Regulatory Specialist

Regulatory Specialist

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.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Wastewater Enterprise (WWE) operates and maintains San Francisco's combined sewer system to protect public health and the environment.

Under direction, the Regulatory Specialist assists in assuring that all San Francisco Public Utilities Commission operations, planning and development, property management, maintenance and maritime projects comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations and requirements.

The essential duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Research and track all federal, state and local regulations that may affect the department.
• Advise management of pertinent and timely regulations and make recommendations on the appropriate departmental actions. Provides regulatory expertise and permit processing support to managers and staff.
• Reviews plans including planning and development plans, capital improvement project plans, property management & maintenance plans, and other related plans.
• Performs or oversees consultants' performance of an environmental sample collection and analysis program.
• Assists in making technical presentations to regulatory agencies and related public agencies.
• Implements and assists in developing permit processing and inspection practices and procedures related to compliance with regulations affecting operations and facilities maintenance projects, property development and management and land-use programs to manage environmental liabilities.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with a diverse staff.
• Establishes and maintains permit files.
• Drives city vehicles to various wastewater facilities and sites in the City and adjacent locations.
• Performs all related duties as assigned.

Education: A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in natural sciences, engineering, environmental or resource planning or a related field; AND

Experience: Four years of verifiable work experience in environmental permitting and regulations; environmental investigations; environmental or other regulatory compliance; or environmental project management; or utility regulatory analysis.

License and Certification: Possession of a valid California driver's license.

Substitution: A Master's degree in natural sciences, engineering, environmental or resource planning, public policy, economics or a related field may substitute for one (1) year of work experience.

A law degree may substitute for one (1) year of work experience.

A PhD in natural sciences, engineering, environmental or resource planning, public policy, economics, or related field may substitute for two (2) years of work 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.

Experience in municipal wastewater and stormwater systems, infrastructure, design or related projects.

Familiarity with and understanding of basic chemistry principles and nomenclature.

Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including use of pivot tables, lookup functions, conditional formatting, and conditional logic.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.