TEST ANNOUNCEMENT

NUMBER 2006-689

ISSUED  FEBRUARY 17, 2006

REVISED JULY 1, 2009

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

State Civil Service Commission

Examinations

for

FACILITY MAINTENANCE MANAGERS

Exam No.	Job Titles	Job Codes	Pay Schedule and Range
1.	Facility Maintenance Manager 1	94710	MA07
2.	Facility Maintenance Manager 2	94720	MA08
3.	Facility Maintenance Manager 3	94730	MA09
4.	Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 1	94751	*
5.	Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 2	94752	*
6.	Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 3	94753	*

When completing your application, please make sure you apply for all job titles for which you want to be tested.  You will NOT be permitted to add job titles after you test.

*Contact the Department of Corrections or any State Correctional Institution for current starting salary information.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

VETERANS:  Pennsylvania law (51 Pa.C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.  To learn more about employment preferences and opportunities for veterans, visit the Commission’s website www.scsc.state.pa.us; visit one of our offices; or call our veterans information line, (717) 787-6039.

NATURE OF WORK

You will perform administrative and technical work directing a program of building maintenance and heating and utility plant operations at a state facility.  You will plan and organize the work, direct trades persons and other support workers, distribute personnel and material resources and participate in modifications to the physical plant.  Work is performed with a high degree of initiative and independent judgment and is reviewed by an administrative supervisor.

The scope of operations and responsibilities increases in difficulty and complexity as the job level increases.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

You will be tested before your qualifications are reviewed.  Your test results will count only if you meet all job requirements.  If after reading the requirements you are not sure you qualify, contact one of the Commission's offices listed at the end of this announcement.

You must be a Pennsylvania resident, of good moral character and able to perform the essential functions of the job.

For Department of Corrections Positions:

You must pass a background investigation.  After you receive a conditional offer of employment, you must undergo a medical examination.

After being hired, you must attend and complete a three-week basic training program at the Department of Corrections' Central Training Academy in Elizabethtown.

Minimum Requirements

Facility Maintenance Manager 1

Two years of experience as a Building Maintenance Foreman, Utility Plant Supervisor or Corrections Trade Instructor; OR 6 years of experience in the construction, maintenance or repair of buildings; or the operation, maintenance and repair of utility services equipment, including 2 years in a managerial or supervisory capacity; OR an equivalent combination of experience and training.

Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 1

Two years of experience as a Building Maintenance Foreman, Utility Plant Supervisor or Corrections Trade Instructor with a specialty in one of the trades of Carpentry, Electrical, Refrigeration, Plumbing, Sheet Metal, Machinist, Welding, Painting, Automotive, Electronics or Masonry; OR 6 years of experience in the construction, maintenance or repair of buildings; or the operation, maintenance and repair of utility services equipment, including 2 years in a managerial or supervisory capacity; OR an equivalent combination of experience and training.

Facility Maintenance Manager 2 & Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 2

One year of experience as a Facility Maintenance Manager 1 or 1 year of experience as a Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 1; OR 2 years of experience as a Utilities Supervisor; OR 7 years of experience in the construction, maintenance or repair of buildings; or the operation, maintenance and repair of utility services equipment, including 3 years in a managerial or supervisory capacity; OR an equivalent combination of experience and training.

Facility Maintenance Manager 3 & Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 3

One year of experience as a Facility Maintenance Manager 2 or 1 year of experience as a Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 2; OR 2 years of experience as a Facility Maintenance Manager 1 or 2 years of experience as a Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager 1; OR 3 years of experience as a Utilities Supervisor; OR 7 years of experience in the construction, maintenance or repair of buildings; or the operation, maintenance and repair of utility services equipment, including 4 years in a managerial or supervisory capacity; OR an equivalent combination of experience and training.

Clarification of Requirements

You may substitute related education for the required non-supervisory, non-managerial experience on a year-for-year basis.  Unrelated experience or education will not be accepted.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

There are 47 filled Facility Maintenance Manager jobs, 20 at the 1 level, 11 at the 2 level and 16 at the 3 level; most are located at state hospitals and at mental retardation and youth development centers in the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.  Other agencies with a limited number of jobs are the Pennsylvania Departments of Education, Labor and Industry and Transportation, and the Pennsylvania State Police.

There are about 5 appointments and/or promotions in these jobs each year.

There are 72 filled Corrections Facility Maintenance Manager jobs, 48 at the 1 level, 12 at the 2 level and 12 at the 3 level; all are at State Correctional Institutions in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections located throughout the state.

There are about 10 appointments and/or promotions in these jobs each year.

Lists created by this test will be used to fill future vacancies as they occur due to retirements, promotions, transfers, resignations and so forth.

For the most recent information on job opportunities contact:

-	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Classification and Recruitment Section, P.O. Box 598, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17001-0598, Telephone:  (717) 975-4901, Internet:  www.cor.state.pa.us
-	Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Human Resources, Health and Welfare Building - Room 106, P.O. Box 2675, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-2675, Telephone: (717) 787-5068, Toll Free:  1-800-346-4254, Internet:  www.dpw.state.pa.us
-	Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Human Resources, 333 Market Street – 11th Floor, Harristown 2 Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126, Telephone:  (717) 787-5134, Internet:  www.pde.state.pa.us
-	Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Human Resources, Labor and Industry Building – Room 1447, 7th and Forster Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17121, Telephone:   (717) 787-9767, Internet:  www.dli.state.pa.us
-	Pennsylvania State Police Headquarters, Bureau of Human Resources, 1800 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110, Telephone:  (717) 787-7125, Internet:  www.psp.state.pa.us
-	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Human Resources, Commonwealth Keystone Building, P.O. Box 3789, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-3789, Telephone: (717) 787-6887, Internet:  www.dot.state.pa.us
-	Human Resource offices of state facilities such as hospitals, schools and correctional institutions listed in the local telephone directory under "Government Offices – State."

TESTING

The written test will be administered on a computer.  Information about computerized testing is available online at www.scsc.state.pa.us or in paper form at any State Civil Service Commission Office.  You will have a maximum of 2 1/2 hours to complete the test.

The test will cover the following subject areas:

	Number of Questions
Subject Area	Fac. Maint. Mgr. 1/ Corr. Fac. Maint. Mgr. 1	Fac. Maint. Mgr. 2 & 3/ Corr. Fac. Maint. Mgr. 2 & 3
Construction Methods and Materials	20	20
Technical Material Interpretation	20	20
Supervision	20	20
Effective Personal Relationships	20	20
Physical Plant Operation and Maintenance	--	20
Effective Expression/Reports	_--_	_20_
Totals	80	120

The test will be held in the Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission Offices, Monday through Friday.

The test will also be held approximately 10 days a month at additional test centers located in Allentown, Erie, Johnstown, Lock Haven, and Scranton.  For further details on test dates, contact the Commission’s Information Services Unit; Telephone (Voice) (717) 787-7811, Text Telephone (Deaf/Hard of Hearing callers only) (717) 783-8896.

If you take the test and want to take it again, you may be retested after 6 months from the date of your test.  You must submit a new application to be retested.

If your name is on an eligible list for these jobs and you take this test, your most recent examination result will be the only one counted.

TEST RESULTS

Employment and promotion lists will be established.  You will be notified in writing of your test results.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online at www.scsc.state.pa.us or submit your completed paper application to:

State Civil Service Commission

ATTN:  Applications

P.O. Box 569

Harrisburg, PA 17108-0569

Applications and further information can be obtained from:

1.	State Civil Service Commission:
	Harrisburg:  2nd Level, Strawberry Sq. Complex, 320 Market St .,
	P.O. Box 569, Hbg., 17108-0569; Telephone (Voice) (717) 783-3058,
	Text Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing callers only) (717) 772-2685
	Philadelphia:  110 North 8th St. Suite 503, Phila., 19107; Telephone
	(Voice) (215) 560-2253, Text Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
	callers only) (215) 560-4367
	Pittsburgh:  411 Seventh Ave., Room 410, Pgh., 15219
	Telephone (Voice) (412) 565-7666, Text Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-
	Hearing callers only) (412) 565-2484
	Internet:  www.scsc.state.pa.us
2.	PA CareerLink offices
3.	The Human Resources Offices listed under the "JOB OPPORTUNITIES" section of this announcement

For further information on testing, assistance for persons with disabilities, veterans' preference and other items, refer to the instructions provided with the "Application for Employment/Promotion."