Automotive Machinist Assistant Supervisor - Facilities - SFO

Company Description

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is a world‑class, award‑winning airport that served more than 54 million guests in Fiscal Year 2025. SFO offers non‑stop flights to 60+ international cities on over 40 carriers and non‑stop to 80+ U.S. cities on 10 domestic airlines.

As an enterprise department of the City & County of San Francisco, SFO has approximately 1,900 City employees. In Fiscal Year 2021, it generated more than 28,000 direct jobs and $6.1 billion in business activity.

SFO is a leader in safety, environmental sustainability, and forward‑thinking infrastructure, and continues to transform the travel experience.

• Application Opening:
  Monday, February 23, 2026
• Final date to receive applications:
  Apply immediately; open at least through 5:00 PM on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
• Salary Range: $144,872 annually
• Recruitment ‑7315‑163043

Under general supervision, performs skilled auto machinist work in connection with the major maintenance, repair and overhaul of a variety of automotive equipment; exercises work direction over a small group of subordinate journeyman craftsmen and servicemen; and performs related duties as required.

Requires responsibility for: explaining and carrying out maintenance and repair methods and procedures; preparing and maintaining ordinary‑operating and maintenance reports.

The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Participates in and assigns work to subordinate journeyman craftsmen engaged in the major overhaul, reconditioning and repair of engines and other component parts of automotive vehicles.
• Inspects, tests and reviews maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment to assure conformance with instructions and standard procedures; approves completed jobs prior to release.
• Maintains records of equipment mileage and service time of component parts to facilitate planning for maintenance and upkeep.
• Inspects incoming equipment to determine extent of damage and malfunctions and arranges for necessary repairs.
• Determines parts and materials needed for repair work, orders them, and ensures compliance; maintains materials records and recommends new shop equipment.
• Operates shop equipment and machine tools such as valve facing and reseating machines, honing machines, pedestal grinders, power hack saws, brake rivetors, drill presses, generator resters and other shop equipment within the jurisdiction of this craft in connection with maintenance, repair and overhaul work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  Completion of high school or equivalent (G.E.D. or High School Proficiency Examination).
• Experience:
  
  A combination of journey‑level experience and/or apprenticeship training totaling seven (7) years in which the major duties were disassembling, repairing, overhauling and installing mechanical, electrical and hydraulic assemblies in heavy‑duty and off‑road vehicles and power‑driven equipment; must include use of machine tools such as valve re‑facers, hydraulic and drill presses, lathes and grinders.
• License and Certification:
  Possession of at least a Class C (or III) driver license at the time of application; ability to obtain Class B (or II) driver license and medical certificate e City departments require obtaining Class A (or I) driver license with medical certificate within twelve (12) months of appointment.

• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrated work experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Nature of work involves physical effort and dexterity; continuous exposure to physical and working conditions where minor injuries may occur. Applicants must meet the minimum qualification by the final filing date unless otherwise noted. One‑year full‑time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of protected category.

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All job applications for the City and County of San Francisco must be submitted through the online portal at  Computer access is available in the lobby of the Department of Human Resources at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, and at the City Career Center at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton

B. Goodlett Place, Room 110.