Utility Electrician – Wastewater Enterprise, Maintenance Division – San Francsico Public Utilities Commission

• Full-time
• Job Code and
  
  Title:
  
  7385-Utility Electrician
• Fill Type:
  Permanent Civil Service
• Application Opening: 10/8/2026
• Application Filing Deadline:10/28/2026
• Recruitment : TPV-

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 https://www.sfpuc.gov.

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.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Wastewater Enterprise (WWE) operates and maintains San Francisco's combined sewer system to protect public health and the environment. These services extend across eight urban watersheds, more than 1,000 miles of pipe, 24 miles of transport and storage facilities and benefit every resident and visitor of San Francisco. WWE operates three all-weather wastewater treatment plants, one wet-weather facility, 32 pump stations, eight transport/storage facilities, and 34 combined sewer discharge structures to treat an estimated 34.6 billion gallons of wastewater in a typical year.

In addition to treating wastewater, WWE also produces biosolids, a nutrient-rich soil-like product used as a synthetic fertilizer-replacement and soil amendment across the Bay Area.

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 hydroelectrical facilities of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Work Location:

750 Phelps St, San Francisco, CA 94124, USA

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday, 6:00am to 2:30pm

• Inspects, maintains, repairs, installs, and tests a variety of electrical equipment, up to 24,000 volts at utility facilities
• 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 24,000 volts.
• Maintains, operates, and adjusts power generating and substation equipment, including photovoltaic (solar).
• Inspects, maintains, repairs, installs, and tests electrical equipment including switch gear, circuit breakers, instrumentation, valve actuators, battery banks, battery systems and power supplies.
• Installs above ground and below ground conduits and pulls, terminates, and tests wire for motors, control panels,…