$34,000 a month in Fresno County? California is hiring for these high-paying state jobs
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The state of California is hiring in Fresno County for full-time positions including legal professionals, engineers and scientists.
State agencies seeking employees include the California Department of State Hospitals and California Department of Transportation.
State jobs are known for offering competitive benefits and enrollment in the nation’s largest public pension plan.
Many of the following jobs have specific requirements, which are linked.
These were some of the latest state jobs available in Fresno County on the Cal Careers website as of Thursday, July 3:
Attorney I | Permanent, full-time
- Department: Industrial Relations
- Salary: $7,506 to $11,676 per month
Under the direction and supervision of the assistant chief counsel, the attorney represents the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health in a wide range of legal issues, including in civil and writ litigation before California trial and appellate courts.
The application period closes on Thursday, July 17.
Associate management auditor | Permanent, full-time
- Department: High-Speed Rail Authority
- Salary: $6,452. to $8,485 per month
Under the direction of the supervising management auditor, the associate management auditor is responsible for proficiently and independently handling complex, difficult and sensitive inspections as well as evaluations, reviews, audits, and investigations.
The auditor performs engagements to provide oversight of highly technical areas, including the High-Speed Rail Authority’s parametric cost estimates, cost controls, project schedules and risk management.
The application period is open until filled.
Chief engineer I | Permanent, full-time
- Department: State Hospitals
- Salary: $6,519 to $8,252 per month
Under general direction, the chief engineer leads, directs and works with others in the operation maintenance and repair of the heating and electrical plant and other mechanical and power equipment.
The application period closes on Tuesday, July 15.
Chief psychiatrist | Permanent, full-time
- Department: California Correctional Health Care Services
- Salary: $27,635. to $34,252. per month
The chief psychiatrist is responsible for providing direct assistance to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation institutions.
That includes the identification and removal of obstacles in order to provide psychiatric services.
The chief psychiatrist also works to make improvements in productivity and quality of care, providing guidance and consultation to the institutions.
The application period closes on Thursday, July 10.
Dentist | Permanent, full-time
- Department: Correctional Health Care Services
- Salary: $19,535 to $30,945 per month
The dentist is responsible for the delivery of dental care, including preventive care, to patients at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.
The dentist participates in performance management activities to continuously improve the dental program.
The dentist may delegate appropriate levels of responsibility to the supervising dental assistant.
The application period closes on Monday July 21.
Information technology associate | Permanent, full-time
- Department: Forestry and Fire Protection
- Salary: $4,791.00 to $8,485 per month
Under general supervision of the information technology customer services supervisor, the IT associate provides technical support to Cal Fire users, computers and smartphones.
Duties include driving state vehicles to outlying facilities and effect repairs onsite as needed, supporting both networked and stand-alone computers and smartphones.
The IT associate performs the installation of software on both phones and computers, as well as provide support to customers for software purchased and/or developed by the department.
The application period is open until Tuesday July 15.
Investigator | Permanent, full-time
- Department: Consumer Affairs
- Salary: $6,215.00 to $10,401 per month
Under the direction of the supervising investigator, the investigator works at the training, entry and journey level, conducting complex administrative, criminal, and civil investigations of physicians and surgeons and certain allied health care professionals.
Examples of complex investigations include but are not limited to criminal sexual exploitation of patients, cases involving drug violations, unlicensed practice of medicine, unlicensed corporate practice of medicine, insurance fraud and allegations of practicing medicine while impaired.
The application period is open until filled.
Workload engineer | Permanent, full-time
- Department: Transportation
- Salary: $6,299 to $11,798 per month
Under the direction of a senior construction engineer, the workload engineer is responsible for analyzing and negotiating for project resource allocations, monitoring and updating workload allocations.
The workload engineer also manages the D6 Construction Workload database.
The application period is open until Thursday, July 17.
Senior environmental scientist | Permanent, full-time
- Department: Fish and Wildlife
- Salary: $7,556 to $10,221 monthly
Under the direction of the supervisor environmental scientist, the senior environmental scientist performs scientific analysis work.
That includes scientific investigations and analyses of impacts and proposed mitigation for industrial renewable energy and other complex projects.
The application period is open until Monday July 7.
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