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The Department of Public Works is seeking well-qualified candidates for the position of Stationary Engineer II.

Stationary Engineer II is the journey-level classification and incumbents are responsible for a wide variety of repair and maintenance work in the areas of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, emergency power systems, boiler equipment and piping repair, Building Automation systems, and miscellaneous equipment repair.
 
In addition to the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the duties of this job, the ideal candidate will also have:

• At least three years of journey-level experience as a Stationary Engineer
• A minimum of three years of journey-level experience in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems  
• Extensive knowledge and experience working with boiler and HVAC systems 
• Proficient in a wide variety of installations and repairs on plumbing, gas system piping, chiller/boiler piping, and wastewater systems, including the ability to operate a large sewer snake  
• The ability to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain a variety of equipment including air conditioning, electric motors, heating units, heat pumps, light commercial furnaces, burners, Fresh Air and exhaust fans, economizers and humidifiers is essential  
• Experience in energy management and computer-controlled systems is highly desired
• Experience with Fire Alarm testing, troubleshooting, and NFPA codes
• Backflow Prevention Tester certification is highly desired

 
Experience in a hospital or healthcare setting is highly preferred.  Employees must be willing to work evenings, weekends, and alternate shifts. 
 
Important: Employees in this position must successfully obtain and maintain a security clearance as a condition of employment.

Examples of Duties:

• Duties include, but are not limited to:
  Operate, maintain, install, and repair electrical, refrigeration, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and ventilating systems
• Operate, maintain, and repair boiler equipment
• Repair and replace pipes, fittings, and other equipment used in plumbing, gas, and steam systems
• Repair electrical equipment including lamps, fixtures, and switches; adjust electrical controls, motors, and auxiliary equipment up to 480 volts
• Test, operate, maintain, and repair emergency power systems including UPS, emergency generators, and associated equipment
• Use hand and power tools, including cutting and threading tools, grinders, reamers, wrenches, welders, saws, and other special tools
• Make minor carpentry repairs to doors, windows, floors, and other parts of buildings
• Do touch-up painting on repaired equipment
• Remove or arrange for removal of trash, pests, and other hazardous materials or debris in the course of performing work
• Properly place, set and inspect traps and collect and remove insects and pests
• Perform related duties as assigned

 
Additional duties may also include, but are not limited to:

• Reclaim or recycle refrigerant using Freon recovery systems
• Operate water treatment facility including wastewater and potable water
• Adjust and calibrate boiler burners and controls
• Adjust and calibrate chiller controls
• Test, calibrate, and repair back flow devices
• Calibrate HVAC controls and associated equipment
• Monitor building management systems
• Replace pumps and pump seals and repair and replace motor valves
• Repair and replace air conditioning units
• Troubleshoot HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and energy power systems
• Conduct preventative maintenance
• Understand fire alarm systems
• Repair and install chemical monitoring stations
• Repair, test, and record data on generators

The current vacancies are in the Facilities Maintenance and Operations Section of the Public Works Department. Locations include Redwood City Government Center, San Mateo Medical Center, the Youth Services Center, and the Maple Street Correctional Facility.
 
NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, limited term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.

QUALIFICATIONS

Licensure/Certification:

• Possession of a class C California driver license or equivalent
• Must obtain and maintain jail security clearance
• Universal Certification in Freon recovery upon hire
• Obtain Backflow Certification within six months of hire or promotion to Level II and maintain certification
• If designated as a water treatment operator, possession of or ability to obtain a valid Grade II Water Treatment Operator Certification issued by the State of California within six months of employment is required

 
Education:

• Completion of courses related to maintenance, installation, and repair of electrical, HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration, and power equipment

Experience:

• Two years of journey level experience as a stationary engineer or equivalent AND demonstrated experience in maintaining, installing, and repairing electrical, HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration, and power equipment in a large building, plant, or vessel. Two years of experience can be substituted with completion of an apprenticeship program.

 
Knowledge of:  

• Common safety practices in the workplace
• Heating and electrical equipment
• Principles and techniques used in stationary engineering
• Proper and safe use of basic hand tools
• Basic arithmetic for measuring, calibrating, and estimating
• Steam and gas fired heating systems, refrigeration equipment, and ventilating and air-conditioning equipment
• Electrical, plumbing, and refrigeration systems
• Controls and control systems
• Emergency power systems, generators, and associated equipment
• Freon recovery procedures and equipment
• Water treatment systems and operations, principles and practices, and regulatory mandates, if designated as a certified water treatment operator
• Safety rules, regulations, and work practices, including reference to hazardous chemicals
• Basic record keeping principles and practices

 
Skill/Ability to:

• Follow safety practices
• Troubleshoot and/or repair, replace, regulate, and control electrical, refrigeration, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and ventilating systems
• Determine and estimate materials required for a job and prepare requisitions
• Use hand and power tools
• Make metal parts and equipment
• Perform minor carpentry and painting tasks
• Follow oral and written instructions
• Communicate effectively, courteously, and professionally with customers and others
• Read and interpret plans
• Prepare and maintain accurate maintenance records
• Operate standard office equipment, computers, and timekeeping systems
• Lift and carry materials, supplies, and equipment; climb ladders; and crawl in tight spaces
• Perform water treatment plan and distribution system operations and maintenance activities if designated as a water treatment operator

APPLICATION/EXAMINATION

Open and Promotional. Anyone may apply. Current County of San Mateo and Superior Court of California, San Mateo County employees with at least six months (1040 hours) of continuous service in a classified regular, probationary, SEIU or AFSCME represented extra-help/term position prior to the final filing date will receive five points added to their final passing score on this examination.
 
Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the 'Apply' button. If you are not on the County's website, please go to http://jobs.smcgov.org to apply.  
The standard County employment application form, including the Supplemental Questionnaire must be completed as part of the application process.  A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for the required application materials. 
 
The examination process will consist of an Application Screening (pass/fail) and a Performance Examination, which will include a written test component (weight: pass/fail). Applicants must pass the Application Screening to be invited to the performance test.
 
Depending on the number of applications, an application appraisal may be conducted in lieu of the examinations. All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination process. All examinations will be given in San Mateo County, California and applicants must participate at their own expense.  
 
 
~ TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE ~
Final Filing Date: June 17, 2021
Application Screening: June 22 - 24, 2021
Performance Exam: TBD (Most likely July 14 and 15, 2021)
 

At the County of San Mateo, we welcome and celebrate the diversity of our employees, and strive to create a workplace where they feel valued every day.
County of San Mateo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Analyst: Chet Overstreet (06042021) (Stationary Engineer II - T040)

The City of Burlingame is accepting applications for a Full-Time Library Assistant I/II (Technical Services)

Our diverse family of employees welcomes you to apply. We are a small city that gets a lot done, and each member of our team is vital to our success as an organization.

We recently asked our employees what they enjoyed most about working for the City of Burlingame, and their responses fell into five general categories:

• Colleagues
• Community
• Location
• The Work
• The Benefits

Browse the Burlingame Welcome Brochure for more information about why employees love  working here: 

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For more detailed information regarding the minimum qualifications and essential functions of the position, please review the Library Assistant I/II job description.

The Office of the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of GIS Technician II/III to work in the Appraisal Services division of the Office.
 
The GIS Technician II/III will be responsible for:

• Creating and maintaining Assessor's maps and GIS parcel layers
• Locating deeds
• Maintaining and updating legal descriptions, situs addresses, parcel sizes, and Tax Rate Areas
• Supporting departmental and countywide GIS related projects
• Providing related services and support to internal staff, property owners, businesses, and other government agencies

 
The GIS Division of the Office of the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer (ACRE) was recently recognized with an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo), which for the past 51 years has been honoring innovative and effective government programs that strengthen services for residents.  The award was granted for the Office’s GIS Assessor Parcel Web Portal project.  
 
This project, which has moved ACRE to the cutting-edge of modern technology, redesigned the GIS Mapping unit workflows and migrated data to the Esri platform, thereby eliminating manual drafting and enabling the ability to perform all job functions in the Esri platform.  ACRE GIS now utilizes ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Portal, and other Esri software to create, analyze, and share content.  The ACRE GIS team has developed an internal GIS web application to improve appraisal service team productivity.  The new capabilities created through the GIS Web Portal project has had an immediate impact on the County and their taxpayers with more applications.  New applications to streamline field operations and to manage and track assessment assignments will continue to be “rolled out” as an ongoing part of this project and the County’s 5-Year GIS Strategic Plan.   
 
For more information about this Achievement Award please visit:  Assessor’s Office Receives Prestigious National Association of Counties Achievement Award for Innovation and Service | County Manager’s Office (smcgov.org).
 
Now is the time to join this innovative, hard-working team of GIS professionals as they continue to develop and advance the use of GIS technology to improve services to the county residents and businesses and “build healthy, safe, and vibrant communities.”
 
The mission of the Office of the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Chief Elections Officer is to ensure equitable service and treatment of County property owners by accurate and fair valuation of land, improvements and businesses; to register County citizens to vote and efficiently conduct transparent elections; to preserve and protect our historical and cultural records; and to create an accurate public record of recorded transactions relating to people and property within San Mateo County.
We are currently looking for an experienced GIS professional to join the team at the GIS Technician II or GIS Technician III level.
 
GIS Technician II is the journey level class in this series and incumbents at this level are expected to perform skilled GIS and research work in the preparation, maintenance, and amendment of a variety of maps and/or engineering drawings.  The salary range is: $75,566 - $94,453 annually.  
 
GIS Technician III is the advanced level in the series performing more complex GIS assignments requiring more analysis and problem-solving or the lead level in the series, providing lead direction over a team of technical, professional, and/or clerical staff while performing specialized, highly skilled, GIS work. The salary range is: $89,586 - $105,830 annually.  
 
The County provides a competitive and generous benefits and retirement plan for employees.  For more information please visit: https://hr.smcgov.org/Employee-Benefits-Guide. 

Examples of Duties:

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Prepare Assessor's maps, accurately delineating feature locations and boundaries
• Produce maps in an electronic environment using AutoCAD and ArcGIS
• Process standard Parcel updates, combines and splits; process deed locates and calculate distances, ties, angles, areas, station traverses, closures, acreage, and square footage of buildings; and draft a wide variety of maps or engineering drawings
• Compute acreage; plot land descriptions to accurate scale; and interpret and write legal descriptions of properties
• Prepare maps, line drawings, color graphics, charts, graphs, and other documents or materials for use in brochures, reports, and presentations to the Board of Supervisors, the Assessment Appeals Board, and various commissions, boards, or other public agencies
• Perform routine maintenance and troubleshooting on mapping equipment and mapping related computer software
• Assist the public at the counter, on the telephone, or through correspondence providing information on assessment maps, newly created or divided parcels, site addresses, and road names
• Update or modify parcel maps and databases to reflect jurisdictional changes
• Determine and execute the appropriate sequence of processing tasks to appropriately complete an automation assignment
• Update property descriptions into Assessment Rolls
• Lay out, draw, ink, trace, check, and keep up-to-date a variety of district, precinct, utility, reference, topographic, record maps, construction work maps, details, profiles, cross-sections, diagrams, title sheets, and charts
• Create output, such as maps and graphs, using computer and geographic information system software and peripheral equipment; troubleshoot GIS related problems; assist county staff in the development of map layers
• Maintain and update existing data layers and databases; coordinate with staff and other agencies to obtain updated data; check quality of updated data layers for accuracy and any erroneous information
• Perform related duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to qualify is:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in planning, surveying, engineering, computer science, or a closely related field
• Experience:  Two to three years of relevant experience working is the areas of GIS software, GIS automated mapping and drafting, civil engineering, land surveying, geography, cartography, or computer science, including project design, coordination, and operation

 
Knowledge of:

• Principles and concepts of computerized mapping systems and spatial analysis techniques and concepts
• GIS and CAD software
• Basic principles and methods of cartography, geography, and/or engineering drafting, including map projections and scales
• Database structure and design
• Basic research and report writing techniques
• Management information and data communication/translation technology
• Nomenclature, symbols, methods, and instruments used in engineering drafting and mapping
• Logarithmic and trigonometric tables, algebra, and geometry and their application to mapping work especially in computation of distances, angles, and areas
• Applicable codes, regulations, policies, and technical processes and procedures related to assigned department 

 
Skill/Ability to:

• Read, interpret, write, and explain detailed boundary descriptions of real property, deeds, and engineering field notes
• Read and interpret planning, engineering, and building maps and documents
• Read, understand, apply, and explain to others information in county, state, and/or federal regulations relevant to local property assessment and taxation, mapping, subdivision, and ownership of interests in property
• Create and publish form letter documents and compile, archive, and publish statistical reports using a variety of software programs
• Use advanced computer assisted drafting and design program software and related computer equipment
• Organize and input data into the GIS, develop efficient linkages to existing databases, and prepare clear and complete technical reports
• Evaluate information system design and operation and make recommendations for improvement
• Develop and maintain a database structure capable of meeting multiple tasks with minimal redundancy
• Make mathematical computations
• Communicate and work effectively with other county employees and the general public
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions and established procedures in the performance of duties
• Maintain and prepare accurate records
• Organize and complete projects in a timely manner

APPLICATION/EXAMINATION

Anyone may apply. Current San Mateo County employees with at least six months (1040 hours) of continuous service in a classified regular, probationary, SEIU or AFSCME represented extra-help, or temporary position prior to the final filing date will receive five points added to their final passing score on this examination.
 
You must complete the County application and the attached Supplemental Questionnaire, which includes a Training and Experience Evaluation, to be considered for this position.  It is important to answer the questions in the Training and Experience Evaluation truthfully and accurately.  While you have the option of attaching a resume to your application form, a resume will not be considered in lieu of completing the required County application and the Supplemental Questionnaire and Training and Experience Evaluation.
 
The examination process for this recruitment is three-part.  There will be a scored evaluation of relevant training and experience (weight: pass/fail) based solely on the responses to the questions in the first part of the Supplemental questionnaire, the Training and Experience Evaluation. Following that will be an application screening based on the information in the application and on the responses to the narrative questions in the Supplemental Questionnaire.  Because of this process, not all applicants meeting the minimum requirements are guaranteed advancement through the exam process. Only those applicants whose education and experience most closely match the needs of the department will be invited to the oral interview.
 
The examination process will also consist of an oral interview, which may include the completion of a written exercise prior to the interview (weight: 100%). All examinations will be given in San Mateo County and applicants must participate at their own expense.
 
Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the 'Apply' button. If you are not on the County's website, please go to http://jobs.smcgov.org to apply.
 

~Tentative Recruitment Dates~
Final Date for Applying:  June 16, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
Training and Experience Evaluation Scoring:  June 21 – 24, 2021
Application Screening: June 28 - 30, 2021
Panel Interviews: July 12 and/or 13, 2021

The County of San Mateo is a diverse, inclusive workplace, where employees are valued and respected for their different perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and contributions.
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Analyst: Chet Overstreet (05272021) (GIS Technician II/III - V055/V056)

Come join our fun team and share your networking and server experience with this great little city on the peninsula. You’ll have the opportunity to get involved in a variety of projects and provide your expertise in meaningful ways. If you like being a big fish in a small pond, this is the job for you! 

This is an advanced journey level classification tasked with the design, upgrade, maintenance, and overall support of the City’s server and network infrastructure and City-wide information systems/applications.  

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