• Application Opening: 8/11/2022
• Application Filing Deadline: 8/17/2022
• Annual Salary: $151,918-$184,730
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0125184-01152422 (125185)

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

Project: Distributed Antenna Systems Project

Under general direction, the 5241 Electrical Engineer works in the Distribution Engineering group and is focused in providing engineering support to other groups within Power Enterprise.

The Engineer will be called upon to performs engineering tasks related to electric distribution and service design, streetlight design, and capital project planning.

The Engineer is expected to provide interconnection support services for SFPUC streetlight, electric service, and natural gas customers.

Essential Functions:

• Administer the Distribution Antennae Systems (DAS) Master License Agreement, SFPUC’s Pole use agreements, and other agreements which allow third parties to attach to SFPUC’s owned utility poles; track pole use agreements.
• Analyze and solve complex engineering and process related problems, including coordinating with third-party that wish to utilize SFPUC’s infrastructure.
• Supervise and monitor the inspection of a wide variety of major and complex engineering projects; meet with customers and coordinate construction schedules; conduct site assessments and performs field inspections. Organize and supervises the activities of field staff.
• Provides technical assistance, operational guidance, and engineering support for the operation and maintenance of City-owned and operated distribution and transmission facilities.

• Review and analyze PG&E service contracts for new and existing City facilities in accordance with the applicable tariffs and codes, the Franchise Agreement, and PG&E’s Wholesale Distribution Tariff.

• Plan, analyze and create engineering designs, drawings and specifications for customer interconnection to the City-owned electric distribution system;  ensure compliance with technical requirements and project objectives. Prepares cost estimates of labor, equipment, and materials.

• Reviewing federal, regional and local regulations and legislation affecting engineering work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Five (5) years of verifiable professional electrical engineering experience, which includes two (2) years’ experience equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco’s class 5207 Associate Engineer as a licensed Professional Engineer in the specialty you are applying for; AND
2. Possession of a current Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of California in Electrical Engineering.

Desirable Qualifications:

-       Recent and verifiable experience working on and around utility power transmission and/or distribution systems, control systems and associated components up to 230 kv.

The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

Substitution: Candidates licensed in other states, who otherwise meet the minimum requirements of this announcement, but do not possess the required California license, may file for this examination, and if successful, will be placed under waiver on the resulting eligible list until the required California license is presented.

Verification:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point in the application, examination and/or departmental selection process. Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco. For more information on verification, please visit the following link: http://www.sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=20#verification

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hour work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

 Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

·         Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Anna Owens, by email at [email protected].

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.