Career Opportunity

General Laborer Supervisor I (7215 TPV) - Port of San Francisco

Recruitment: RTF0135413-01061500

Published: September 22, 2023

Accepting applications until: October 06, 2023

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About:

Appointment Type: Temporary Provisional (TPV). This is not a permanent appointment. A provisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service examination for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process in order to be considered for permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years.

Specific information regarding this recruitment is listed below:

• Application Opening: 9/22/23
• Application Deadline: 10/06/23
• Compensation Range: $80,158 - $97,396 annually
• Recruitment ID: RTF0135413-01061500

The Port of San Francisco is an enterprise agency of the City and County of San Francisco and is governed by a Commission of five members appointed by the Mayor. The Port Commission is responsible for overseeing a broad range of waterfront commercial, maritime, and public access facilities that are held in public trust for the people of California. The Port’s jurisdiction covers approximately 7.5 miles of waterfront land from Pier 98, near Hunter’s Point in the southern part of San Francisco, to Fisherman’s Wharf in the northern part of the City.

The Port’s diverse business portfolio includes over 550 ground, commercial, retail, office, industrial and maritime industrial leases including cargo shipping, layberthing, excursion boats, ferry boats, fishing and fish processing/distribution, tourism, filming, harbor services, and cruise operations. With some of the most flexible cargo handling facilities on the West Coast, as well as naturally deep water, the Port can handle various types of cargo such as, dry-bulk, neo-bulk, roll-on/roll-off, and project cargoes.

The Port of San Francisco has many internationally recognized landmarks such as Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, the Exploratorium, the Ferry Building and Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. With its unique and historic properties, the Port is home to a variety of tenants and uses. The Port Commission over the last five decades has led a remarkable transformation of the Port; maintaining its industrial maritime heritage while developing new uses, including commercial and public activities, that have helped San Francisco remain one of the most visited and popular cities on the globe.

For more information about the Port of San Francisco, visit SFPort.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.   

Role description

Under direction, plans, prioritizes, assigns, oversees, inspects, and evaluates the work of laboring crews engaged in various types of construction and maintenance work, including sidewalk and street cleaning, and sweeping. As a working supervisor, this position is required to perform some of the duties assigned to staff.

The essential functions of this position include:

• Supervises General Laborers by planning, assigning, monitoring, and evaluating work.
• Makes daily assignments of laborers and sweeping and cleaning crews and vehicle operators.
• Conducts performance evaluations and implements corrective actions and progressive discipline for underperforming employees.
• Operates motor vehicles for the transportation of personnel and materials to job sites.
• Operates boats and works from boats and barges on and round bay water.
• Supervise and/or oil spill response activities such as oil boom deployment and oil recovery operations from while work from land or boat.
• Supervises and/or participates in sidewalk and street cleaning, sweeping, and pressure washing.
• Assures that all tools, equipment, and supplies necessary to specific jobs are available to work crews.
• Prepares written reports and records including accident/injury reports, daily work reports and other reports and correspondence; keeps attendance records; performs mathematical calculations to determine area, costs, hours, etc.
• Supervises and/or participates in removing graffiti from walls, buildings, etc.
• Supervises and/or participates in operating forklifts, boom and scissor lifts, pressure washers, steam cleaners, suction sweepers, and sidewalk sweepers.
• Supervises and/or participates in work at heights of up to 200 feet.
• Supervises and/or participates in the loading and unloading of debris (from street and sidewalk cleaning), materials, and equipment on trucks.
• Supervises and/or participates in moving furniture and other items in and out of office environments.
• Supervises and/or participates in the removal and cleanup of debris resulting from construction, wrecking, or repair work around grounds, sidewalks, and building areas; includes cleaning up illegal dumping sites and homeless encampments.
• Enforces practice of using safe work procedures and use of safety equipment and PPE's (personal protective equipment); trains laborers in safety; enforces applicable codes, laws, and ordinances.
• Conducts safety meetings and write incident/accident investigations.
• Supervises and/or participates in the cleaning and flushing of catch basins.
• Supervises and/or participates in clearing vegetation for fire control.
• Supervises, and/or participates in the operation of pneumatic and hand tools, including jackhammers, chipping guns, and tampers, used in construction or maintenance operations (may include using a hand level).
• Trains employees in the safe operation of equipment such as pressure washers, street sweepers, pneumatic and hand tools, including jackhammers, chipping guns, and tampers, shoring, and other equipment used in construction or maintenance operations.
• Supervises and/or participates in excavations for water and sewer lines, electrical conduits, and concrete forms, and other similar excavations.
• Provides support for craft workers by supervising and/or participating in manual labor tasks such as lifting and carrying materials and supplies, mixing and breaking concrete, etc.

Special Requirements:

Sustained physical effort, frequently under adverse weather conditions and/or disagreeable working conditions, such as working in streets or roads, in traffic, in cold and rain, or being exposed to feces, urine, raw sewage, used syringes, toxic and hazardous materials, poison oak, poisonous snakes, and insects; confined space entry; may be required to use respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus.

How to qualify

Experience

Four (4) years of work experience performing the duties of a general laborer in construction.

License and Certification

Possession of a valid California driver’s license (to be presented at time of appointment). Insurability under the Port’s automobile liability insurance must be maintained throughout employment.

Substitution

Experience in City and County of San Francisco Class 7514 General Laborer may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Note: One-year full-time employment is considered 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.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to prepare and maintain documents, correspondence, generate spreadsheets and reports, draft memos, letters, and other documentation.
• Extensive experience using construction equipment such as compressors, jackhammers, tampers, pressure washers, sidewalk sweepers, etc.
• Experience training staff on proper and safe use of construction and cleaning equipment.
• Ability to accurately account for hours worked by staff on specific projects.
• Ability to organize and plan work for a dynamic workplace.
• Ability to work overtime on weekends.

Verification

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. More information can be found at: https://sfdhr.org/information-about-hiring-process#verification. 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.

What else should I know?

Selection Procedures: Applications will be screened for relevant qualifying experience and education. Additional mechanisms may be implemented in order to determine candidate’s qualifications.  Only those applicants who most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to continue in the selection process.  Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview.

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.

Human Resources Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact Phuong Tieu at phuong.tieu@sfport.com or (415) 290 - 4094.

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. 

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

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

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.