Career Opportunity

Engineering Associate II – Power Enterprise, SFPUC (5366)

Recruitment: RTF0116952-01118174

Published: April 19, 2022

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About:

• Application Opening: 4/04/2022
• Application Filing Deadline: 4/25/2022
• Annual Salary: $99,216-$125,588
• Recruitment ID: RTF0116952-0111817 (116953)

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.

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

Power Enterprise 

The Power Enterprise, within the SFPUC, has two separate power programs, Hetch Hetchy Power, San Francisco’s Publicly Owned Utility serving 150 MQ of retail load, and CleanPowerSF, San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation program, serving 500+ MW of retail load. Power Enterprise serves this load with a combination of owned and purchased resources. SFPUC owns and operates the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Project, which includes hydro-electric power generation in Moccasin, California; solar arrays throughout San Francisco; and biogas congeneration facilities, which together produce cost-effective energy with a zero greenhouse gas (GHG-free) emission profiles. Both of these power programs’ supply portfolios exceed State minimum renewable content. Power Enterprise provides its retail customers with distributed energy resource programs. In addition to these retail electricity service offerings, Power Enterprise is responsible for San Francisco street and pedestrian lighting.

Role description

Under general direction, the 5366 Engineering Associate II in the Power Enterprise Asset Management Group applies technical engineering and drafting techniques in preparation of electrical engineering drawings in the field of streetlight and electrical distribution installation, maintenance and proposed improvements, as-built documentation, and maintains data on AutoCAD, GIS, and CMMS systems. Supervise other personnel including clerical and technical staff. This position is located in San Francisco.

Essential functions of the class include:

1.         Support the preparation of streetlight and electrical distribution designs and supervises the preparation of plans, specifications, and documents using manual and computer-aided equipment AutoCAD including setting and enforcing standards. Check for accuracy and compliance with drafting standards.

2.         Update and revise street lighting and electrical distribution maps manually and digitally. Perform simple tracings, drawings of maps, plates, charts, electrical layouts, and details.

3.         Conduct routine field checks related to street lighting and electrical distribution plan, layouts and details; collect and assist in the calculation of data for the preparation of designs and drawings; make preliminary checks and review drawings to assure accuracy; assist in the preparation of lighting analysis and studies using AGI32 illumination software.

4.         Assist in the preparation of cost and quantity estimates for engineering projects; process contractor construction shop submittals through logging, and filing of materials.

5.         Index, reproduce and maintain files, drawings and computer data bases; input of using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)/Maximo on a daily basis.

6.         Receive outages and related problems from the general public through 311 and other City agencies; generate report of street lighting outages for CCSF and PG&E schedule streetlights.

7.         Monitors and responds to department email inquiries for DPW ENVISTA system to address Notice of Intent (NOI) requests.

8.         Assist in the retrieval of Underground Service Alert notification via email using AutoCAD Map for streetlight location verification and ownership.

9.         Assigns asset identification for physical assets accepted by the Power Enterprise.

10.     Plans, assigns, monitors, and evaluates the work of subordinate personnel; includes completing performance evaluations.

11.     Drives a vehicle to work sites and meetings.

12.     Develops and implements procedures and trains staff to improve work products and output.

13.     Assists in the processing and management of construction and procurement contracts.

How to qualify

Six (6) years of verifiable technical experience in the preparation of designs and drafting of plans and specifications for civil, mechanical, electrical, transportation, and/or structural engineering projects, of which at least two (2) years must have been in a position(s) with duties equivalent to one of the following classifications: Class 5346 Mechanical Engineering Associate I; 5354 Electrical Engineering Associate I, or 5364 Civil Engineering Associate I.

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

Verification:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.

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?

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

• 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 “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.

Exam Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Anna Owens at aowens@sfwater.org

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

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.