Career Opportunity

Utility Specialist - Power Enterprise - SFPUC - (5602) (141357)

Recruitment: RTF0141356-01137130

Published: January 18, 2024

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About:

• Application Opening: 1/4/2024
• Application Filing Deadline: 1/26/2024 (extended deadline to broaden candidate pool) 
• Annual Salary: $118,716 - $175,526
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0141356-01137130

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.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

Project Name: New Program Development and Implementation                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Under direction of the Customer Programs Manager, the Utility Specialist in the SFPUC Power Enterprise performs advanced level work supporting the City's efforts to provide electric utility customer programs to its customers that incentivize energy efficiency, building and transportation decarbonization, distributed energy resources, and GHG reductions. The Customer Programs group is responsible for the design and implementation of customer programs serving both Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF electric customers. This position, as part of the Customer Programs team, will lead specific customer programs through needs and feasibility analyses, design, implementation, and evaluation.  Program development will be based on an understanding of, and familiarity with, current utility, energy industry, and sustainability/climate issues. The position also requires experience and knowledge of utility business best practices regarding laws, regulations, contracts, energy conservation science, and public outreach. The position requires attention to detail and sound judgment, the ability to work both independently and within small teams, and a professional demeanor.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and manage the implementation of customer programs for promoting energy efficiency, building and transportation decarbonization, and DER for SFPUC Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF customers.
• Help develop marketing and outreach strategies to facilitate successful, high impact customer programs.
• Work closely with other Power Enterprise staff to efficiently develop and implement program rules, policy directives and contractual constraints to ensure that customer needs are met effectively.
• Conduct planning, research, evaluation, analyses and studies of renewable and distributed energy resources, energy efficiency strategies, building and transportation decarbonization, etc.
• Respond to public information requests related to program offerings.
• Develop, issue, and manage professional services contracts related to program offerings.
• Identify and evaluate operational constraints to recommend policies and procedures to improve operations, mitigate risks, increase revenues and decrease costs.
• Develop standard operating procedures, training programs and materials to implement programs; train analysts, technicians and other personnel on policies, program procedures, and compliance issues.
• Develop a variety of documents including reports; project work plans; program documentation; general correspondence; operating, financial and marketing plans; operating procedures and policy recommendations; meeting minutes; legal and regulatory interpretations and issues; etc.
• Oversee junior level staff on the Customer Programs team in supporting program development and implementation.
• Other functions and responsibilities may be assigned as needed to support the diverse work activities of the group.
• Class 5602 performs other related duties as required.

How to qualify

Education:

1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university preferably with major coursework in Law, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Computer Science, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other field related to the utility business; AND

Experience:

2. Four years of verifiable journey-level work experience in one or more of the following areas: planning, scheduling, cost estimating and resource projecting for mid to large scale projects; water supply/infrastructure management and planning; power operations planning and scheduling; analysis, interpretation and application of utility contracts and regulations in either water, power (electric and/or natural gas), telecommunications, or a wastewater/clean water program; utility market and environmental analysis and planning; power supply and transmission rates and contracts; generation, transmission or distribution planning and design; or long-term utility systems planning.

License and Certification:

Specified positions may require possession of a valid California Class C driver's license.

Substitution:

Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.

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

Desirable Qualifications:

• Extensive knowledge and expertise in the development and implementation of energy efficiency, DER, and/or building and transportation electrification programs for an electric utility.

“The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.”

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?

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

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 “Apply Now” 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 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,  Rocio Mendoza, by email at Rmendoza@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.