General Laborer - Port of San Francisco (7514) - TPV

City and County of San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

10d•$78,962 - $95,966•Onsite

About The Position

The Port of San Francisco is recruiting for multiple Temporary Provisional (TPV) General Laborer vacancies in class 7514 within its Maintenance Division. This is not a permanent appointment. Provisional appointees must participate in and pass a Civil Service examination and be selected through an open competitive process to be considered for permanent appointment; provisional appointments may not exceed three years. The Maintenance Division maintains the Port’s seven-and-a-half miles of waterfront property, including fishing harbors, ferry landings, public parks, cargo terminals, piers, promenades, and buildings. General Laborer work involves strenuous physical effort, including lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 90 pounds for at least 50 feet and balancing 10-foot pieces of lumber. Work may take place from a boat, near water, at heights, in confined spaces, in traffic, and in adverse weather or otherwise disagreeable conditions. Exposure may include sewage, bodily waste, used syringes, toxic or hazardous materials, poison oak, snakes, and insects. The ability to wear a respirator is required. Duties can include excavation, drainage and erosion-control work, vegetation clearing, fence installation, loading and unloading materials, debris cleanup, assisting with sewer-system cleaning, operating and maintaining tools and equipment, concrete and asphalt repairs, street and sidewalk cleaning, litter and illegal-dumping cleanup, tool-room inventory, completing work and accident reports, driving to worksites, surface preparation and graffiti removal, and using communication devices and electronic systems. Shift assignments are subject to seniority-based bidding and may include night, weekend, or alternative schedules. Weekend and emergency overtime may be required.

Requirements

Three years (6,000 hours) of journey-level experience as a general laborer in the construction field. Completion of a California Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS)- or U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)-approved apprentice construction laborer program may substitute for the required experience.
Possess and maintain a valid Class C California driver license; it must be presented at appointment.
Be insurable under the Port’s automobile liability insurance and maintain insurability during employment.
Ability to lift and handle objects weighing up to 90 pounds, carry them at least 50 feet, and balance 10-foot pieces of lumber.
Physical strength, endurance, and dexterity to perform sustained physical work, including under adverse weather and disagreeable conditions.
Ability to work from a boat, near or over water, and at heights.
Ability to enter confined spaces and wear a respirator.
Ability to work a schedule that may include night, weekend, or alternative shifts based on seniority-based shift bidding.
Ability to work weekend and emergency overtime as needed.

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience using construction equipment such as compressors, jackhammers, tampers, pressure washers, and sidewalk sweepers.
Ability to work at heights of up to 200 feet.
Ability to work from a boat and around or over water.
Proficiency in operating power-washing equipment and performing cleaning tasks, including cleaning challenging materials such as feces.
A history of reliability and punctuality and ability to adhere to a set work schedule.
Flexibility and adaptability when assignments, tasks, and schedules change.

Responsibilities

Excavate trenches for water and sewer lines, underground utility repairs, and electrical conduits; backfill and compact excavations; and pothole transmission mains and service piping.
Clear culverts, stake erosion-control fabric, and cement or rip-rap areas upstream and downstream of culverts.
Stabilize embankments by building wet walls and drywalls alongside roadways and waterways.
Clear obstacles before machine mowing.
Serve as a flag operator and set up traffic barricades, lights, and other worksite barriers.
Clear and chip vegetation, brush, and limbs; clear firebreaks, roads, ditches, paths, rights-of-way, and areas around structures; cut access routes; remove small trees; and grind stumps.
Install and maintain chain-link, barbed-wire, and hog-wire fencing, and cement gate and fence posts.
Load and unload materials, supplies, furniture, and equipment by hand or with booms, power tailgates, forklifts, and other moving equipment.
Remove and clean up debris from construction, maintenance, wrecking, and repair work using tools such as brooms, shovels, and wheelbarrows.
Work in confined spaces to assist with cleaning and flushing catch basins, septic tanks, or sewage treatment plants using shovels, hoses, and pumps.
Operate and maintain pneumatic, electrical, mechanical, and hand tools and equipment to assist craft workers.
Mix and prepare concrete and assist with concrete and asphalt applications to repair roads and sidewalks.
Sweep and scrub streets, sidewalks, and plazas; apply disinfectants, degreasers, and herbicides; and use high-pressure water hoses.
Pick up litter, clean illegal dumping sites and encampments, clean spills and accident sites, and remove litter and signs from poles and benches.
Manage a tool room by distributing tools and tracking inventory.
Complete work orders, daily work or field reports, and accident report forms.
Drive a truck and/or car to worksites and follow routes or maps.
Prepare surfaces for painting and remove graffiti using computerized color-matching programs, soda blasters, and/or steam cleaners.
Use radio communication systems and other communication devices.
Check email and other electronic communications, and enter and submit timesheets through the employee portal.
Perform other duties as assigned.