• Application Opening: 09/09/2024

• Application Filing Deadline: 09/23/2024

• Annual Salary: $167,154 (https://careers.sf.gov/classifications/?classCode=7245)  

• Recruitment ID: Eligible List ID – 118574, RTF0143964-01115943

• This is a Position-Based Test conducted in accordance with CSC Rule 111A.

WHO ARE WE?

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) (https://youtu.be/inc4CF4VKFE)

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

ABOUT WATER ENTERPRISE

The Water Enterprise manages our complex regional water supply system featuring reservoirs, tunnels, pipelines, and treatment plants. We serve 2.7 million Bay Area residential, commercial, and industrial customers with high-quality, great tasting water every day. Our protected watersheds in Tuolumne, Alameda, and San Mateo counties ensure that we deliver safe, reliable water throughout our service area. We are proud to operate one of the most environmentally sustainable systems in the country.

Under general direction the Chief Stationary Engineer, Water Treatment Plant Operator, is responsible for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of machinery and equipment in large complex water treatment plant facility or a water distribution system. Positions in this Class may be located in any one of five (5) Bay Area counties.

The Ideal Candidate

We are seeking a confident, results-oriented leader who is passionate about public service. The ideal candidate will stay current with best practices and trends in water treatment operations and maintenance to ensure efficiency and so that department goals continue to be met. They will also enjoy working in a fast-paced, supportive environment where professionalism, teamwork, and an appreciation for fun are valued.

The Leadership Competency Model illustrates what it means to be successful for any leader at the SFPUC, supporting our commitment to organizational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record and ability to exercise the following competencies:

Accountability - Inspires trust by acting with integrity, honesty, and fairness. Defines and holds staff accountable for measurable, high quality, timely, and cost-effective results, as well as compliance with all rules, policies, and procedures.

Adaptability - Adjusts, perseveres, and succeeds in meeting objectives despite rapidly shifting environment, demands, and resources. Alters approaches to most effectively address different situations and people. Responds positively to tasks and situations outside of comfort zone.

Decision Making and Problem Solving - Takes ownership of problems and makes timely, responsible, transparent, and clear decisions. Designs and implements creative solutions utilizing functional expertise or perspective. Communicates with team to ensure all members clearly understand the problem to be solved.

Relationship Management - Leverages outstanding communication skills to build open, honest, and respectful relationships. Develops networks and lasting partnerships across boundaries to maintain strategic relationships and achieve common goals.

The essential job functions may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assigning and directing the activities of subordinate personnel in a water treatment plant; instructing and supervising subordinate personnel in the operation and maintenance of water treatment equipment, including pumps, motors, chemical feeders, chemical feed pumps, mixing, clarification and solids handling equipment, instrumentation, backup power supplies and controls, valves and filters used to control the quality of water distributed for domestic use; supervising and reviewing personnel performing water quality analyses and plant and distribution operations to maintain water quality and proper chemical dosage in a water treatment plant and/or distribution system.

• Reviewing and evaluating plant performance to ensure regulatory compliance with state and federal standards; reviewing plant operating logs, SCADA historian, and preparing operational reports.

• Communicating with departmental personnel, regulatory agencies, outside vendors, other organizations and the public regarding operation and maintenance activities of the water treatment plants.

• Making recommendations regarding operational and maintenance work procedures including employee training and safety; reviewing plant modification plans prepared by others and making recommendations to appropriate managerial personnel.

• Planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and supervising the work to be performed by employees of other trades, crafts, divisions, and contractors; initiating preventative and corrective maintenance work orders, inspecting and reviewing completed work.

Nature of work: 

Some physical effort is required in the operation, repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment including kneeling, crouching, stooping, squatting and crawling in the performance of important and essential duties. This also includes exposure to working conditions where the performance of duties requires working outdoors and with chemicals.

Upon appointment to Class 7245, employees may be required to take a State mandated respirator medical examination (renewed annually) and be clean-shaven for respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus use. Employees may be required to pass CPR training annually and first aid training tri-annually.

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

Experience:

Six (6) years of experience in the operation, maintenance and repair of mechanical and electrical machinery and equipment in a 10 million gallons per day (MGD) or larger water treatment/filtration plant, or water distribution system, of which two (2) years must have been in a supervisory capacity.

License and Certification:

• Possession of a driver's license issued by the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles.

• Possession of a Grade V Water Treatment Operator Certificate or Grade IV Water Distribution Operator Certificate issued by the State Water Resources Control Board. (For positions at City Distribution Division, a Grade IV Water Distribution Operator Certificate is required.)

Working Conditions: Walking and/or driving several miles a day to inspect facilities and remote pumping stations; using a respirator when conditions warrant, climbing and working off ladders (up to 16 foot); working in a damp environment and confined spaces; auditing alarm screens and identifying different levels of audible alarms; identifying leaks by smell in case of emergency; working on weekends, holidays, shifts, and overtime, as needed.

Verification:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including 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.

Selection Procedures:

After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ): Candidates will be required to complete a MQSQ as part of the employment application. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Supplemental Questionnaire Examination (Weight 100%)

The Supplemental Questionnaire is an exam and contents will be evaluated and scored. The purpose of the Supplemental Questionnaire Exam is to evaluate the experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities that candidates possess in job-related areas which have been identified as critical for this position. These may include but are not limited to:

• Technical Knowledge - Knowledge of the machinery, equipment of water treatment facilities and filtration plants; operation and maintenance requirements of a wide variety of pumping, heating, ventilating and related plant machinery and equipment and the tools and equipment necessary for their proper care.

• Water Treatment Knowledge - knowledge of bacteriological and chemical tests required at various phases of water treatment.  

• Knowledge of Safety Practices - Ability to apply working knowledge of various safety codes and regulations, including practical understanding of techniques used in worker, equipment and plant safety.

• Supervisory/Administrative Skills - Ability to planning, assigning, training and directing the operation and maintenance activities of subordinate personnel; organizing and delegating work in terms of deadlines; evaluating and developing personnel skills; taking corrective measures and providing commendations.

• Human Relations Ability - Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with management, subordinate personnel, external organizations and general public in order to promote objectives, reduce unnecessary tensions and delays, promotive positive work attitudes and facilitate human resources for effective plant operations.

• Communication Skills – Ability to express directives/information/thoughts/ideas verbally and in writing in a clear, concise and effective manner.

Candidates will be placed on the eligible list in rank order according to their final score. Candidate scores on this examination may also be applied to other announcements involving other job titles when directed by the Human Resources Director. The department may administer additional position-specific selection procedures to make final hiring decisions.

DRUG TESTING REQUIREMENT: 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 Stationary Engineers, Local 39, are required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. All employees in this classification may also be subject to drug and alcohol testing upon reasonable suspicion or after a work-related accident. Applicants with a positive result from a pre-employment drug test will be restricted from hire in safety-sensitive positions for six-months after the date of the positive test.

Eligible List/Score Report: A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established, so applicants can view the ranks, final scores, and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information, including names of applicants on the eligible list, shall not be made public unless required by law. However, an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection upon request once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g. as a result of appeals), as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be twelve months and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director. To find Departments which use this classification, please see Annual Salary Ordinance Level Chart - Budgeted Position Counts by Job Code and Department (https://sfdhr.org/sites/default/files/documents/Forms-Documents/Position-Counts-by-Job-Codes-and-Department-FY-2023-24.pdf) .

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at https://careers.sf.gov/.

The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About the Hiring Process (https://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/process/)

• Conviction History

• Employee Benefits Overview (https://careers.sf.gov/benefits/)

• Equal Employment Opportunity

• Disaster Service Worker (https://sfdhr.org/disaster-service-workers)

• ADA Accommodation

• Veterans Preference (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#veteranspreference)

• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams

• Right to Work (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#identification)

• Copies of Application Documents

• Diversity Statement (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#diversitystatement)

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.

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Exam Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the David Jung at DJung@sfwater.org.

Please note: all your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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.