Career Opportunity

Carpenter – Hetch Hetchy Water and Power – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (Moccasin) (7344) - (Temporary Exempt)

Recruitment: RTF0148770-01145526

Published: July 29, 2024

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About:

• Application Opening: 7/24/2024
• Application Filing Deadline: 8/09/2024 (*extended from 8/6/2024)
• Annual Salary: $122,642
• Recruitment ID: TEX-7344-148771; RTF0148770-01145526

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary 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.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

Role description

Project name: Cottage and Facility Rehabilitation Project

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

Essential Functions:

• Explaining and carrying out existing methods and procedures relative to maintenance and repair activities including a wide variety of building alterations, maintenance, and heavy construction (false work, cribbing and shoring) erecting stairs, partitions, barricades, sheds, concrete forms, bleachers, scaffolding, fences, and float decks.
• Repairing and constructing desks, tables, shelves, chairs, sashes, doors, door assemblies, roofs, handrails and cabinetry, plastic laminate, and solid surface materials; constructing wood and metal building framing such as floors, walls, and ceilings.
• Planning work programs and sequences and preparing material such as lumber, fencing and molding.
• Making occasional contacts with other departmental personnel and outside organizations in connection with carpentry activities.
• Reading blueprints and work orders and following other written and verbal instructions.
• Performing maintenance on tools, equipment, materials, and supplies.
• May lay and renew floors, baseboards, and molding.
• Installs doors and some related hardware.
• Must be able to recognize suspected safety hazards and toxic materials/conditions and report them to supervisor.

Nature of the work:

This position requires the ability to work in inclement weather; in some cases, to work evenings, weekends, and holidays; and possible exposure to hazardous conditions found in and around buildings, structures, or construction sites.

Reporting Location:

Moccasin is located 140 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area and requires a 5-hour round trip commute by car in fair weather.

How to qualify

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Experience: Three (3) 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.

Note: Experience claimed in self-employment will only be considered if supported by evidence of earnings and duties comparable to this position. Copies of income tax papers listing occupation and total earnings will be required to document self-employment.

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. 

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. Education verification information on 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
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

Applicants will receive a confirmation email from notification@careers.sf.gov 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.

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 updated. 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 from notification@careers.sf.gov 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, Anna Owens at aowens@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.