Director of Infrastructure Power Capital Programs - Infrastructure Division - SFPUC (0942) (152947)

Company Description

• Application Opening: Friday, March 21, 2025
• Application Filing Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025, at 11:59 PM (PDT)
• Recruitment ID: PBT-0942-152947 / RTF0152946-01113814

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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 our website at 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. 

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

Job Description

About the Infrastructure Division
The Infrastructure Division is responsible for overseeing the administration, planning, design, and construction of our water, wastewater, and power capital programs and projects, including the Water Enterprise Capital Improvement Program (WECIP), Water System Improvement Program (WSIP), the Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program (HCIP), the Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP), the annual Water and Wastewater Renewal and Replacement (R&R) Programs and elements of the Power Enterprise Capital Improvement Plan.

About the Position
Under general direction of the Assistant General Manager of Infrastructure, the Director of Infrastructure Power Capital Programs will assume full responsibility for all aspects of the execution of the Infrastructure Division-led programs and projects in the CleanPowerSF 10-Year Capital Program and the Hetch Hetchy Power portion of the Hetch Hetchy Enterprise 10-Year Capital Plan, which includes: Retail Distribution Services, Streetlight replacement, the Public Power Expansion Project and others. The Director of Infrastructure Power Capital Programs will support the Director of Water Capital Programs for delivery of the Hetch Hetchy Water – Power Infrastructure Program. This position will partner with the Power Enterprise to establish and implement program priorities and strategies, aimed at the successful delivery of the programs.

The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to:

1. Monitors, evaluates, and oversees Infrastructure staff for the planning and implementation of programs and projects. 
2. Collaborates with the Power Enterprise to determine the delivery and contracting strategy for each ‘major capital project’.
3. Monitors and assesses overall program performance (budget, schedule and quality), on an ongoing basis, and initiates corrective actions as necessary; tracks progress on capital projects to ensure objectives meet Level of Service goals, and projects are delivered on-time and within budget.
4. Oversees program and project implementation and programmatic functions, such as developing clear project objectives for all projects such that objectives meet the program’s level of service goals, expediting environmental review and permitting, reviewing and modifying land acquisition strategies as necessary, assisting to develop operations plans for new/improved facilities within existing operations, and providing for public outreach and engagement pre-construction and during construction.
5. Works with project teams to identify project and program risks, to develop and implement mitigation actions to address these risks. Facilitates problem solving and accelerates executive decisions to minimize program delays.
6. Reports on program implementation and progress at various public meetings (oversight committees, regulatory entities, citizen’s advisory committee, and public agencies, stakeholder/political organizations, etc.).
7. Provides oversight and management of consultant resources in collaboration with the designated Power Enterprise capital lead