Heavy Duty MechanicAutomotive Machinist (7323) – Water Supply & Treatment Division – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission – (Exempt)

Project: Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) and Smog Project  

Location: Millbrae Yard 1000 El Camino Real Millbrae CA

Hours: Monday Friday 7:00 am 3:30 pm

Under general supervision performs skilled machinist work in the maintenance repair and overhaul of heavy-duty and off-road vehicles and power-driven equipment such as diesel trucks and buses firefighting vehicles compressors generators graders backhoes tractors small engines (lawn mowers etc.) and electric motors (on carts etc.) and performs related duties as required.

Essential Functions:

1. Maintains repairs overhauls and services heavy-duty and off-road vehicles and power-driven equipment using hand tools power tools and machine tools such as lathes drill presses grinders boring bars valves refining tools and other machine tools.

2. Designs fabricates and welds parts.

3. Maintains records of equipment mileage service/repair logs materials and parts logs and equipment and parts orders.

4. Responds to incoming emergency calls and may go to the site of the breakdown; may tow vehicles.

5. Inspects tests and reviews vehicles and equipment as part of the preventive maintenance program.

6. Diagnoses malfunctions using test equipment manufacturers specifications and repair manuals and observation both in the shop and in the field in order to determine needed repairs.

7. Orders supplies parts and materials necessary for the maintenance repair and servicing of equipment and vehicles.

8. Drives city vehicles and operates equipment to diagnose malfunctions and to conduct final inspection of work completed.

9. Performs other related duties as assigned to Class 7323.

Nature of the work: Involves some physical effort and considerable dexterity in the use of the fingers limbs and body; continuous exposure to physical and working conditions where minor injuries may occur. May be required to work nights weekends and/or holidays.

Qualifications :

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

Education: High school diploma or equivalent (GED or High School Proficiency Examination)

AND

Experience: A combination of journey-level experience and/or apprenticeship training as an automotive machinist or heavy-duty mechanic totaling six (6) years in which the major duties were disassembling repairing overhauling and installing mechanical electrical and hydraulic assemblies in heavy duty and off-road vehicles and power-driven equipment. To be considered qualifying this experience must include the use of machine tools such as valve re-facers hydraulic and drill presses lathes and grinders

AND

License and Certification: Possession of at least a Class C (or III) driver license at the time of application; and the candidate must be able to obtain a Class A (or I) driver license with Medical Certificate within twelve (12) months of the time of appointment. Failure to maintain the required license may be cause for termination.

Experience Substitution: Completion of a CA Division of Apprenticeship Standards recognized Automotive Machinist apprenticeship program as evidenced by issuance of a Certificate of Completion of the apprenticeship program under the appropriate authority will substitute for the six (6) years combined work experience.

Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring:

• Possession of a valid Class A drivers license
• Experience working with heavy duty diesel equipment
• Experience using computer software such as Maximo

  Verification of Education and Experience:

  Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Please review our articles on Employment Application and Minimum Qualifications and Verification of Experience and/or Education for considerations taken when reviewing applications. 

  Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.

  Note: Falsifying ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

  All work experience education training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

  DRUG TESTING REQUIREMENT: Applicants for positions in this classification who are not currently employed by the City and County of San Francisco in a safety-sensitive position represented by Automotive Machinists Local 1414 are required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. All employees in this classification may also be subject to drug and alcohol testing upon reasonable suspicion or after a work-related accident. Applicants with a positive result from a pre-employment drug test will be restricted from hire in safety-sensitive positions for six-months after the date of the positive test.

Additional Information :

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

Applicants will receive a confirmation email from 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.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit and begin the application process.

• Select the Im Interested button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and updated. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and @).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email from 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.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact the job analyst Anna Owens at

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time