• Application Opening: April 15, 2026 
• Application Filing Deadline: April 17, 2026
• Annual Salary: $107,068 - $130,182
• Recruitment ID: RTF0164714-01011792; (TEX-7344-164715)

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 24 months.

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)

Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees working in seven counties with a combined annual operating budget of over $900 million.

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

Location: 1990 Newcomb Ave, SF, CA 94124

Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 3:30 pm

Under general supervision, performs skilled carpentry work in connection with the maintenance and repair of city structures, installations and facilities; and performs related duties as required.

Requires responsibility for: explaining and carrying out existing methods and Procedures relative to maintenance and repair activities; making occasional contacts with other departmental personnel and outside organizations in connection with carpentry activities; preparing routine records and reports of time worked and materials used.

Essential Duties: 

1. Performs carpentry duties in connection with a wide variety of building alterations, maintenance and repair projects and other appurtenant and miscellaneous structures; builds and erects stairs, partitions, barricades, sheds, concrete forms, bleachers, scaffolding, fences and other items.

2. Lays and renews wood/wood composite/laminate: floors, baseboards, and moulding in offices, shops or transit equipment.

3. Repairs desk, tables, chairs, sashes, doors, roofs, stairs and handrails.

4. Installs doors and some related hardware.

5. Operates power driven shop woodworking machinery and equipment.

6. Reads blueprints and work orders and follows other written or verbal instructions on the kind and extent of carpentry work to be done.

7. Plans work program and sequences; assembles lumber and tools needed for an assigned project.

8. May measure and prepare estimates for carpentry repairs.

9. Prepares routine work records.

10. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education: Completion of a four year recognized carpenter apprenticeship program; AND

Experience: Three years of experience as a journey-level carpenter (experience, as a carpenter's helper is NOT qualifying).

License and Certification: Possession of a valid California driver license.

Substitution: Additional qualifying journey-level carpenter experience may be substituted for the required carpentry apprenticeship program on a year-for-year basis.

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

Verification of Education and Experience:

Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Please review our articles on Employment Application and Minimum Qualifications and Verification of Experience and/or Education for considerations taken when reviewing applications. 

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and 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.

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.

• 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 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.