Utility Specialist - Power Enterprise - SFPUC - (5602) (137630)
Job Description
Under the direction of the CleanPowerSF Operations Manager, this position will perform a range of duties in support of CleanPowerSF planning and operations, including but not limited to conducting program financial forecasting; operational planning and coordination with other Power Enterprise and SFPUC groups; developing and administering new energy resource programming and service offerings; supporting power resource and professional service RFP development, contract negotiations, approvals, and contract management; ensuring regulatory compliance; and providing timely analytical and policy support on CleanPowerSF business and strategic planning matters.
Essential Functions:
• Develops analytical and predictive models; conducts technical and economic feasibility evaluations of program operations, proposed capital projects and new CleanPowerSF business opportunities; incorporates results of analyses into cost/benefit assessments; conducts a wide variety of analytical studies related to assessment of operational effectiveness, financial and market risk, price sensitivity, and other complex studies as assigned.
• Develops and maintains multi-year operating, financial and capital plans, including program or project budgets, schedules and tracking systems.
• Monitors CleanPowerSF operations to ensure compliance with policy directives, laws, regulations, and contractual constraints.
• Provides project management and conducts analysis related to CleanPowerSF’s Integrated Resource Plan development and implementation.
• Develops new power supply products and programs, including the planning, development, budgeting, contracting, implementation, and performance reporting for these programs.
• Negotiates new professional service and power supply contracts.
• Assists with the management of existing CleanPowerSF professional service and power supply contracts.
• Writes a variety of documents including reports; work plans; general correspondence; operating, financial and marketing plans; program descriptions; operating procedures and policy recommendations; meeting minutes; documentation of forecast methodologies and model assumptions; narratives for regulatory compliance filings in line with guidance; reports that explain schedule and cost variances and trends, provide cost-effective recommendations to mitigate adverse variances and to support negotiation of change order costs with contractors; and other types of written documents as needed to support the diverse work activities assigned to this class.
• Identifies operational constraints and develops, evaluates, or recommends policies and procedures to improve operations, mitigate risks, increase revenues and decrease costs.
• Develops training programs to implement policies and programs; trains analysts, technicians and other personnel on policies, procedures and compliance issues.
• Supervises Utility Analysts and other technical personnel and provides technical support and expertise for assigned specialty area.
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education :
1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university prefera-bly with major coursework in Law, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Computer Science, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other field related to the utility business; AND
Experience :
2. Four years of verifiable journey-level work experience in one or more of the following areas: planning, scheduling, cost estimating and resource projecting for mid to large scale projects; water supply/infrastructure management and planning; power operations planning and scheduling; analysis, interpretation and application of utility contracts and regulations in either water, power (electric and/or natural gas), telecommunications, or a wastewater/clean water program; utility market and environmental analysis and planning; power supply and transmission rates and contracts; generation, transmission or distribution planning and design; or long-term utility systems planning.
License and Certification:
Specified positions may require possession of a valid California Class C driver's license.
Substitution :
Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.
Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date
unless otherwise noted.
Verification :
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.
Note : Falsifying one’s 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.
Additional Information
Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.
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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.
Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Rocio Mendoza, by email at rmendoza@sfwater.org.
_ CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:_ All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.
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.