• Application Opening: 10/12/2022
• Application Filing Deadline: 10/19/2022
• Annual Salary: $204,178 to $248,170 Annually 
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0125402-01152431 (125403)

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt (TEX): 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: Potable Emergency Firefighting Water System               

Provides general direction, directs, supervises and manages the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Design Sections, Technical Services Section and administrative staff in the Engineering Management Bureau.  These Sections prepare engineering design reports and contract packages (plans, specifications and cost estimates) for complex Water, Wastewater and power Enterprise Capital projects.  The Bureau provides engineering design support during construction phase for these Capital projects.  The Sections also provide these same services for the Emergency Firefighting Water System (EFWS) in San Francisco.  The Bureau manages design consultants and consultant contracts.   

Essential Functions:

• Provide guidance to direct reports and directly to other staff when necessary.
• Work with Design Section Managers to ensure high quality report, studies and design packages (contract documents).  
• Work with Project Engineers to coordinate projects and resolve project design related issues.  
• Take the role and assume duties of Regional Project Engineer when required and assigned.
• Review/approve etime (timesheets) on a bi-weekly basis.  Review staff charges to projects and overhead.  Approve time off requests for direct reports considering work coverage.
• Capture lessons learned for future projects.  These can be in all phases (planning, design and construction) of a project.  
• Develop plans for execution of design projects taking into consideration the balance of consultant and in-house staff usage as well as other City Departments such as Public Works.  
• Prepare project specific and as-needed Request for Proposals and administer consultant contracts in a timely manner to meet Enterprise Capital project schedules.  Consultant contracts are also used by Operating Divisions and other groups within SFPUC.  
• Review design packages completed by Public Works and Consultants.  
• Review staff workloads and forecast project deliverability.
• Work on recruitment and hiring new staff with emphasis on Racial Equity.
• Work with the other EMB Division Managers on standard specifications and updating procedures
• Handle personnel issues and work with HR as necessary.

The 5212 Principal Engineer will perform other related duties as assigned.

Engineer Specialty

1. Nine (9) years verifiable professional engineering (e.g. civil, electrical, mechanical, sanitary/chemical/environmental, transportation/traffic, or structural) work experience, of which six (6) years of that experience must be as a licensed professional engineer. Two (2) of the nine (9) years must be equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco class 5211 Senior Engineer; AND

2. License: Possession of a current Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of California.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Verification of Education and Experience:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements

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.

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.

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

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• 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, Linda Muir, 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.