Career Opportunity

Engineer/Architect/Landscape Architect Senior– Infrastructure Division - SFPUC (5211) (137756)

Recruitment: RTF0137725-01120418

Published: September 20, 2023

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About:

• Application Opening: 09/20/2023
• Application Filing Deadline: 09/27/2023
• Annual Salary: $182,962 to $222,326 
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0137725-01120418 (PEX-5211-137756)

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Permanent 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

Role description

Special Project Title: Northern Waterfront Electrical Improvements (NWEI) - BCTD                                                                                                                                                                                                

Discipline - Civil

Under general administrative direction from the Civil Design Section Manager in the Engineering Management Bureau, performs as technical subject matter expert in civil design, assists the section manager in developing strategic planning/forecasting and provides key input to capital improvement programs, performs project engineer duties for difficult and complex engineering projects; establishes and implements departmental policies, procedures and administrative directives, interviews, selects, trains, monitors and evaluates departmental staff and consultants; manages staff assignments, coaches and mentors employees, prepares employee reviews and performance evaluations, identifies employee development and training requirements, performs, directs, supervises and reviews the preparation of difficult and complex responsible professional engineering work in the field and office, directs the activities of professional engineers, technical engineering personnel and consultants performing engineering and administrative functions in connection with the planning, design, and design support during construction of projects and systems in the San Francisco water transmission, water distribution and wastewater systems for the Civil Design Section.  This position may require periodic travel and overnight stays to the Hetch Hetchy region.  The 5211 Senior Engineer will perform other related duties as assigned.

1.         Performs, directs, supervises and coordinates the preparation and design of difficult and complex engineering/architecture/landscape architecture projects, ensuring that codes, standards, and project requirements are met; plans and develops projects, budgets and staff for a wide variety of design activities.

2.         Interviews, selects, trains, monitors, and evaluates departmental staff and consultants to ensure that work methods and work flow are effective; assures that written performance goals and objectives are prepared for employees; monitors the work of and evaluates, counsels and disciplines subordinate staff as necessary; and reviews and approves technical training programs for staff.

3.         Establishes and implements departmental policies, procedures and administrative directives in accordance with applicable laws, ordinances, codes, standards, rules, regulations, and legislative policies and procedures by interpreting, explaining, monitoring, and evaluating the functional activities of the organization

4.         Reviews engineering drawings, specifications, calculations and work products produced by staff, consultants and contractors to ensure accuracy, adequacy and conformance to standards.  Verifies quantity, dimensions, safety requirements, and proper test and start-up procedures

5.         Coordinates all activities between in house engineering staff and consultants/contractors, other Infrastructure bureau professional staff, client enterprise department(s), and outside agencies needed to complete planning and design contract package(s) to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget and meeting critical milestones.

6.         Prepares and supervises the preparation of a wide variety of technical engineering reports, regulatory reports, standard operating procedures manuals, emergency operations plans, meeting minutes, public correspondence and other documentation

7.         Prepares a variety of bid documents, including advertisement for bids, instructions to bidders, detailed specifications and drawings, engineering cost estimates; reviews and analyzes bids for conformance with specifications and for approval of final awarding of bids

8.         Prepares cost and quantity estimates for necessary labor, materials and equipment associated with construction, contractors, suppliers, reconstruction, installation, repair, restoration and maintenance.

9.         During construction, directs, supervises review of submittals from contractors, responses to requests for information, design-related change orders and request for substitutions.  Checks and reviews specifications, estimates and computations prepared by engineering staff and consultants. May participate in field inspections when necessary

10.       May act as Project Engineer or lead designer on engineering projects performing responsible professional civil engineering work related to water facilities, including conducting engineering studies and preparing reports, designs, calculations, cost estimates, drawings, specifications and pipe inspections.

11.       Conducts meetings and makes presentations to Boards, Commissions, committees, approval agencies, staff and the general public for the purpose of providing accurate information, explaining policies, and providing recommendations and/or solutions.

12.       Represents the City and consults with government officials, business and civic organizations in connection with specific departmental issues.

13.       Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Work Location: 525 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco

How to qualify

Experience and Training Guidelines:

Engineering Specialty:

Experience: Seven (7) years of verifiable professional engineering (e.g. civil, mechanical, electrical, sanitary/chemical/environmental, or transportation /traffic) work experience of which four (4) years of that experience must be as a licensed professional engineer. Two (2) of the seven (7) years must be equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco class 5241 Engineer.

Architecture Specialty:

Experience: Eight (8) years of verifiable professional architecture work experience of which four (4) years of that experience must be as a licensed professional architect. Two (2) of the eight (8) years must be equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco class 5268 Architect.

Landscape Architecture Specialty:

Experience: Eight (8) years of verifiable professional landscape architecture work experience of which four (4) years of that experience must be as a licensed professional landscape architect. Two (2) of the eight (8) years must be equivalent to the City and County of San Francisco class 5274 Landscape Architect.

All Specialties:

Training: Requires possession of a baccalaureate degree with major course work in engineering, architecture and/or landscape architecture.

License or Certificate: All positions require possession of a Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer, Architect or Landscape Architect in the State of California.

Most positions require a valid driver's license.

Substitution: A Master's Degree in Engineering, Architecture or Landscape Architecture may substitute for one-year work experience. A Ph. D. in Engineering, Architecture or Landscape Architecture may substitute for two years work experience.

Notes:

Engineering Specialty:

Engineering certification must be in one of the following disciplines: Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Environmental, or Transportation (Traffic). A Grade Four Certificate in Water/Wastewater Treatment Operation (CA) may substitute for one year of non-licensed work experience in the Sanitary specialty. Some engineering positions may require possession of a certificate issued by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), International Code Council (ICC) or an equivalent certifying body.

Some positions may require additional special engineering licensing and/or work experience in areas such as Construction Management, Structural Design, Corrosion, Fire Protection, Geo-technical Engineering, Environmental, or Instrumentation and Control Systems. Additional specialty areas may be determined at a later time.

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.

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.

What else should I know?

• 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, Yvane Mirabueno, by email at YMirabueno@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.