LOANS AND GRANTS MANAGER - BUSINESS SERVICES - SFPUC (0931) - (162027)

Company Description

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

• Application Opening: 03/17/2026
• Application Filing Deadline: 04/07/2026 
• Recruitment ID: PBT-0931-162027 (RTF162026-01157227)

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

About the Loans & Grants Bureau
Under Business Services, the SFPUC’s Loans & Grants (L&G) Bureau pursues and administers low-cost financing to support the agency’s commitment to ratepayer affordability. L&G currently manages funding agreements totaling approximately $2.6 billion in state and federal financing across 19 capital projects and is actively working to secure an additional $1.2 billion in low-interest loan and grant funding.

The team is responsible for administration and compliance oversight of existing loans and grants; identification and pursuit of new funding opportunities; engagement in the development of emerging state and federal financing programs; and overall program management and reporting. L&G objectives are achieved through close coordination with SFPUC Financing on long-term funding strategy, collaboration with External Affairs to advance strategic advocacy and funding partnerships, and rigorous compliance and administrative oversight in partnership with Infrastructure to ensure adherence to complex state and federal funding requirements. The L&G group also manages the SFPUC’s receipt and administration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Public Assistance Program funds for emergency cost recovery.

Through strong interagency partnerships, disciplined program management, and strategic funding engagement, the Loans & Grants Bureau advances SFPUC’s commitment to ratepayer affordability while strengthening the financial sustainability of its critical infrastructure investments.

Job Description

Reporting directly to the Loans and Grants Director, the Loans and Grants (L&G) Manager will supervise the Loans and Grants Analyst and manage the Loans and Grants Bureau’s consultants to administer over $2.6 billion in low-interest loan and grant funding agreements and pursue additional sources of funding for the SFPUC’s Water, Power, and Sewer enterprises to honor the agency's commitment to reduce ratepayer burden.

Essential Duties:

• Lead the Loans & Grants Steering Committee meeting agenda development and implementation of follow-up from the bi-monthly meetings.

• Manage development of materials to be presented to the Loans & Grants Steering Committee for consideration and endorsement, including Candidate Project Evaluations to provide recommendations for funding pursuits, Enterprise Strategic Loans and Grants Funding Plans, briefings on potential new sources of funding, L&G Charter revisions to re-establish priorities for the L&G Bureau, and Process Narratives to establish agency-wide procedures for pursuing and administering State and Federal subsidized financing.

• Develop plans to implement L&G Steering Committee directions, including communication, collaboration and coordination of priority initiatives with Infrastructure, Business Services, External Affairs, and the Enterprises or other bureaus across the SFPUC and City and County of San Francisco departments.

• Manage preparation of applications for the State Revolving Fund (SRF), Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), US Army Corps of Engineer