Career Opportunity

Power Generation Technician I - Hetch Hetchy Water & Power - Moccasin - SFPUC (7480)

Recruitment: RTF0162006-01123120

Published: December 08, 2025

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About:

• Application Opening: December 8, 2025
• Application Filing Deadline: December 19, 2025
• Annual Salary:  $111,098 - $134,992
• Recruitment ID:  PEX-7480-162007 (RTF0162006 )
• Reporting Location: Moccasin, CA 3.5 hours East of San Francisco

APPOINTMENT TYPE: 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

Under direct supervision, on an assigned shift and in multiple locations, the incumbent operates hydro-power generation, switching, and water regulation equipment and facilities to ensure adequate City water supplies while producing electrical power in the most effective and cost-efficient manner; and performs related duties as required.

Project: HHWP Power System Operations Reliability Project                 

The Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (HHWP) Division has designed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Certification -an eighteen-month duration- Training Program to ensure that Transmission Operators (TOP) are equipped with the necessary operating tools and are prepared to take on the TOP operations.

TOPs have a primary responsibility for maintaining real-time reliability of the local transmission system and operate or direct the operations of the transmission facilities. Through the certification process HHWP ensures that Transmission Operators have the necessary tools, processes and procedures to perform the function as a NERC certified TOP. The NERC Certification Training Program at HHWP is part of a succession planning initiative to ensure that HHWP is prepared to fill Transmission Operator positions in compliance with reliability standards.

Essential Duties

• Reviews system operational status, including checking alarms, meters, gauges and computer status screens; physically inspects equipment and ensures that all normal operating parameters are met; if problems exist, attempts to correct or determine the cause and notifies appropriate personnel.

• Reviews pre-established schedules and real-time indicators and adjusts equipment operation accordingly to meet operational parameters.

• Ensures that water levels at multiple facilities are maintained within acceptable parameters; communicates with field staff to operate valves to raise and lower storage level appropriately.

• Under direction, starts, stops and regulates generators and associated equipment to meet schedule requirements; adjusts such equipment as required.

• Within established guidelines; performs switching operations at transmission facilities in both local and remote locations; under direction, shuts down or otherwise ensures that safe clearances have been obtained and that such equipment is inoperable when maintenance or repair work is being performed; coordinates switching with other agencies as required to isolate transmission lines.

• Learns to contact other power generation agencies to purchase or sell power, depending upon operational needs.

• Inspects various generation, transmission and switching facilities in off site or remote locations; transmits information regarding the condition of such facilities to other operational or maintenance staff and takes action as directed.

• Assists maintenance personnel in the installation, maintenance and/or repair of equipment; may independently perform minor maintenance or adjustments as required.

• Maintains logs and records regarding work performed and operational actions taken; compiles periodic and special reports regarding work performed; makes daily water model calculations and reports.

• Participates in training and learns new operational systems and procedures as they are introduced.

• Drives a motor vehicle and uses a variety of standard office equipment, including multiple computer terminals, in the performance of the work.

• Class 7480 Power Generation Technician I performs other related duties as required.

Nature of the work

Physical Demands: strength and mobility to work in a typical plant operations setting, including operating hand and power tools; driving to various work sites; stamina to perform sustained physical labor; including standing, walking, climbing and working in confined or awkward spaces; strength to lift and maneuver materials and equipment weighing up to 100 pounds with proper equipment; vision to read printed material, VDT screen and determine fine color differences; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.

Other Requirements: must be able to work off-hours, holidays, weekend shifts and be available for emergency call back as required.

• Working in a control center environment

• Modified Dupont schedule (Days & Nights)- 0600-1800 & 1800-0600

All newly hired 7480 employees must obtain NERC certification within one (1) year of employment to fulfill the federal mandate established by the WECC Compliance Office.

How to qualify

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

Experience: Two (2) years of experience in the mechanical and electrical operations and/or maintenance of plant equipment;

AND,

License:  Possession of a current valid driver’s license

• For the purposes of the 7480 Power Generation minimum qualifications, a plant refers to an industrial environment such as, but not limited to:
  • Manufacturing facilities (automotive, aerospace, electronics, consumer goods)
  • Power generation plants (electric, gas, hydro, renewable energy)
  • Water and wastewater treatment facilities
  • Chemical and petrochemical plants
  • Food and beverage processing plants
  • Pulp and paper mills
  • Mining and materials processing operations

Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Experience operating Hydro-electrical generation or transmission equipment
• Computer skills

Verification of Education and Experience:

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. 

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.

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

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• Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

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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.