Requirements

Notes

1. College seniors who are within six months of graduation from a recognized four-year college or university may apply. However, you cannot be appointed until you have completed all your course work including the 24 semester units or 36 quarter units described in Requirement No. 1. Successful candidates will be notified of degree verification procedures.
2. At the time of appointment, candidates must submit to the department which appoints them, verification of their Engineer-In-Training certification.
3. Appointments will be made to temporary training positions in accordance with Section 5.30 of the Rules of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, for a maximum duration of three years. In order to successfully complete the temporary training period, new appointees must obtain their Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certificate within three years. New appointees who do not successfully complete the temporary training period will be terminated from the class.

How to Apply

Make an appointment through the placement office with which you are affiliated to interview with the City of Los Angeles recruiters, should they visit your campus.

You may interview only one time in a twelve month period per engineering discipline. If you interview a second time for the same engineering discipline, those results will be discarded.

Applications and supplements may be periodically be accepted at alternative locations when the City participates in special recruitment events, job fairs, or career expos. For those events, any special application of testing procedures will be explained directly to event participants.

For administrative purposes, filling may close periodically and reopen the following work day. The examination may be closed without prior notice at any time after sufficient number of applicants have been received.

Selection Process

Examination Weight: Interview 100%

Your examination score will be based entirely on an evaluation by interview of your training, professional and personal qualifications. Special emphasis will be placed on: your understanding of civil engineering fundamentals and concepts; your ability to communicate clearly and understandably; your ability to effectively work with representatives of City departments, governmental agencies, and the public; the nature and adequacy of your education and/or experience; and other necessary knowledge and abilities.

Candidates will be notified later of the time and place for the interview, which will be held in Los Angeles.

You may take this examination only once during the term of this bulletin. Your name may be removed from the open competitive list after six months.

Notes

If you receive and accept an offer of employment to a regular position with the City of Los Angeles, your employee benefit coverage (including health and dental coverage as well as life insurance) will commence approximately six weeks after your original regular appointment. Not all positions in the City receive benefit coverage; you should inquire about availability of employee benefits prior to accepting a position.

This examination is to be given only on an open competitive basis.

The City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, creed, color, ancestry, medical condition (cancer), or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Applicants or employees who believe that they have been discriminated against are encouraged to contact the Office of Discrimination Complaint Resolution at (213) 485-8250.