Program Controls Administrative Engineer - Infrastructure – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (5174) - (161327) Temporary Provisional

• Application Opening: 01/27/2026
• Application Filing Deadline: 02/10/2026
• Annual Salary: $185,302 - $225,316
• Recruitment ID: RTF0161326-01119598 (161327)

APPOINTMENT TYPE: PROVISIONAL (TPV)

This is not a permanent appointment. A provisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service examination for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process to be considered for permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years.

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.org/.

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.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc

Under general supervision, the Program Controls Administrative Engineer performs professional project controls engineering work including supervisory or lead duties. Overall, the successful candidate has attained a degree of technical excellence, as well as developed the ability to be flexible to fulfill described responsibilities.

Essential Functions:

• Establishes and implements the project controls system including master and detailed cost loaded schedule; and a monitoring system that measures actual performance against planned performance.

• Assists in the development and implementation of Program Controls policies and procedures.

• Utilizes Primavera Project Planner (P6.2) scheduling software and prepares Monthly, Quarterly and Annual performance status Reports, and all other ad hoc reports required by Management.
• Performs cost engineering duties including setting up system for cost control purposes, analyzing data, preparing, and analyzing financial reports using PeopleSoft data and E-time data.
• Performs cost analysis to optimize use of appropriated funds based on cost data in P6, SOLIS and PeopleSoft. 

• Evaluates project’ spending plan, preparing cash flow projections, and generating request for release of funds.

• Reviews and analyzes complex schedules for deficiencies and developing strategies to accelerate work and mitigate delays.

• Provides construction CPM Scheduling support including reviewing and approving baseline schedules, monthly update schedules, revised/ recovery schedules, as-built schedules.

• Prepares detailed analysis of the critical path, evaluating contractor's request for time extension, and reviewing estimates for change order and providing recommendation for entitlement.

• Reviews staff work for accuracy and completeness before presenting information to the project team and management.

• Supervises, trains, and evaluates assigned project controls engineers and schedulers working on complex projects.
• Develops and maintains interpersonal and inter-organization relationships.

• Meets highly aggressive deadlines while working on multi projects.

Class 5174 performs other related duties as required

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Completion of a four-year college or university with a baccalaureate degree in one of the major fields of engineering.

Experience: Six years of progressively responsible experience in the administrative, design, planning, and construction of engineering projects, including two years of responsible supervisory and administrative experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

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.

Minimum five (5) years of verifiable Project/ Construction Scheduling experience preferably using Primavera Software (P6.2) or equivalent. Additionally, three (3) years of verifiable budgeting and cost control experience using cost data in PeopleSoft.

Verification of Education and Experience:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Education verification information on verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at How to Verify Education Requirements | Department of Human Resources (sfdhr.org).

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. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

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 Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

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.

• Select the “Apply Now” 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 (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email from [email protected]  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, Sari Mix at [email protected].

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.