Transmission and Distribution Line Worker San Francisco Public Utilities ; U

Transmission and Distribution Line Worker (7350) – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Under general supervision, the Transmission and Distribution Line Worker performs skilled line work in the installation, construction, maintenance and repair of overhead and underground lines for power transmission and distribution.

• Installs, repairs, and maintains high tension overhead transmission systems, related feeder lines, towers and poles; performs such maintenance activities when lines are energized as well as de‑energized.
• Maintains, operates, and adjusts electrical transmission and primary power substations ranging from 600 to 230,000 volts, including circuit breakers, relays, batteries, and controls.
• Installs and maintains underground and overhead power lines and feeders and related auxiliary equipment; locates and isolates faulty sections and removes, installs and makes corrections where necessary.
• Installs watt‑hour meter systems, connects potential transformers, current transformers, phase‑shifting transformers, test switches, reactive meters, and demand meters.
• Maintains, operates, and repairs high voltage street light system.
• Installs and maintains street lighting systems including circuits, poles, arms, and luminaries.
• Tests, inspects, repairs, and replaces overhead and underground transmission and distribution lines and circuits.
• Maintains utility power generation and transmission systems, and related components, including circuit breakers, relays, switches, and fuses, transformers, buses, and underground cables, feeders, and associated equipment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Two years of verifiable work experience as a journey‑level line worker with pole and transmission systems ranging from 600 to 230,000 volts, responsible for construction, installation, maintenance, and repair of overhead and underground lines; or completion of a state‑certified electrical line apprenticeship program.
• License:
  Possession of a current, valid Class C California Driver’s license. Positions located in San Francisco require a Class B Driver’s license within six months of appointment. Failure to obtain the appropriate driver’s license within the specified time period will be cause for termination.
• One year of full‑time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40‑hour work week.) Any overtime hours above forty 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.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, 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.

Full‑time