Airport Electrician (9240) – Citywide – (A00034)
City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco, California, United States
This is a Citywide Exam posting. Your application to this posting is an application to take a citywide exam.
Specific information regarding this recruitment process is listed below.
- Application Opening: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Application Deadline: Apply Immediately. Application filing will be open at least through Tuesday October 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm, and will close any time thereafter
- Salary range: $169,364 Annually - (Appointments to this job class enter at Step 5)
- Work Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week. Shift times will vary, and employees must be able to work day, swing, or night shifts as needed, which may include weekends and holidays.
- Work Location: San Francisco International Airport Facilities
- Recruitment ID: CBT-9240-A00034
San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth & innovation, urban development, arts & entertainment, as well as social issues & change. This rich tapestry of culture and ideas is sustained by our City’s commitment to heighten the quality of life for the diverse population of San Franciscans and residents of the greater Bay Area. Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco.
Learn more about the City’s hiring process here: https://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/process/
Under direction, the Airport Electrician performs journey-level electrical work to maintain and repair SFO’s high and low voltage electrical systems, ensuring their safe, reliable and continuous operation. This position supports testing and troubleshooting of critical electrical infrastructure to prevent outages and provides technical guidance to tenants and contractors. It also requires accurate record-keeping and adherence to operational policies to maintain compliance and support airport-wide electrical reliability. The role involves work in environments with potential serious injury hazards.
The essential functions of this classification include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Maintains, operates and adjusts electrical primary power substations ranging from 2,300 to 12,000 voltage, including circuit breakers, relays, batteries and controls.
- Maintains high voltage power lines; locates and isolates faulty sections and removes, installs and makes connections where necessary.
- Installs watt-hour meter systems, connects potential transformers, current transformers, phase shifting transformers, test switches, reactive meters, demand meters and watt-hour meters.
- Maintains, operates and repairs the 5,000-volt airfield runway lighting system, including taxiways, guidance sign system, airways code beacon, rotating beacon and hazard lights.
- Maintains, operates and repairs electric motors and control apparatus used in pumping drainage water and sewage.
- Maintains, operates and adjusts standby engine generators used for emergency power; checks electrical failures for airport, tenants in the absence of tenant personnel in cases of emergency.
- Collects data for engineer's planned expansion projects and meets with tenants and contractors and advises or availability of facilities for future expansion projects.
- Inspects completed work for compliance with airport standards and requirements.
- Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
1. Education: Requires completion of a recognized electrician's (Line worker or Inside Wireman) apprenticeship program.
AND
2. Experience: Requires two (2) years of verifiable journey-level electrician experience in the installation, maintenance, and operation of high voltage (above 600 volts) industrial power transmission and distribution systems.
AND
3. License and Certification: Requires possession of a valid California driver's license.
Substitution: Additional experience as a journey level electrician, performing installation, servicing, and repair to electrical systems, devices, and related components can be substituted for the five (5) year apprenticeship program, on a year for year basis.
***Please attach your apprenticeship completion certificate if you have one
One year full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above 40 hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.
Note: Applicants must meet the minimum qualification by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Two Years Experience using medium voltage test equipment. Must be capable of safely differentiating live versus dead lines using a contact tester.
- Demonstrated experience working safely on electrical systems operating above 600 volts.
- Medium voltage cable splicing experience.
- Familiarity with the operation and basic troubleshooting of medium-voltage substation controls.
- Experience with airfield lighting systems.
The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.
Verification of Education and Experience
Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Review SF Careers Employment Applications for considerations taken when reviewing applications.
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://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/experience-education/.
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 Procedure:
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which includes the following:
Oral/ Performance Examination (Weight: 100%):
Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be invited to participate in an oral/performance examination designed to measure their relative knowledge, ability and skill levels in in job-related areas. Written, assessment type, or other performance-based exercises may be utilized.
A passing score must be achieved on the Oral/Performance Examination in order to continue in the selection process and be placed/ranked on the Eligible List Score Report.
NOTE: Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through all of the steps in the selection procedure.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Clearance
Candidates for employment with the San Francisco Airport Commission are required to undergo a criminal history record check, including FBI fingerprints, and Security Threat Assessment in order to determine eligibility for security clearance and may be required to undergo drug/alcohol screening. Per Civil Service Commission Rule Section 110.9.1, every applicant for an examination must possess and maintain the qualifications required by law and by the examination announcement for the examination. Failure to obtain and maintain security clearance may be basis for termination