General Laborer Water Supply & Treatment Division SFPUC (7514)

Under general supervision performs a variety of manual labor tasks such as removing debris from construction maintenance wrecking or repair work; loading and unloading materials supplies furniture and equipment; may work as part of a crew with other crafts; and operating various types of equipment and machinery including pneumatic and hand tools associated with general construction.

Work Location: 1000 El Camino Real Millbrae CA 94030

Work Schedule: 7:00 AM 3:30 PM Monday - Friday

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Excavates trenches (using various pneumatic and hand tools including 90-pound jackhammers) for water and sewer lines underground utility repair or electrical conduits; backfills and compacts excavations; and potholes transmission mains and service piping.

2. Clears culverts stakes fabric to prevent erosion of work sites and cements and rip-raps upstream and downstream of culverts.

3. Stabilizes embankments by building wet walls and drywalls alongside roadways and waterways.

4. Clears obstacles prior to machine mowing.

5. Serves as flag operator and sets up traffic barricades and lights or other barriers around work sites (on streets or in other locations).

6. Clears and chips vegetation brush limbs; clears firebreaks watershed roadways v-ditches jogging and foot paths pipeline rights-of-way around structures buildings risers vaults and valve lots; cuts access routes to watershed domestic utility lines and springs; removes small trees and grinds stumps.

7. Installs and maintains chain link barbed wire and hogwire fencing; cements watershed gate posts and chain link fence posts.

8. Loads and unloads materials supplies furniture and/or equipment by hand or with booms power tailgate forklift and other moving equipment for moving to and from worksites (examples: jackhammers sandbags cement bags debris bags railroad ties whackers vibratory plates).

9. Removes and cleans up debris resulting from construction maintenance wrecking or repair work around grounds and building areas using hands broom shovel wheel barrow etc.

10. Works in confined spaces to assist in cleaning and flushing catch basins septic tanks or sewage treatment plants with shovels hoses and pumps to ensure proper drainage of the sewer system.

11. Operates and maintains pneumatic electrical mechanical and hand tools including air compressors jack hammers tie tampers sand blasters steam cleaners hoists drills chain saws cement mixers chipping guns weed whackers spaders stump grinders fence stretchers aerial lift buckets and other hand tools to assist craft workers in getting their jobs done.

12. Mixes and prepares concrete.

13. Assists in the application of concrete and asphalt to repair roads and sidewalks.

14. Sweeps streets and sidewalks

15. Applies disinfectants de-greasers and herbicides to streets and sidewalks.

16. Scrubs streets sidewalks and plazas with a broom or high-pressure water hose.

17. Picks up litter and puts debris into bags.

18. Cleans up illegal dumping sites homeless encampments spills on city streets and sites of accidents.

19. Removes litter and signs from poles and benches.

20. Uses radio communication system or other communication devices.

21. Manages a tool room distributing tools and tracking inventory.

22. Completes forms such as work orders daily work or field reports and/or accident report forms.

23. Drives a truck and/or car to work sites and follows route or other maps.

24. Prepare surfaces for painting; removes graffiti from public/private property using a computerized color matching program soda blaster and/or steam cleaner.

25. Performs related duties as required.

Nature of Work:

Sustains physical effort such as standing or walking for prolonged periods lifts heavy/imbedded manhole covers weighing in excess of 75 lbs. has great manual dexterity wears respiratory protection equipment has frequent exposure to potential hazards and exposure to inclement weather works around extreme wildlife working above water working in small confined spaces or at great heights.

Qualifications :

Experience: Three (3) years (6000 hours) of journey-level experience as a general laborer in the construction field.

License and Certification: Possession of a valid Class C California driver license (must be maintained during employment).

Substitution: Completion of a California Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) or United States Department of Labor (DOL) approved apprentice construction laborer program may be substituted for the required experience.

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

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

• Fence Repair Experience - Minimum six months of verifiable experience
• Vegetation experience minimum six months of verifiable experience
• Confined Space - minimum six months of verifiable experience
• Trenching experience minimum six months of verifiable experience
• Concrete work experience minimum six months of verifiable experience

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 Laborers Int Local 261 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 Crystal Liu 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