Company Description
San Francisco Public Works (SF Public Works) has a far-reaching portfolio with a $352 million annual operating budget, an active capital portfolio that exceeds $3 billion and a workforce of 1,600-plus employees. The department operates around the clock, touching every neighborhood in San Francisco. The staff designs and manages the construction of civic buildings and streets; cleans and greens the right of way; maintains civic buildings; manages multi-million-dollar bond programs; trains people for jobs; keeps the right of way free of hazards; paves the roads; repairs bridges and public stairways; expands accessibility; and works at the forefront addressing some of San Francisco’s biggest challenges, including homelessness. With a mission to enhance the quality of life in San Francisco for residents, visitors, and business owners, Public Works is committed to providing outstanding public service through an equity lens.
We invite you to learn more about the three workplace core values we live and embrace every day here at Public Works, visit our site here: Respect, Integrity, and Responsiveness.
The Bureau of Architecture
We are a full service Professional Architectural design and project delivery office that provides design consulting services to various City agencies in San Francisco. We are one of the few City Departments in the country that provide full Architectural design services. Our work includes civic projects such as Fire Houses, Libraries, Recreation Buildings, Parks, Public Safety buildings and Health Services buildings, Clinics and/or Renovations.
San Francisco Public Works’ Bureau of Architecture (BOA) has multiple vacancies for the position of Architectural Associate I (5265), Job Captain, in our Building Design and Construction team. We are seeking motivated candidates with strong design and/or construction document experience and are highly qualified in REVIT. You will be successful in this role if your expertise is in working on projects of various sizes where you assumed project design responsibility for planning, development, and execution of planning & technical documentation, including consultant coordination.
Appointment Type: Temporary 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 in order to be considered for permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years.
Application Opening: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Application Deadline: This is a continuous recruitment.
*Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately as this recruitment may close at any time, but no earlier than Thursday, July 6, 2023.
Compensation Range: $115,024 – $139,802 Annually
Recruitment ID: RTF0136941-01124773 / TPV-5265-136942
Job Description
Under direction, as an Architectural Associate I, you will perform and be responsible for a variety of complex architectural duties in connection with the investigation of building sites, the preparation and coordination of preliminary and final working designs and drawings, and the preparation of related specifications for a variety of building renovations and construction maintenance and conversion projects. You may be tasked with planning and assigning work to other architectural drafting personnel. In this role you will interact and coordinate design work with other Public Works design disciplines such as architects, civil engineers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and mechanical engineers. During design work, you will support and produce plans and designs to present to City departments, residents, communities, agencies, commissions, and all stakeholders to achieve consensus before proceeding with construction documents.
Important and Essential Duties:
As an Architectural Associate I, your duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- You will supervise and participate in the preparation of preliminary plans and detailed drawings for a wide variety of complex construction, conversion, and repair projects.
- Developing finished designs of regular projects and portions of designs for highly complex projects.
- Analyzing and interpreting data, sketches, and designs providing technical assistance to architectural drafting personnel engaged in such work.
- You will prepare and review contract specifications for various projects.
- Coordinates design activities with those responsible for the structural, mechanical, and electrical design phases of such projects.
- Participate in meetings and discussions with representatives of City departments and outside organizations related to design specifications and functional use problems.
- Creating field observations of projects under construction to ensure compliance with contract documents; taking field measurements, documenting existing conditions, and incorporating data provided by other professionals, such as surveyors and geotechnical engineers.
- Develops, coordinates, and reviews quantity and cost estimates; checking construction submittals to determine if contract specifications are in compliance.
- You may be required to perform duties in connection with the architectural phases of interior design and construction management and, when appropriate, apply critical path method techniques.
- Assists in the development and advancement of junior team members.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Possession of a baccalaureate degree in Architecture or an architecture-related field such as Environmental Design or Interior Architecture, or a professional degree in Architecture (Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture) from an accredited college or university.
AND
Experience:
Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in the architectural field including architectural design, architectural detailing, construction documents, programming, preliminary cost budgeting, specification coordination and review, construction administration, and field observation of architectural construction projects, all under the direction of a licensed architect. One (1) year must have been served as a job captain, project lead, or in some role of increased responsibility and supervision on a project. (Experience in a lower-level class (i.e., 5260 or 5261) is considered qualifying.)
AND
License and Certification:
Possession of a valid California driver’s license.
Notes:
- One-year full-time employment is considered 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.
Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify candidates advancing to the interview process and/or to identify job finalist(s) at the end of the selection process when referred for hiring.
- Relevant construction document, specification, and detailing experience for multiple building types.
- Construction administration experience for multiple building typologies of varying scale.
- Working knowledge of Construction Types I through V and experience with projects in the Bay Area and/or within a Seismic Zone 4 zone.
- Understanding and working knowledge of San Francisco & California Building Codes.
- Highly skilled and experienced working in REVIT with an Autodesk REVIT training Certificate
- Proficiency in AUTOCAD.
- Skilled in Adobe Suite, including Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, Sketch-Up
- Supervisory experience over support drafting a plus.
- LEED professional accreditation a plus
- Experience developing construction documents for three (3) or more built projects over ten (10) million dollars.
- Ability to quickly generate hand drawn details and/or hand sketching abilities a plus.
Verification:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.
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.
Selection Procedures:
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:
The selection process will include an evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will move forward in the recruitment process.
Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ):
Candidates may be required to complete an MQSQ as part of the employment application. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant’s experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.
Portfolio Evaluation:
Candidates deemed qualified will be provided specific instructions to submit a portfolio. This includes the submittal of the best examples of a candidate’s work, which highlights their design and technical skills from their portfolio. Failure to submit PDF portfolio examples or link to an online portfolio may result in disqualification or a lower score.
Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through all of the steps in the selection procedure.
Additional Information
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
- Right to Work
- Copies of Application Documents
- Diversity Statement
Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: At the City and County of San Francisco, we share a commitment to a diverse, inclusive and equitable community. Each member of our organization is responsible and accountable for what they say and do to make San Francisco an inclusive and equitable place to live and work by employing fair and just practices to and for all.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.
• Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow the 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 kept up-to-date. 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 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.
If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst, Kristi Sevilla, at kristi.sevilla@sfdpw.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.
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