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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: 

Welcome Brochure 

City of Burlingame is a Great Place to Work Video

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

The Library and Community Services Department is entering an exciting period of growth and change with the construction of a new, multi-generational, multi-use community campus facility beginning this summer. We value service, community engagement, and professionalism. We hold ourselves and our team accountable, and we praise a can-do mind set. Help us grow our community of readers, learners and community stewards.

This recruitment will establish an eligibility list which may be used for future Librarian I/II vacancies in youth services, adult services, literacy services and library e-services & technology. Our current opening is for a full-time librarian position who will engage in youth services and literacy services.

The department’s youth services team focus on our community’s youth, providing early literacy support, developing the collection, and preparing and presenting programs. The department’s literacy team amongst other initiatives facilities ESL instruction through one on one tutoring, ESL classes and conversation groups, and provides family literacy services. They also assist with digital literacy instruction in collaboration with our senior services team.

We seek flexible library professionals who have the capability to work collaboratively across library teams.

The City of Redwood City invites you to apply for the position of Assistant City Attorney, which may be filled at a Senior Assistant City Attorney level depending on the candidate’s experience. This is an excellent opportunity for motivated individuals with a solid legal background to play a key role in providing important services for our City and community. We are a relatively small office of five full-time lawyers, and strive for a collaborative working style that fosters harmonious relationships both within the office and among internal clients and members of the public. 

• Please click on the job announcement file below to review the recruitment flyer.
• Applications will be reviewed continuously as they are received.
• This recruitment schedule was amended on May 27, 2021 to extend the Final Filing Date. This recruitment has been changed to “Continuous”.
• Apply immediately as selections may be made at any time within the process. The first round of oral board interviews is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

A complete application is required,  including written responses to the supplemental questionnaire. In addition, your application must include the following three required materials:

1.        Resume

2.        Cover letter

3.       Short writing sample (1-3 pages preferred) where you were the primary author that provided legal advice to a client or to a more senior attorney in order to advise a client.

The Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo is seeking qualified candidates for multiple full-time Court Reporter positions. The court's mission is to apply the law fairly to protect individual freedom and to promote the welfare of the people. Join us in meeting our goal of continuing to find innovative ways to conduct business and provide essential court services to our community. Apply today!

Court Reporters stenotype a verbatim record of courtroom proceedings and provide general support to the assigned judge related to the official record. Court Reporters work in any court department, including but not limited to, arraignment calendars, family law, civil and criminal trials, law and motion, juvenile, and preliminary hearings, in any of the court's three locations throughout San Mateo County.

The ideal candidate for the Court Reporter position has experience transcribing a full range of courtroom proceedings, is familiar with real time reporting, and possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Certification and/or experience with real time reporting is highly desired. The Court offers differential pay of 10% for employees with real time state certification or 5% for real time court certification.

Please visit http://www.sanmateocourt.org/ for more information on our organization.

NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help and regular classified vacancies.

Examples of Duties:

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Attend courtroom sessions to record court proceedings
• Prepare verbatim transcripts of court proceedings including testimony, objections, rulings, pleas, and sentences
• Read aloud Court reporting notes at the request of the Court
• Certify the accuracy of Court transcripts
• Prepare indexes of witnesses and exhibits and file official transcripts with the Court
• Operate a variety of office equipment including computers and printers
• Respond to requests and inquiries from litigants
• Perform related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Licensure/Certification: 

• Valid Certified Shorthand Reporter License issued by the State of California.

Education and Experience: 

• Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying.

Knowledge of: 

• Methods and techniques of courtroom procedures
• Laws, regulations, and judicial procedures related to court reporting
• Legal, medical, professional, and technical terminology used in a courtroom setting
• Records management practices and procedures, including indexing and cross-indexing
• Correct English usage, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Principles and techniques for dealing with the public, often when relations may be strained

Skill/Ability to:

• Transcribe a full range of courtroom proceedings
• Operate courtroom stenotype equipment
• Use standard office equipment, such as a personal or on-line computer
• Organize and prioritize work, meet critical time deadlines, and coordinate multiple activities
• Deal tactfully and effectively with a variety of individuals
• Exercise initiative and sound independent judgment within established guidelines
• Organize and maintain accurate files and records
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions

Application/Examination

Anyone may apply. This recruitment is being conducted by the County of San Mateo for the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County.  This position is with the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County.

Responses to the Training and Experience Evaluation supplemental questions must be submitted in addition to our regular employment application form. A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for the required employment application and supplemental questionnaire.

The examination process will consist of a scored relevant Training and Experience (T&E) evaluation based solely on the candidates' responses to the supplemental questions (weight: 100%). Candidates who receive a passing score on the T&E evaluation will be placed on an eligible list in rank order, determined by the score attained from the evaluation of the training and experience. The top candidates from the eligible list will be forwarded to the hiring department for an interview, which is the basis for final selection.

Because of this screening process, applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the next phase of the examination process. Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations. All examinations will be given in San Mateo County, California, and applicants must participate at their own expense.

NOTE: The detailed information you provide in the supplemental questionnaire should be consistent with the information in your standard County application and resume. All information provided is subject to verification.

IMPORTANT: 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 https://jobs.smcgov.org/ to apply.

Online applications must be received by the Human Resources Department before midnight on the final filing date.

Recruitment Schedule: This is a continuous recruitment.  As applications are received they will be reviewed and the Training and Experience Evaluation will be scored. 

Interviews will be scheduled for those candidates who pass the Training and Experience Evaluation with high scores, indicating strong qualifications for the position.  Because this is a continuous recruitment these positions could be filled at any time.  We encourage to apply immediately in order to be considered for these excellent opportunities. 
 
The Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage applications from candidates who will contribute to our diversity.

Please Note: The County is conducting this recruitment for the Superior Court.  This position is with the Superior Court of California. 

Analyst: Chet Overstreet (02092021) (Court Reporter - X064)