Utility Specialist – Hetch Hetchy Water & Power (Moccasin) – SFPUC (5602) (Exempt) - City and County of San Francisco

Utility Specialist – Hetch Hetchy Water & Power (Moccasin) – SFPUC (5602) (Exempt)

Company Description

• Application Opening: December 5, 2024
• Application Filing Deadline: December 19, 2024 (deadline extended to January 2, 2025)
• Annual Salary: $120,484 - $178,152
• Recruitment ID:  151727

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.

THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN MOCCASIN, CA, OR OAKDALE, CA
IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS APPROXIMATELY 140 MILES EAST OF SAN FRANCISCO.

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

The Hetch Hetchy Operating Division is responsible for collecting and transmitting 80% of the drinking water consumed by the SFPUC’s 2.8 million water customers. The Division is also responsible for the hydroelectric generation and transmission to the SFPUC’s wholesale electric customers. Hetch Hetchy Water & Power (HHWP) is responsible for a diverse set of water and power assets such as four powerhouses (400MW), eight generating units, six substations/switchyards, 170 miles of transmission lines, 215 miles of pipeline, and over 150 miles of roads and surrounding land. 

HHWP is currently hiring for the exempt positions below:

Renewal and Replacement Job Specialist

The 5602 position will serve as the Job Specialist over multiple HHWP R&R projects that were approved in the HHWP 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Following established project management policies and procedures, the 5602 R&R Job Specialist will plan, develop, construct, and commission multidisciplinary capital improvement projects within the Hetch Hetchy Water & Power Division. They will be responsible to develop, maintain, and forecast monthly and multi-year job cost plans and Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules based on the job work breakdown structure. Responsibilities will include facilitation of the job scope development, preparing business justifications supporting the fiscal appropriations, preparing Project Management Plans, initiating, and managing professional service and construction task orders, preparing weekly and monthly job status reports, overseeing construction and commissioning quality assurance, and thoroughly documenting completed projects through closeout processes.

Desired Qualifications: Experience in Construction or a related field.

Renewal & Replacement Construction Specialist

The 5602 position will serve as the Construction Specialist over multiple HHWP R&R projects that were approved in the HHWP 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Following established construction management policies and procedures, the 5602 Construction Manager will estimate, schedule, and construct multidisciplinary capital improvement projects within the Hetch Hetchy Water & Power Division.

Desired Qualifications: Experience in Construction or a related field.

Transmission Planning Specialist

The 5602 Transmission Planner performs professional planning, analysis, and studies to maintain the integrity and reliability of the SFPUC 115kV and 230kV electric transmission assets. The candidate is expected to work collaboratively with HHWP Power Operations and HHWP Engineering, consultant subject matter experts, and neighboring electric utilities. They will work to adapt system configurations to evolving regional Grid conditions and propose changes to the HHWP electric transmission system.

Desired Qualifications: B.S. Electrical Engineering or similar degree; experience with electric transmission planning activities.

Compliance Specialist

This position will manage Hetch Hetchy Water and Power’s WECC/NERC compliance programs. The incumbent will support regulatory related tasks on high voltage assets, including transmission lines, switches, transformers, and generators.

The NERC Compliance Specialist is responsible for day-to-day Program implementation and coordination roles to develop and maintain auditable compliance with NERC Reliability Standards.

Desired Qualifications: 2-3 years of experience with WECC/NERC compliance or 2-3 years of general knowledge of hydropower assets.

*This candidate pool may be utilized for other positions not listed in this announcement

Essential Functions:

(Duties may vary based on position specifics)

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

1. Monitors operations to ensure compliance with policy directives, laws, regulations, and contractual constraints.

2. Develops analytical and predictive models; conducts technical and economic feasibility evaluations of proposed capital projects; incorporates results of analyses into cost/benefit assessments; conducts a wide variety of analytical studies related to assessment of operational effectiveness, financial and market risk, price sensitivity, and other complex studies as assigned.

3. Develops and implements seasonal, monthly, and multi-year operating, financial and capital plans. Develops and maintains Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules; reviews and analyzes Precedence Diagram Method (PDM) schedules for variances and trends; maintains and makes recommendation for improvements to the cost control system to track spending relative to project budgets and schedules; and maintains a cost estimate database by providing project cost estimates and reviewing actual construction costs relative to engineers' estimates.

4. Directly negotiates large seasonal and yearly contracts, rates, and service terms; pro-vides negotiation support on division-wide multi-year contracts; establishes rate policies and negotiating parameters for short-term purchase and sale transactions and agreements.

5. Identifies operational constraints and develops, evaluates, or recommends policies and procedures to improve operations, mitigate risks, increase revenues, and decrease costs.

6. Develops training programs to implement policies and programs; trains analysts, technicians and other personnel on policies, procedures, and compliance issues.

7. Writes a variety of documents including reports; work plans; general correspondence; operating, financial and marketing plans; program descriptions; operating procedures and policy recommendations; meeting minutes; documentation of forecast methodologies and model assumptions; legal and regulatory interpretations and issues; reports that explain schedule and cost variances and trends, provide cost-effective recommendations to mitigate adverse variances and to support negotiation of change order costs with contractors; and other types of written documents as needed to support the diverse work activities as-signed to this class.

8. Develops, implements, and maintains database systems for hydrologic, water supply, power operations, marketing, energy consumption and other data.

9. Supervises Utility Analysts and other technical personnel and provides technical support and expertise for assigned specialty area.

10. Supervises the preparation of section operating and capital budgets, including revenue and expense forecasts and analyses and reporting of variances.

11. Other duties as assigned.

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.

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

Desirable Qualifications: 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:

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. 

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. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

• 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

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 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 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.