Senior Power Generation Technician - Hetch Hetchy Water & Power (Moccasin) - SFPUC (7484) (Citywide)

Company Description

Application Opening: August 15, 2025

Application Deadline: This job will close no sooner than August 29, 2025

Analyst Name: Najeebah Mpagazi-Spearman

Location: Moccasin, CA

Annual Salary: $143,234- $174,148

List ID: CBT-7484-52433I

THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN MOCCASIN, CA (approx. 140 miles east of San Francisco)

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 HETCH HETCHY WATER AND POWER
This position is located within Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, and the reporting location is in Moccasin, CA (located 140 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area; requires a 5-hour round trip commute by car in fair weather).  

Hetch Hetchy Water and Powers Division’s mission is to efficiently and reliably operate and maintain the Hetch Hetchy water and Power system in a manner that is inclusive of environmental and community interests, sustain the resources entrusted to the division’s care, and maintain consistency with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission organizational values (service, excellence, trust, respect, teamwork, equal opportunity, communication, stewardship, and safety).

Job Description

Under general supervision, plans, assigns, directs and reviews the work of technicians on an assigned shift or at an assigned location; develops procedures and training materials and provides technical assistance to supervisory staff as operational changes are introduced; operates hydropower generation, switching and water regulation equipment and facilities to ensure adequate city water supplies while producing electrical power in the most effective and cost efficient manner; and performs related duties as required.

Classification Notes:

This is the lead and/or specialist level in this class series. Incumbents may coordinate activities during an assigned shift or at a remote location or provide technical expertise to the 7488 Power Generation Supervisor in a variety of operating and administrative areas. Responsibilities also include performing the full range of technician duties on a regular basis. This class is distinguished from 7488 Power Generation Supervisor in that the latter has supervisory responsibility for operations and maintenance staff, activities and multiple facilities at a remote site. It is further distinguished from 7488 Power Generation Supervisor in that the latter is the second supervisory level in this series, responsible for all power generation and transmission operations in multiple locations on a 7 day per week, 24-hour basis.

Qualifications

Essential Duties

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

1. Plans, assigns, directs, and reviews the work of a shift or crew of Power Generation Technicians.

2. Assists in the selection of staff, instructs technicians in work procedures; provides input into the performance evaluation process; counsels employees and carries out discipline as required.

3. Develops procedures and operational guidelines for power generation, switching, safety clearances and other unit functions.

4. Authorizes safety clearances and equipment shutdowns and start-ups; coordinates planned maintenance and emergency operations to ensure continued power generation and dispat