the Division of Human Resources.

Testing is considered continuous as Examination Applications (STD. 678) will be accepted on a continuous basis. Please see the cut-off date for this administration and additional cut-off dates can be set at any time as departmental needs warrant.  

Dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS or equivalent mobile print technology, are not acceptable proof of the date the application and any other required documents or materials were filed/mailed.  Faxed or emailed applications 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):

• ASSOCIATE COST ESTIMATOR WATER RESOURCES - Open

Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications of the classification, as stated on this examination bulletin, may apply.

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 10 months:

Exam Code(s):

4219

For ASSOCIATE COST ESTIMATOR WATER RESOURCES, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 10 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-04219

It is the personal responsibility of each examination candidate to submit their application materials within the timeframe and in the manner specified on this examination bulletin.

Applications mailed or submitted in person to any other location shall not be accepted.

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 Water Resources
  P. O. Box 1079
  Sacramento, CA 95812
  

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 Water Resources
  715 P Street
  Floor 7
  Sacramento, CA 95812
  8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  Check in with First Floor Security

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.

DO NOT MAIL OR SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OR DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES’ FIELD OFFICES.  

Applications must include “to” and “from” dates (month/day/year), job title, time base, and duties performed.  Applications received without this information will be rejected.  Resumes and other attachments will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application

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.

Either I

Two years of experience performing the duties of an Assistant Engineer in the California state service including one year of preparation of cost estimates for major hydraulic and related facilities.

Or II

Experience: Three years of cost estimating experience, two of which shall have involved the preparation of detailed cost estimates for major hydraulic and related facilities at a level of responsibility equivalent to that of a Water Resources Technician II in the California state service. And

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in engineering or a closely related field. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)

Applicants qualifying under an education requirement MUST provide a copy of their college diploma and/or transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) by the final filing date as proof of completion of the required education. Competitors who fail to provide proof of completion of the required education will be eliminated from the examination.

This examination will consist of a Training and Experience Evaluation weighted 100%. Competitors who do not complete the Training and Experience Evaluation will be disqualified.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be emailed the link to the qualifications assessment. Be sure to include your current/valid email address on your application. Failure to provide your current/valid email address will prevent you from taking the examination.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

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

For the final filing of April 14, 2025, it is anticipated that the qualified applicants will receive the Training & Experience Evaluation the week of April 30, 2025. The qualified applicants will then have 10 business days from the day the link is sent to take the qualifications assessment.

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:

1. Methods, procedures, labor, classifications, materials, plant and equipment used in the construction of major hydraulic facilities and appurtenant works.

Ability to:

1. Analyze drawings and specifications and formulate economical and feasible construction plans and schedules for estimating and scheduling purposes to complete a feature of a project within a specified contract term.
2. Design for cost estimating and scheduling purposes, road systems, bridges, trestles, and similar appurtenances involved in the construction of hydraulic facilities.
3. Make complete, accurate and detailed unit cost estimates of the direct costs of labor, material, supplies, plant, equipment and subcontract costs of part of a major project, or the complete costs, direct, indirect, and profit and bond costs of a small project, to determine the probable contract costs of hydraulic facilities.
4. Interpret soils and geologic information to determine construction procedures.
5. Work effectively to meet deadlines.
6. Communicate effectively with contractors and material and equipment sales representatives.
7. Analyze work operations as directed and abstract information for future use in preparing cost estimates.
8. Prepare reports.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the ASSOCIATE COST ESTIMATOR WATER RESOURCES Classification will be established for:

• Department of Water Resources

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.

• Department of Water Resources

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 Water Resources 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.