Buildings And Grounds Maintenance Supervisor (7203) - San Francisco Department of Public Health

Under direction supervises and is responsible for various craft workers engaged in buildings and grounds maintenance repair and related activities and performs related work as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

1. Supervises and assigns duties to staff while ensuring that the quality and progress of assigned work meets standards.
2. May also interact and assign work orders to other Facilities Services Personnel as deemed necessary.
3. Receives and processes service requests concerning the inspection maintenance and repair of all buildings systems.
4. Maintains supply inventory and places orders as needed.
5. Maintains payroll and work records.
6. Prepares various reports and correspondence.
7. Inspects buildings systems in response to requests to identify deficiencies and recommend improvements.
8. Oversees all aspects of building projects including permitting regulatory compliance construction workflow coordination and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
9. Plans and coordinates staff training programs.
10. Coordinates and performs preventative maintenance on mechanical and building service systems including heating and ventilation refrigeration fire alarm and pumping systems and kitchen and therapy pool equipment by inspecting testing cleaning and lubricating machinery and equipment to ensure optimal operation and prevent failures.
11. Monitors and repairs automatic temperature and humidity control systems and/or other mechanical and building systems including replacing defective parts to restore proper functionality.
12. The 7203 Buildings And Grounds Maintenance Supervisor may perform other duties as assigned/required.

Qualifications :

Experience

Six (6) years of experience operating maintaining and repairing a wide variety of mechanical electrical pumping heating air conditioning ventilation refrigeration and related plant machinery and systems found in large industrial production commercial or institutional buildings of which two (2) years must have been in a supervisory capacity directing the operation and maintenance activities of subordinate personnel; AND

License and Certification

1. Possession of a Universal Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) certificate issued by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency for working with heating and ventilating equipment (HVAC) or other refrigeration equipment using CFCs and HCFCs; AND
2. Possession of a valid class C Driver license

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hours work week.) 

Important Note: Please make sure it is absolutely clear in your application exactly how you meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Please be aware that any misrepresentation of this information may disqualify you from this recruitment or future job opportunities.

Additional Information :

Selection Procedures
After application submission candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process which includes the following:

Assessment Component

Basic Supervisory Exam (Weight: 40%)
Candidates will be administered a written multiple-choice examination that includes test items that relate to various supervisory practices and procedures (e.g. directing subordinates delegating tasks to subordinates providing customer service demonstrating appropriate supervisory/leadership behavior addressing and/or evaluating subordinate issues behavior and performance etc.) and well as reading comprehension items. The score you achieve on this examination shall be valid and banked for three years starting from the date of the examination. This means that during this three-year time period you will not be required to take this test again should you apply and be found eligible for a future announcement for which this particular test is used. Please note this test is used for other supervisory classes therefore your test score may be applied to one or more of these classes if you choose to apply to future recruitments. If the test for this future announcement is held within one year of the date of this examination your score will be automatically applied to that announcement. However after one year you have the option to either (a)apply your test score to the other announcement or (b) re-take the test. Re-testing is permitted no sooner than one year from the date of the examination and only in association with your eligibility for another announcement for which this test is used. Please note that should you re-test your re-test score would become your official score since it is the most recent.
A passing score must be achieved on the Basic Supervisory Written Examination in order to continue in the selection process. This is a standardized examination and in accordance with Civil Service Rule 111.11.4 inspection privileges do not apply to the questions and answers in this examination.

Performance Exercise: (Weight: 60%)

Candidates will be examined to determine their relative knowledge skills and abilities in job related areas which
may include but are not limited to: knowledge of building maintenance and repair methods and techniques;
knowledge of the operation and repair of various types of steam power plant and auxiliary equipment and
plumbing electrical ventilation and refrigeration equipment; knowledge of applicable building codes laws and
regulations; ability to plan organize and direct activities of subordinates; ability to keep operational records.

A passing score on both the Basic Supervisory Written Examination and the Performance Examination must be achieved in order to be placed/ranked on the Eligible List.

Additional selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.

Certification
The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be theRule of 3 scores.

Eligible List/Score Report:
Once you pass the exam you will be placed onto an eligible list and given a score and a rank. For more information visit duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be 6 months and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

How to apply:

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted online at .

Our e-mail communications may come from more than one department so please make sure your email is set to accept messages from all of us at this link.

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment. Please consider using a personal email address that you check regularly rather than a work or school account.

Applicants will receive a confirmation email 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.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:

This is a Position Based Test (PBT) administered in accordance with Civil Service Rule 111A.

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement including requirements time periods and other particulars except when superseded by federal state or local laws rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at  The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is abuse of discretion or no rational basis for establishing the position description the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date. 

Additional information regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco: 

• Information about the Hiring Process 

• Conviction History 

• Employee Benefits Overview 

• Equal Employment Opportunity 

• Disaster Service Workers

• Reasonable Accommodation

• Right to Work

• Copies of Application Documents

• Diversity Statement

• Veterans Preference

• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact the analyst Juan Pablo Gonzalez at or .

We may use text messaging to communicate with you on the phone number provided in your application. The first message will ask you to opt in to text messaging.

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.