Water And Power Maintenance Supervisor I - Hetch Hetchy Water & Power (Moccasin) - SFPUC (7259) - City and County of San Francisco

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Application Opening: 10/22/2024
• Application Deadline: 11/08/2024
•  Analyst Name: Najeebah Mpagazi-Spearman
•  Location: Moccasin, CA, United States
•  Annual Salary Range: Step 1: $100,490 – Step 5: $122,096
•  List ID: PBT-7259-151682;REF45205I

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

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.gov/.

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.gov/about-us/careers-sfpuc

ABOUT HETCH HETCHY WATER AND POWER
This position is located within Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, and the reporting location is in Moccasin, CA (located 140 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area; requires a 5-hour round trip commute by car in fair weather).  

Under general supervision, is responsible for organizing and supervising the activities of subordinates in the maintenance and repair of utility waterworks property; supervises the maintenance of watershed grounds, lakes and reservoirs; directs a crew in inspecting pipelines, repairing leaks and packing expansion joints; and performs related duties as required.

Requires responsibility for: Carrying out, interpreting and enforcing existing methods and procedures applicable to the maintenance and operation of a wide variety of waterworks property; efficient and safe utilization of tools and motorized equipment. Nature of work involves considerable sustained physical effort, walking and standing, including manual effort and dexterity, with frequent exposure to accident and health hazards and disagreeable elements.

Essential Functions:

• Supervises a group of workers in the maintenance and repair of roads, buildings, fences, bridges, trestles, dams, culverts, canals and flumes; directs roadway maintenance including grading, patching, and clearing rocks, slides and snow.
• Assigns workers In maintaining large areas of utility waterworks grounds by, clearing, burning and spraying weeds and brush; directs a crew in the dragging of lake bottoms to remove vegetation and burn same; directs chemical spraying operations on reservoirs; supervises the removal and topping of trees.
• Supervises a crew of laborers in inspecting main transmission pipelines, locating leaks, excavating areas around leaks, Installing leak plugs or bands and backfilling sites; directs the cleaning and packing of pipeline expansion joints; supervises the salvaging, of old pipes.
• Supervises workers in excavating for the installation of pipeline connections and meters; repairing air and flow off valves; applying protective coating to pipelines; making repairs to small diameter pipelines.

Nature of the work
Ability to mobile in the field. Walk/stand for long periods of time.

Education:
Requires completion of high school

Experience:
8 years of experience in general construction or maintenance work, at least 2 years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

License:
Possession of a valid driver license (CA upon hire)

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

How To Apply

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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.

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EXAM INFORMATION
Exam Type: Combined, Promotive and Entrance
Certification Rule: Rule of Seven (7)
Eligible List Duration: Twelve (12) months

The duration of the eligible list may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

Selection Procedures

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

1. Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ) completed online (Qualifying)
2. Online Oral Exam (100%)

Candidates deemed qualified will be admitted to an oral exam designed to measure knowledge, skills and/or abilities in job-related areas which may include but not be limited to: Construction and maintenance methods and procedures; construction tools and heavy-duty motorized equipment; industrial safety fundamentals of construction and maintenance work. The oral exam will be conducted online with a proctor.

A passing score must be achieved on the exam component in order to be placed on the eligible list. Additional selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.

Score Report/Eligible List

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.

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
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

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.  [Note: The correction of clerical errors in an announcement may be posted on the Department of Human Resources website. The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 110.4.  Such appeals must be submitted in writing to the Department of Human Resources, 1 S Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-5413 by close of business on the 5th business day following the issuance date of this examination announcement.  Information concerning other Civil Service Commission Rules involving announcements, applications and examination policies, including applicant appeal rights, can be found on the Civil Service Commission website at http://sfgov.org/civilservice/rules.

Medical Examination

Prior to appointment, candidates must successfully pass a medical examination to determine his/her ability to perform the essential functions of the job and/or the ability to meet the physical minimum requirements. 

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

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Najeebah Mpagazi-Spearman by email at NMpagaziSpearman@sfwater.org.

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.