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Utility Electrician - Moccasin - Hetch Hetchy Water & Power, SFPUC (7385) (Tempo

City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States


Reporting Location
Moccasin, CA - 3.5 hours east of San Francisco.

Appointment Type
Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

Project Description
Project: Cottage and Facility Rehabilitation Project. 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.

Essential Duties

Inspects, maintains, repairs, installs, and tests a variety of electrical equipment, up to 24 000 volts, at utility facilities.

Maintains high voltage conductors; locates, isolates, removes, and repairs faulty sections.

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.

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, lighting fixtures, outlets, and other electrical equipment.

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 (UPSs) and ground‑fault circuit interrupters.

Performs insulation testing of cabling and motors, etc. to locate electrical faults.

Erects and uses ladders, scaffolds, staging, aerial lift trucks, light towers, and other related equipment.

Makes as‑built and shop drawings of electrical installations.

Operates, racks and repairs circuit breakers and disconnect switches rated up to 24 000 volts.

Maintains, and repairs motor starters, including variable frequency drives rated up to 24 000 volts.

Prepares and submits reports for time, material used, and completed work.

Performs duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education: Completion of a recognized five‑year Inside Wireman Apprenticeship Program or another verifiable five‑year training program specific to industrial electrical equipment.

Experience: Two (2) years of verifiable journey‑level electrician experience in the installation, maintenance, and operation of high voltage above 600 volts.

License and Certification: Possession of a valid California Class C driver license.

Substitution: Additional verifiable journey‑level electrician experience in the installation, servicing, repair, maintenance, and operation of high voltage above 600 volts can be substituted for the education requirement on a year‑for‑year basis.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Equal Employment Opportunity
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 associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics, 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.

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