*Amended on 4/1/2024 to reflect the change in Certification Rule to Rule of 10.

This is a Position-Based Test conducted in accordance with CSC Rule 111A.

•    Application Opening: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
•    Application Filing Deadline: Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 11:59 PM (PDT)
•    Annual Salary: $120,666 to $146,640
•    Recruitment ID: PBT-5298-145214 / RTF0145213-01086891 

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 here.

About the Environmental Management Group
The Environmental Management Group (EMG), within the Infrastructure Division of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), is responsible for performing environmental review and obtaining approvals required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (with the San Francisco Planning Department as the CEQA lead agency) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (with federal agencies as the NEPA lead agency); resource agency permitting; and environmental construction compliance for the SFPUC Water, Power, and Sewer capital projects. 

About the Position
Under the direction of the Environmental Management Group (EMG) Manager, this position will primarily be responsible for acquiring environmental permits and/or implementing environmental requirements during construction in support of Infrastructure Division projects. We manage a variety of infrastructure projects that extend from San Francisco up to O’Shaughnessy Dam in Yosemite National Park.

The essential duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Develops, or directs consultant development of, permit applications and technical documents in support of acquiring resource agency permits (e.g., the United States Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, State Historic Preservation Officer, Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, California Coastal Commission) and/or in support of complying with local agency environmental regulations during construction. 
• Reviews technical sections of environmental review documents and assists in the development and/or implementation of mitigation measures, ensuring consistency within and across projects.
• Solicits, negotiates, and administers consultant task orders, including development and management of scope, budget, schedule, and review of deliverables.
• Negotiates and problems solve project challenges through collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, resource agency staff, or local agency environmental staff to advance decision making during permitting and/or construction compliance.
• Provides clear, well thought out, oral and written communication to project teams and agency staff.
• Performs, and/or manages consultants performing, environmental-related activities during permitting and/or construction compliance, such as wildlife and wetland delineation surveys, noise monitoring, dust control monitoring, stormwater inspections, site inspections, and preparing technical reports.
• Coordinates with SFPUC staff and construction management teams to integrate environmental requirements during construction, such as providing environmental training and tracking implementation.
• Participates in field visits to project sites for environmental surveys and meetings.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:
1.  Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND four (4) years (8000 hours) of verifiable full-time equivalent experience either:

     A. performing environmental review functions OR

     B. in a city/regional/urban planning environment preparing documents for entities such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

OR

2.  Master's degree from an accredited college or university in city/regional/urban planning, environmental studies, architecture, law, earth sciences, geography, economics, landscape architecture, civil engineering, urban studies or public administration AND two (2) years (4000 hours) of verifiable full-time equivalent experience either:
 
      A. performing environmental review functions OR

      B. in a city/regional/urban planning environment preparing documents for entities such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

AND
License: Possession of a current valid California Driver’s License.

Note: 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.

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

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

• Experience identifying off-site mitigation options to satisfy permit compensation requirements (e.g., mitigation banks) and executing contract agreements.
• Experience implementing environmental requirements during construction.
• Experience in applying requirements of San Francisco Public Health Code Article 22A and Article 22B and San Francisco Public Works Code Article 4.2.

Verification of Experience and/or Education: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and/or experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. For more information on how to verify your experience or education please click here. 

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.

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.

Selection Procedures:
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ): (Weight: Qualifying) Candidates will be required to complete a MQSQ as part of the employment application at a later time. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Supplemental Questionnaire Examination (Weight:100%): Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be sent a Supplemental Questionnaire Examination via electronic mail after the closing of the application filing period. The Supplemental Questionnaire Examination is designed to measure the knowledge, skills and/or abilities in job-related areas required for the position include but are not limited to knowledge of the principles and practices of environmental analysis; knowledge of the methods and data sources for environmental investigations and the accepted practices in implementation of environmental law; ability to carry out assigned tasks decisively and accurately; ability to communicate clearly, concisely and in a well-organized and effective manner, both orally and in writing, including the ability to prepare concise reports; ability to deal tactfully with the public, governmental officials, professional and technical persons, and other City employees.

Applicants will be given a deadline to return the Supplemental Questionnaire Examination. Those who do not respond by the established deadline will not be eligible to continue in the examination process and will not be added to eligibility list resulting from this process. All applicants’ responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire Examination are subject to verification.

A passing score must be achieved on the Supplemental Questionnaire Examination in order to continue in the selection process and be placed on the eligible list. Candidates will be placed on the eligible list in rank order according to their final score. Candidate scores on this examination may also be applied to other announcements involving other job titles, when directed by the Human Resources Director.

The department may administer additional position-specific selection procedures to make final hiring decisions.

NOTE:  Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to advance through all of the steps in the selection process.

Eligible List/Score Report: A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created, and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established, so applicants can view the ranks, final scores and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information, including names of applicants on the eligible list, shall not be made public unless required by law. However, an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection, upon request, once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g., as a result of appeals), as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be of six (6) months, and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

Certification: The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be Rule of Ten (10) Scores. 

To find Departments which use this classification, please see here.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights: Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at here.

The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.

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
• Veterans Preference
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams
• 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.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “Apply Now” 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, @careers.sf.gov 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Recruitment Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst, Vivian Yeung via email at [email protected].

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.