Pole Use and Inspection Services Manager (0923) - Power Enterprise - SFPUC (160172)

Company Description

Amended May 19, 2026 to extend the filing deadline. Candidates who have already applied do not need to re-apply.

This is a Position-Based Test conducted in accordance with CSC Rule 111A.

•    Application Opening: May 7, 2026
•    Application Filing Deadline: May 27, 2026

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

The Pole Use and Inspection Services Manager will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of pole attachment and distributed antenna system (DAS) programs. This role manages both the pole use and DAS teams, as well as the field inspection staff. Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations, managing attachment and inspection workflows, overseeing true-up processes (billing reconciliation), coordinating with other city managers on new pole use programs such as speed cameras, and driving process improvements across the Enterprise. The position requires strategic oversight, cross-functional collaboration, and operational leadership to support infrastructure integrity and program efficiency.

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

• Oversee and manage the City’s DAS and pole use program to ensure operational effectiveness.       
• Work with legal, engineering, and operations staff to ensure that compliance with various standards, agreements, licenses, tariffs, and regulatory requirements are met.      
• Research and evaluate unpermitted installations on streetlight poles. Coordinate necessary enforcement actions. Work with the City attorney office and field staff to correct unpermitted installs.
• Create reports, track correspondence, and records items needed to manage the program.   
• Manage the inspection team, including staffing, scheduling, workload prioritization. Assign resources necessary to meet operational goals.
• Ensure inspection staff has the necessary qualifications, certificates, and training.   
• Create SOPs, plan budgets, and administer contracts.
• Represent the PUC in stakeholder meetings.
• Related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education: Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university

Experience: Three (3) years of professional experience in electric utility operations, asset management, or program management. This experience must include evaluating and recommending changes to leases or contracts and working with GIS applications and database management systems. 

Substitution: Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis up to 2 years. One year (2,000 hours) of qualifying experience will be considered equivalent to 30 semester units/ 45 quarter units.

One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) 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.

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