Utility Electrician - Water Supply Treatment Division - SFPUC;
Listed on 2026-08-30
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Electrician/ Electrician Installation
Utility Electrician - Water Supply Treatment Division - SFPUC (7385)
- Full-time
- Job Code and
Title:
7385-Utility Electrician - Fill Type:
Permanent Civil Service - Compensation: up to USD 169364 - yearly
- Application Opening:
August 27, 2026 - Application Filing
- Recruitment ; TPV-
The department currently has two (2) vacancies they are looking to fill.
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 athttps://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .
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.
Under general supervision, performs inspection, maintenance, repair, installation, and testing of a variety of electrical systems and equipment, up to 600 Volts energized and 601 Volts to 301,000 Volts de-energized, used at the water, wastewater, power, and hydro electrical facilities of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
Work Schedule: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Inspects, maintains, repairs, installs, and tests a variety of electrical equipment, up to 24,000 Volts, at utility facilities.
2. Maintains high voltage conductors; locates, isolates, removes and repairs faulty sections.
3. Performs de-energized maintenance, repairs, installation and testing of a variety of electrical operating components of circuit breakers and transformers at substations, switchyards, and power generating facilities rated up to 300,000 Volts.
4. Maintains, operates, and adjusts power generating and substation equipment, including photovoltaic (solar).
5. Inspects, maintains, repairs, installs, and tests electrical equipment including switch gear, circuit breakers, instrumentation, valve actuators, battery banks, battery systems and power supplies.
6. Installs above ground and below ground conduits and pulls, terminates, and tests wire for motors, control panels, lighting fixtures, outlets, and other electrical equipment.
7. Performs phase balancing operations and makes load computations on a variety of electrical circuits; installs and maintains digital and analog circuit protective devices such as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS's) and ground fault circuit interrupters.
8. Performs insulation testing of cabling and motors, etc. to locate electrical faults.
9. Erects and uses ladders, scaffolds, staging, aerial lift trucks, light towers, and other related equipment.
10. Makes as-built and shop drawings of electrical installations.
11. Operates, racks and repairs circuit breakers and disconnect switches rated up to 24,000 volts.
12. Maintains, and repairs motor starters, including variable frequency drives rated up to 24,000 volts.
13. Prepares and submits reports for time, material used and completed work.
14. Performs related duties as required.
Desirable
Qualifications:
The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.
- Experience installing and maintaining Industrial Electrical systems
- Ex…
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