Final Filing Date: 1/14/2019.

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 not be accepted.

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.

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 MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEER - Open

NOTE: Applicant’s must not include Social Security Numbers, LEAP status information or paperwork, Equal Employment Opportunity information, exam result notices or scores, or medical or criminal history information on any document within their application package. Please do not submit a second application by paper if you submitted an electronic application.

Electronic application submission is preferred for this Exam Control. For those applicants who are unable to submit an electronic application, applications may be submitted in paper format but must contain the following information on the first page of the application in order to be processed:

• The Exam Control number listed on the exam bulletin
• The classification title

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:

• Human Resources Office
  State Lands Commission
  100 Howe Ave, Suite 100 - South
  Sacramento, CA 95825
  

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

You may apply in person at:

• State Lands Commission
  Human Resources Office
  200 Oceangate, 12th Floor
  Long Beach, CA 90802
  Filing Start Time: 12/14/2018 8:00:00 AM
  Filing End Time: 1/14/2019 5:00:00 PM
  
  Drop-off with the Receptionist Monday through Friday 8am-5pm, excluding holidays.

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.

Education:

Applicants using education to meet the minimum qualifications of this classification, must provide a copy of their official transcripts with their application package for the universities/colleges attended where the coursework or degree was received. Failure to provide a copy of official transcripts may result in removal from the exam list. Applicants providing copies of international official transcripts may need to provide an evaluation/translation from an educational credentials evaluation service to ensure that all the required coursework can be verified by the hiring agency. 

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 distringuished as "Either" I, "or" II, "or" III, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern I and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern II may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

This examination consists of the following components:

• Interview : A passing score must be achieved and is weighted 100% of the final score.

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

This examination will consist of a Qualifications Appraisal Interview Weighted 100%. It is anticipated interviews will be held during February/March 2019. 

If conditions warrant, this examination may utilize an evaluation of each candidate’s experience and education compared to a standard developed from the class specification.  For this reason, it is especially important that each candidate take special care in accurately and completely filling out their application.  List all experience relevant to the “Requirements for Admittance to the Examination” shown on this announcement, even if that experience goes beyond the seven-year limit printed on the applications.  Supplementary information will be accepted, but read the “Requirements for Admittance to the Examination” carefully to see what kind of information will be useful to the staff doing the evaluation.

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:

• Ability to: Prepare and interpret engineering and geologic reports, maps, graphs and other statistical data relating to oil, gas and geothermal operations and the extraction of other minerals, prepare clear and concise correspondence and reports relating to oil, gas and geothermal operations or the extraction of other minerals. 
• Ability to: Analyze data and prepare reports of technical inspections
• Ability to: Direct the work of others.
• Ability to: Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action. 
• Ability to: Establish and maintain cooperative relations with those contacted in the work.
• Ability to: Plan, direct, and coordinate the work of an engineering staff. 
• Ability to: Effectively contribute to the department's Equal Employment Opportunity objectives.
• Knowledge of: California law regulating the drilling, maintenance, and operation of oil, gas and geothermal wells and the extraction of other materials
• Knowledge of: Principles, methods, equipment and terminology of petroleum engineering, mining technology, and geology
• Knowledge of: The provisions of the Public Resources Code governing lands under the jurisdiction of the California State Lands Commission.
• Knowledge of: Oil, gas and geothermal reservoir characteristics or behavior, and methods of estimating mineral reserves
• Knowledge of: Methods and equipment used in such operations, and their safety and legality.
• Knowledge of: Methods of oil field construction and operation.
• Knowledge of: Department's Equal Employment Opportunity Program objectives.
• Knowledge of: A manager's role in the EEO Program and the processes available to meet Equal Employment Opportunity Program objectives. 

A Departmental Open eligible list for the SENIOR MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEER Classification will be established for:

• State Lands Commission

The list(s) will be abolished 12 months after being established, unless the needs of the State and conditions of the list(s) warrant a change in this period.

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.

• State Lands Commission

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

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 bullein will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

State Lands Commission 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, initiatve, 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: Equilavence to completeion 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, substituion 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.