Exempt to Permanent – General Laborer (7514) Citywide (163521)

City and County of San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

THIS IS A CITYWIDE RECRUITMENT FOR CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES ONLY This is an Exempt to Permanent recruitment in accordance with Class-Based Test (CBT) Civil Service Rules. This recruitment is restricted to current exempt employees of the City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Unified School District, or San Francisco City College, working within the 7514 General Laborer classification. ABOUT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: 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. 7514 GENERAL LABORER (#163521) RECRUITMENT: Application Opening: February 2, 2026 Application Deadline: This job will close no sooner than February 9, 2026. Salary Range: $77,402- $94,094 Click Here for more compensation information. Recruitment ID: E2P-7514-163521 / RTF0160707-01131632 Job Description Under general supervision, performs a variety of manual labor tasks such as removing debris from construction, maintenance, wrecking, or repair work; loading and unloading materials, supplies, furniture, and equipment; may work as part of a crew with other crafts; and operating various types of equipment and machinery including pneumatic and hand tools associated with general construction.

Requirements

Current Category 16, 17, or 18 Exempt Employee in Class 7514 who has worked at least 2,080 hours in class 7514
Experience: Three (3) years (6000 hours) of journey-level experience as a general laborer in the construction field
License and Certification: Possession of a valid Class C California driver license (must be maintained during employment).
Substitution: Completion of a California Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) or United States Department of Labor (DOL) approved apprentice construction laborer program may be substituted for the required experience.

Responsibilities

Excavates trenches (using various pneumatic and hand tools, including 90-pound jackhammers) for water and sewer lines, underground utility repair, or electrical conduits; backfills and compacts excavations; and potholes transmission mains and service piping.
Clears culverts, stakes fabric to prevent erosion of work sites, and cements and rip-raps upstream and downstream of culverts.
Stabilizes embankments by building wetwalls and drywalls alongside roadways and waterways.
Clears obstacles prior to machine mowing.
Serves as flag operator and sets up traffic barricades and lights or other barriers around work sites (on streets or in other locations).
Clears and chips vegetation, brush, limbs; clears firebreaks, watershed roadways, v-ditches, jogging and foot paths, pipeline rights-of-way, around structures, buildings, risers, vaults, and valve lots; cuts access routes to watershed domestic utility lines and springs; removes small trees and grinds stumps.
Installs and maintains chain link, barbed wire and hogwire fencing; cements watershed gate posts and chain link fence posts.
Loads and unloads materials, supplies, furniture, and/or equipment by hand or with booms, power tailgate, forklift, and other moving equipment for moving to and from worksites (examples: jackhammers, sandbags, cement bags, debris bags, railroad ties, whackers, vibratory plates).
Removes and cleans up debris resulting from construction, maintenance, wrecking, or repair work around grounds and building areas using hands, broom, shovel, wheel barrow, etc.
Works in confined spaces to assist in cleaning and flushing catch basins, septic tanks, or sewage treatment plants with shovels, hoses, and pumps to ensure proper drainage of the sewer system.
Operates and maintains pneumatic, electrical, mechanical, and hand tools including air compressors, jack hammers, tie tampers, sand blasters, steam cleaners, hoists, drills, chain saws, cement mixers, chipping guns, weed whackers, spaders, stump grinders, fence stretchers, aerial lift buckets, and other hand tools to assist craft workers in getting their jobs done.
Mixes and prepares concrete.
Assists in the application of concrete and asphalt to repair roads and sidewalks.
Sweeps streets and sidewalks
Applies disinfectants, de-greasers, and herbicides to streets and sidewalks.
Scrubs streets, sidewalks, and plazas with a broom or high-pressure water hose.
Picks up litter and puts debris into bags.
Cleans up illegal dumping sites, spills on city streets, and sites of accidents.
Removes litter and signs from poles and benches.
Operates motorized sidewalk sweepers to clean sidewalks.
Uses radio communication system or other communication devices.
Manages a tool room, distributing tools and tracking inventory.
Completes forms such as work orders, daily work or field reports, and/or accident report forms.
Drives a truck and/or car to work sites and follows route or other maps.
Prepare surfaces for painting; removes graffiti from public/private property using a computerized color matching program, soda blaster, and/or steam cleaner.