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+ Application Opening: 10/27/2025

+ Application Filing Deadline: 11/9/2025

+ Annual Salary: $136,474 (https://careers.sf.gov/classifications/)

+ Recruitment ID: TEX-7341-133674 / REF57485X

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary 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.

This as-needed 7341 Stationary Engineer is a temporary appointment not to exceed the equivalent of half-time [1040 hours] during any fiscal year. Incumbent should be available to cover any full shift or partial shift on an as-needed basis. Incumbent may be called on short notice to work weekends, holidays, day, swing, and grave shifts.

WHO ARE WE?

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) (https://youtu.be/inc4CF4VKFE)

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 our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

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.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

Under general supervision and during a shift, the Stationary Engineer, Water Treatment Plant, operates, maintains, and repairs a wide variety of complex machinery and equipment pumping station or related facility. Work may include physical effort in climbing ladders (up to 16 ft.) to inspect projects, confined space entry including tight crawl spaces, working in remote areas, and using a respirator. The work may be in an industrial, physically restrictive, and hazardous environment. The Stationary Engineer must be able: to audit alarm screens; to identify levels of audible alarms; and be able to identify leaks by smell.

DEFINITION:

Under general supervision and during a shift, operates, maintains, and repairs a wide variety of complex machinery and equipment in a pumping station or related facility. Class 7341 is the journey level class within the Stationary Engineer, Water Treatment Plant series.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

+ Operates and maintains a wide variety of chemical feed equipment, pumping, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, process machinery and radiators. May be required to operate Computerized Building Management Systems or Supervisory Control Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.

+ Repairs automatic and manually controlled distribution and water treatment equipment including pumps, motors, boilers, compressors, alarm systems, residual chemical analyzers, chemical feeders, and filters; may also be responsible for operating a water treatment and distribution facility in a safe and efficient manner without direct supervision.

+ Inspects and tests machinery and equipment including fire prevention equipment for safe, efficient, and proper operation by visual and audio inspection during walk-throughs.

+ Makes entries and keeps records on shift operations. Collects, compiles, and prepares water quality and operational reports by taking and entering meter and gauge readings, water and laboratory analysis readings and temperatures accurately in writing on operating log sheets.

+ Receives, records, and stores large amounts of treatment chemicals and may handle hazardous chemicals such as caustic soda and chlorine in confined or enclosed areas, and must be capable of safely and properly handling chemical spills; may include handling and treatment of hazardous waste.

+ Performs control tests and conducts water quality analysis including pH, conductivity, chlorine demand, caustic soda, chlorine. Calculates and maintains required disinfecting requirements.

+ Communicates verbally with craft, support, and supervisory personnel.

+ Responsible for keys, 2-way radios and monitoring plant and buildings and grounds, including public safety.

+ Performs related duties as required for Class 7341 – Stationary Engineer, Water Treatment Plant.

Education:

+ Completion of a state or federally recognized four-year Stationary Engineer apprenticeship program.

License and Certification:

+ Possession of a current valid Grade II (or higher) Water Treatment Operator Certificate issued by the State of California.

+ Possession of a current valid Class C Driver's License.

Substitution:

Any of the following may substitute for the required education:

+ Four (4) years journey-level Operator and/or Stationary Engineer experience in the maintenance, repair and operation of a variety of mechanical and electrical pumping and related plant machinery of a water or wastewater treatment plant.

+ Four (4) years journey-level experience as a Marine Engineer performing duties in the areas of maintenance, repair and operation of a variety of mechanical and electrical pumping and related machinery.

+ Graduation from a recognized four-year Maritime Academy with a degree in Engineering or Technology.

Note:

+ Positions located at the City Distribution Division will require incumbents to obtain and successfully maintain a Grade III Water Distribution Operator Certificate issued by the State of California within 18 months from the date of hire.

Some physical effort and use of all senses is required in the operation, repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment including kneeling, crouching, stooping, squatting crawling, climbing, working in various lift equipment and use of fixed and portable ladders up to 75 feet, walking long distances and lifting up to 50 pounds in the performance of important and essential duties. This also includes exposure to working conditions where the performance of duties requires working in confined spaces, damp environments, outdoors in inclement weather, and with chemicals.

Verification of Education and Experience:

Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Please review our articles on Employment Application and Minimum Qualifications (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#qualifications)  and Verification of Experience and/or Education (https://sfdhr.org/recruitment-details#verification)  for considerations taken when reviewing applications.

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

DRUG TESTING REQUIREMENT: Applicants for positions in this classification who are not currently employed by the City and County of San Francisco in a safety-sensitive position represented by Local 39 are required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. All employees in this classification may also be subject to drug and alcohol testing upon reasonable suspicion or after a work-related accident. Applicants with a positive result from a pre-employment drug test will be restricted from hire in safety-sensitive positions for six-months after the date of the positive test.

Upon appointment to Class 7341, employees may be required to take a state mandated respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) medical examination, (renewed annually) and be clean shaven prior to starting each shift for respirator and SCBA use. Employees may be required to pass CPR training annually and first aid training tri-annually.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

+ Information About The Hiring Process (https://sfdhr.org/information-about-hiring-process)

+ Conviction History

+ Employee Benefits Overview  (https://sfdhr.org/benefits-overview)

+ Equal Employment Opportunity (https://sfdhr.org/equal-employment-opportunity)

+ Disaster Service Worker (https://sfdhr.org/disaster-service-workers)

+ Right to Work

+ Copies of Application Documents (https://sfdhr.org/information-about-hiring-process#copies)

+ Diversity Statement

Applicants will receive a confirmation email from [email protected] that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

How To Apply:

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOf SanFrancisco1/ (https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOf%20SanFrancisco1/)  and begin the application process.

+ Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and updated. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email from [email protected] that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the Human Resources Analyst, Crystal Liu at [email protected].

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