Instrumentation and Controls Manager, Facilities Manager, & Point Source Regulation Manager
Company: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Company Description
- Application Opening: 10/16/24
- Application Filing Deadline:10/30/24
- Annual Salary: $139,594 and $178,178
- Recruitment ID: PBT-0923 - 149442and RTF0149441-01008678
- Hours: Full-timeWHO WE ARE?
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 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 Job DescriptionThe Wastewater
Enterprise of the SFPUC operates and maintains San Francisco's
combined sewer system to protect public health and the environment.
These services extend across eight urban watersheds, over 1,900
miles of pipe, and benefit every resident and visitor of San
Francisco.The Wastewater Enterprise is hiring for three positions,
the Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Manager, Facilities
Manager, and the Point Source Regulation Manager.Instrumentation
and Controls (I&C) Manager:The SFPUC's Wastewater Enterprise is
seeking a highly motivated 0923 Manager II, Instrumentation and
Controls (I&C) Manager to manage in the implementation of a
variety of Instrumentation and Controls (I&C)
objectives.Reporting to the 0933 Maintenance I&C/Electrical
Unit Manager, the 0923 Instrumentation and Controls (I&C)
Manager in Wastewater Enterprise, Maintenance Division, manages,
directs trains, coaches, plans, organizes, schedules, develops, and
evaluates the work activities of all Instrumentation and Controls
(I&C) staff through three direct reports (7329 Electronic
Maintenance Technician Assistant Supervisors) that supervise
approximately 16 staff at 3 different wastewater plan locations.
The Maintenance I&C/Electrical Unit work unit operates and
maintains the instrumentation and controls equipment critical to
plant operations and works cross-divisionally with managers in
other WWE divisions and City Departments to keep wastewater plant
operations controls online.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Supervises, trains, evaluates performance, and directs the work
of Electronic Maintenance Technician Assistant Supervisors and
Electronic Instrumentation Technicians; counsels employees on
policy and procedure compliance, evaluates and documents employee
job performance, initiates recognition and implements recommended
and approved disciplinary action; motivates employees to perform to
the best of their abilities.
- Approves work orders and budgeted materials and supplies
expenses.
- Works with mid-level managers and outside contractors to
complete objectives; meets with representatives of other City
departments, outside organizations, and the general public in
connection with capital improvement projects, and related
installation and maintenance work that is critical to operations
and impacts level of service to City ratepayers.
- Meets with managers to plan and prioritize work according to
established production targets.
- Directs daily work assignments through supervision of
Instrumentation and Control Technician.
- Reviews and prepares job estimates for current and future
projects.
- Prepares and maintains records of time worked and materials
expended on projects to justify expenditures.
- Interprets and enforces existing methods and procedures
relative to installation, maintenance, and repair activities.
- Monitors completed work of Instrumentation and Control
Technicians in the field or shop through Supervisor.
- Understands and enforces all City, SFPUC and WWE policies and
procedures and ensures compliance.
- Develops and motivates staff through training, performance
management and related workforce initiatives.
- Makes safety on the job the top priority, conducts safety
training for subordinates, instructs staff regarding safety
procedures, follows, and enforces all safety regulations, policies
and protocols.
- Meets with representatives of other City departments, outside
organizations, and the general public in connection with capital
improvement projects, and related installation and maintenance
work.
- Drives a City vehicle to job sites, electrical shops, and
meetings at various locations.
- Ensure that day-to-day maintenance and operations of the
I&C section in accordance with the identified levels of
maintenance.
- Maintains physical presence on-site during regular hours of
operation and hasfull authority to act on all operations and
maintenance objectives.
- Determines and develops standard operations procedures for all
instrumentation and control functions.
- Allocates resources within the Instrumentation and Controls
unit, makes recommendations on future resources needs.
- Performs related work duties as assigned.Facilities
Manager:Under the general direction of the WWE Facility Maintenance
and Emergency Response Manager, the Facilities Manager plans,
schedules, tracks, develops, organizes and directs maintenance and
repair activities for the facility maintenance trades work units
(Green Infrastructure, Paint Shop, Plumber Shop, Gardeners,
Painters, and Carpenter Shop). The Facilities Manager develops and
implements cost-effective workforce development programs, training,
and competency standards to ensure WWE staff receive the necessary
training and development to meet their responsibilities to WWE's
internal and external stakeholders.The Facilities Manager will be
responsible for: analyzing and managing the WWE facility
maintenance workforce; developing and accessing skills and
competency levels; implementation of operational objectives,
procedures, and effective programs to maintain and develop
proficient workforce.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Supervises, trains, and evaluates the work of the assigned
facility maintenance trades work units.
- Delegates work to employees and supports them in managing their
workloads.
- Manages collaboration between members of the facility
maintenance trades work units via regular meetings, shared
documents, and/or other management tools.
- Participates in budget development by providing detailed
justifications and persuasive arguments in support of the immediate
needs associated with WWE.
- Evaluates procedures, identifies, and analyzes problems and
issues, and may implement and document new procedures to increase
the effectiveness and efficiency of the work units supervised.
- Completes required work order and related documentation and
provides reports as needed.
- Understands and enforces policies and procedures established by
WWE and ensures compliance.
- Consults with subordinates to identify workloads, budget
requests, records maintenance, reports, and priority
assignments.
- Makes safety on the job the top priority, conducts safety
training for subordinates, follows and enforces all safety
regulations, policies, and protocols.
- Works with staff on personnel matters and motivates employees
to perform to the best of their abilities; counsels' employees on
policy and procedure compliance, evaluates and documents employee
job performance, initiates recognition and implements recommended
and approved disciplinary action.
- Engages in the planning and execution of projects involving
coordination with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Works cross-divisionally with WWE managers on critical facility
maintenance projects and with other City departments from which WWE
contracts related work.
- Makes decisions and solves problems in determining critical
facility maintenance and repair projects.
- Determines allocation of facility maintenance resources.
- Assists in budget preparation, approves budgeted
expenditures.
- Establishes procedures and guidelines for each functional area
managed and interprets division work rules applicable to all
functional areas.
- Coordinates budget and monitors expenses within functional
areas managed.
- Manages five supervisor-level direct reports); supervises,
trains, coaches and evaluates the work activities of the staff in
each of those five functional areas through five supervisor-level
direct reports supervising approximately 30 staff at 3 locations;
handles sensitive matters concerning staff.
- Delegates authority to supervisors in deploying personnel.
- Performs related work duties as assigned.Point Source
Regulation Manager:The Point Source Regulation Manager in the WWE
Collection System Division is essential for the oversight of the
point source pollution responsibilities for the pretreatment
program and will be responsible for the diverse programs
promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This
position will meet the mandates of the California State Water
Resources Control Board and EPA to develop new programs to meet new
pollutants of concerns.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Manages complex critical pretreatment functions, operational
activities, or projects; works with other managers and staff to
evaluate and implement goals, responsibilities, policies and
procedures of the division.
- Supervises, trains, evaluates performance, and directs the work
of Supervising Wastewater Inspectors and Wastewater Inspectors:
provides coaching and training for performance improvement.
- Evaluates procedures, identifies and analyzes problems and
issues and document new procedures of the assigned
section/program.
- Prepares reports, memoranda, and correspondences related to
enforcement actions, including regulatory driven documents.
- Manages critical and varied point source programs, directs the
allocation of resources to achieve timely outcomes and measurable
goals within each program; adjusts plans and programs to meet
emerging or new programs, while continuing to address major
departmental priorities anddecisions that directly impact the
successes of the programs. These programs include, but not limited
to the Fats, Oil and Grease program, the waste hauler program, the
dental amalgam program and the industrial dischargers program, as
well as key programs currently in development to address nutrient
and PFAs levels.
- Assists in developing and implementing operational policies to
ensure the efficient operation of section or program; this includes
program improvements to the Industrial Waste Discharger program,
and the Batch Discharge program while assuring regulatory
compliance.
- Oversees pollution prevention programs that directly impact the
health and welfare of the public.
- Reviews and submits all reports required of federal and state
regulatory agencies including the state water resources control
board and the EPA.
- Determines needs concerning contracting out work necessary to
meet regulatory requirements to avoid violations and fines.
- Arranges critical support for the Field Monitoring Section,
including sampling and flow monitoring.
- Determines and develops standard operations procedures for all
Point Source Regulation functions.
- Approves budget expenses for all consultant contracts.
- Serves as the point-person for public requests and interacts
with developers to provide the required information.
- Partners with technical and professional staff and regulatory
advisors to meet regulatory requirements.
- Performs related work duties as assigned.QualificationsHow to
qualifyEducation: Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an
accredited college or universityExperience:Three (3) years of
professional operations, maintenance and/or regulatory reporting of
wastewater assets.License:Must possess and maintain a valid
California Class C driver's license.Substitution:Additional
qualifying experience may fully substitute the degree requirement
on a year-for-year basis. (One (1) year is equivalent to thirty
(30) semester units/forty-five (45) quarter units.)One year of
full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of
qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.) Any
overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are
not included in the calculation to determine full-time
employment.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. If education
verification is required, information on how to verify education
requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or
degree equivalency, can be found at 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."Selection Procedures:After application
submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all
subsequent steps to advance in this selection process which will
include a Supervisory Test Battery Exam.SUPERVISORY TEST BATTERY
EXAM:
Qualified candidates will be invited to participate in a
computer-based examination designed to measure competencies in
job-related areas which may include but not be limited to: Problem
Solving; Leadership; Decision Making; Interpersonal skill; Human
Resources Management; Team Building; Communication & Conflict
Management. For more information about this Supervisory Test (and a
suggested reading list) please visit: A passing score must be
achieved on the Supervisory Test Battery to continue in the
selection process.This is a standardized examination, and,
therefore, test questions and answers are not available for public
inspection or review.Scores attained on the Supervisory Test
Battery will be valid and "banked" for three years, starting from
the date of the examination. This means that, during this
three-year time period, you will not be required to take the
Supervisory Test Battery. The Supervisory Test Battery may be used
for many other classes; therefore, your test score may be applied
to one or more of these classes if you choose to apply to future
recruitments. If the selection process for the future announcement
is held within one year of the date of this examination and it
includes the Supervisory Test Battery, your score will be
automatically applied to that announcement, However, after one
year, you have the option to either (a) apply your test score to
the other announcement or (b) re-take the Supervisory Test Battery.
Re-testing is permitted no sooner than one year from the date of
the examination and only in association with your eligibility for
another announcement for which the Supervisory Test Battery is
used. Please note that, should you re-test, your re-test score
would become your official score since it is the most recent.
Candidates must achieve a passing score on the above examination to
be ranked on the eligible list.Additional InformationEligible
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
of 12 months, and may be extended with the approval of the Human
Resources Director.To find Departments which use this
classification, please see
https://sfdhr.org/sites/default/files/documents/Forms-Documents/Position-Counts-by-Job-Codes-and-Department-FY-2021-22.pdf.Certification:
The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this
examination will be Rule of the List.To find Departments which use
this classification, please see 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.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/
.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:
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO
guidelines.HOW TO APPLY Applications for City and County of San
Francisco jobs areonlyaccepted through an online process. Visit and
begin the application process.
- Select the "I'm Interested" button and follow instructions on
the screenApplicants 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, Victor Mena, at vmena@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.
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