Career Opportunity

Auto Machinist Assistant Supervisor - Water Supply & Treatment Division - SFPUC (7315)

Recruitment: RTF0137741-01118019

Published: September 13, 2023

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About:

Amended to extend the filing deadline to expand the candidate pool. 
Candidates who have already submitted an application do not need to re-apply.

• Application Opening: August 30, 2023
• Application Deadline: September 21, 2023 
• Compensation Range: $132,834 - S132,834
• Recruitment ID: RTF0137741-01118019 (137742)

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: 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.

• 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

Position Description:

Under general supervision, performs skilled auto machinist work in connection with the major maintenance, repair and overhaul of a variety of automotive equipment; exercises work direction over a small group of subordinate journeyman craftsmen and servicemen engaged in such work; and performs related duties as required. Requires responsibility for: explaining and carrying out existing maintenance and repair methods and procedures; preparing and maintaining ordinary-operating and maintenance reports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participates in and assigns work to subordinate journey-level craft and service personnel engaged in the major overhaul, reconditioning and repair of engines and other component parts of all types of automotive vehicles, heavy truck and off-road equipment.
• Inspects, tests and reviews maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment to assure conformance with instructions and standard procedures; approves completed jobs prior to their release.
• Maintains records of equipment mileage and service time of component parts of equipment to facilitate planning for maintenance and upkeep.
• Inspects incoming equipment to determine extent of damage and malfunctions and arranges for necessary repairs.
• Determines parts and materials needed for repair work, orders same, and assures their compliance with needs when received; maintains materials records and makes recommendations regarding the obtaining of new shop equipment.
• Operates shop equipment and machine tools such as pedestal grinders, iron worker, drill presses, lathes, mill, welding equipment and other shop equipment within the jurisdiction of this craft in connection with maintenance, repair and overhaul work.
• Purchases Parts and Supplies for the maintenance and repairs of vehicles and equipment. Contacts Suppliers for quotes, signs for receipt of materials and coordinates with Accounts Payable staff on payments and issues. Generates requisitions for purchases in Maximo, submits purchase orders with vendors and coordinates shipping and receiving.
• Gathers quotes, coordinates outsource repairs, transports vehicles and/or equipment, verifies completed work, submits paperwork, and arranges pickup and deliveries needed.
• Creates and assigns work orders, maintains records of Vehicles and Equipment, updates the Miles and Service Meters in MAXIMO. Schedules the maintenance and repairs, which includes providing loaner vehicles, work schedules, seasonal equipment needs of vehicles and equipment.
• Schedules servicing of vehicles for several Divisions based in the Sunol region. Contacts staff on issues and coordination of scheduled service. Handles emergency breakdowns of vehicles and equipment. Assists Stationary Engineers in troubleshooting, maintenance, and emergency calls for generator problems.
• Inspects vehicles and equipment after repairs and/or service that is performed in the Sunol Auto Shop by staff. Performs diagnosis, repairs and road calls on vehicles and Equipment.
• Enters and approves subordinate staff work hours and time off requests in eTime.
• Reviews, evaluates, and rates performance appraisals for subordinate staff.
• Performs related 7315 duties as required.

Nature of Work:

Nature of work involves some physical effort and considerable dexterity in the use of the fingers, limbs and body; continuous exposure to physical and working conditions where minor injuries may be incurred.

Work Location:

• Sunol Yard, 505 Paloma Way, Sunol, CA.

Hours of Operation:

• 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, Monday – Friday.

How to qualify

If you are interested in a job like this, we are looking for people that have the following:

Education:

Completion of High School or equivalent (G.E.D. or High School Proficiency Examination)

Experience:

A combination of journey-level experience and/or apprenticeship training as an automotive machinist or heavy-duty mechanic totaling seven (7) years in which the major duties were disassembling, repairing, overhauling and installing mechanical, electrical and hydraulic assemblies in heavy duty and off-road vehicles and power-driven equipment. To be considered qualifying, this experience must include the use of machine tools such as valve re-facers, hydraulic and drill presses, lathes and grinders.

License and Certification:

Possession of at least a Class C (or III) driver license at the time of application; Candidate must be able to obtain a Class A (or I) driver license with Medical Certificate within two months of the time of appointment. Failure to maintain the required license may be cause for termination.

Desirable Qualifications:

• 12 Months of Supervisory Experience
• Possession of a Class A Driver's License

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. More information can be found at: https://sfdhr.org/information-about-hiring-process#verification

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.

Applicants for positions in this classification who are not currently employed by the City and County of San Francisco in a safety-sensitive position represented by (Machinists Local 1414), are required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing upon reasonable suspicion or after-work related accident. Applicants with positive result from pre-employment drug test will be restricted from hire in safety-sensitive positions for six months after the date of the positive test.

What else should I know?

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

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• 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.

Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the Human Resources Analyst, Brandon Bradley at BBradley@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.