General Laborer; Construction - Public Works - TPV

General Laborer (Construction) - Public Works - (7514 TPV)

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Department: Public Works
Job class: 7514-General Laborer
Salary range: $76,258.00 - $92,716.00
Role type: Temporary Provisional Permanent Civil Service What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time
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Specific information regarding this recruitment process is listed below.

This recruitment may be used to fill positions in this or other divisions.

Application Opening: Friday, October 24th,2025
Final date to receive applications: Apply immediately. Application filing will be open at least through Thursday, October 30th, 2025 and will close any time thereafter.
Compensation:$76,258-$92,716 annually

Appointment Type: Temporary 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 to be considered for permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years.

San Francisco Public Works (Public Works) has a far-reaching portfolio with a $453 million annual operating budget, an active capital portfolio that exceeds $3 billion and a workforce of 1,700-plus employees. The department operates around the clock, touching every neighborhood in San Francisco. The staff designs and manages the construction of civic buildings and streets; cleans and greens the right of way;

maintains civic buildings; manages multi-million-dollar bond programs; trains people for jobs; keeps the right of way free of hazards; paves the roads; repairs bridges and public stairways; expands accessibility; and works at the forefront addressing some of San Francisco’s biggest challenges. With a mission to enhance the quality of life in San Francisco for residents, visitors and business owners, Public Works is committed to providing outstanding public service through an equity lens.

San Francisco Public Works currently has vacancies for the position of General Laborer (7514) to join our Operations Division.

Operations Division
The Operations Division delivers essential services around the clock with street cleaning, street and sewer repair and maintenance, and repair services for civic buildings and structures.

Operations staff also provide graffiti removal, sidewalk maintenance, and community partnerships to advance cleaning and greening initiatives, code enforcement, workforce development, and apprenticeship programs, urban forestry care and tree planting, and landscape services.

Under general supervision, you will perform a variety of manual labor tasks such as removing debris from construction, maintenance, wrecking, or repair work, loading and unloading materials, supplies, furniture, and equipment. You may also be assigned to join a work crew with other crafts, operating various types of equipment and machinery, including pneumatic and hand tools associated with general construction.

MAJOR, IMPORTANT, AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES
As a general laborer, your duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Excavates trenches (using various pneumatic and hand tools, including 90-pound jackhammers) for water and sewer lines, underground utility repair, or electrical conduits; backfills and compacts excavations; and potholes transmission mains and service piping.
• Clears culverts and stakes fabric to prevent erosion of work sites, cement, and rip-raps upstream and downstream of culverts.
• Stabilizes embankments by building wet walls and dry walls alongside roadways and waterways.
• Safely operates mowing equipment.
• Serves as flag operator and sets up traffic barricades, lights, or other barriers around work sites (on streets or other locations).
• Clears and chips vegetation, brush, and limbs; clears firebreaks, watershed roadways, v- ditches, jogging and footpaths, pipeline rights-of-way, around structures, buildings, risers, vaults, and valve lots; cuts access routes to watershed domestic utility lines and springs; removes small trees and grinds…