General Laborer - Real Estate Division (TPV 7514)
City and County of San FranciscoCompany Description
The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments provide core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco.
The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Vision
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About Real Estate Division (RED)
The Real Estate Division is comprised of a team of over 220 full time staff delivering professional real estate services to a variety of clients. The Division is comprised of four main subparts: Administration/Building Management, Transactions, Engineering, and Custodial , and acts as a real estate consultant to Departments, the Mayor, and the Board of Supervisors.
We have responsibility for: Real Property Transactions: Acquisition and leases of real property required for City purposes (including searches, negotiations and drafting of real property agreement); Sale of surplus real property owned by the City; ; Operations at the Alemany Farmers' and Flea Markets (100 Alemany); Providing Custodial and Engineering services for various City departments at over 60 different locations; Full service property management services to over 5,000,000 square feet of city-owned offices, including City Hall, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 25 Van Ness, 49 South Van Ness, Public Safety Building (San Francisco Police Headquarters), Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and the Hall of Justice.
Job Description
Department: City Administrator - Real Estate Division
Job class: 7514 General Laborer
Salary range: $77,402/year to $94,094/year
Role type: Temporary Provisional (TPV)
Hours: Full-time
Application Opening: Monday, February 23, 2026
Application Deadline: Apply Immediately. Application filing will be open at least through 11:59 pm (PST) Wednesday, February 25, 2026 and will close any time thereafter.
✅ Required Supplemental Questionnaire due at the time of application: https://forms.office.com/g/vXj024icme
Appointment Type: This is a Temporary Provisional (TPV) position excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process. It is considered "at will" and shall serve at the discretion of the Department Head. This is not a permanent appointment. A provisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service examination for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process in order to be considered for permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years.
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.
This class is the entry-level class in the laborer series. Positions involve sustained physical effort and exposure to a variety of disagreeable working conditions and inclement weather.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.
1. 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.
2. Clears culverts, stakes fabric to prevent erosion of work sites, and cements and rip-raps upstream and downstream of culverts.
3. Stabilizes embankments by building wet walls and drywalls alongside roadways and waterways.
4. Clears obstacles prior to machine mowing.
5. Serves as flag operator and sets up traffic barricades and lights or other barriers around work sites (on streets or in other locations).
6. 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.
7. Installs and maintains chain link, barbed wire and hogwire fencing; cements watershed gate posts and chain link fence posts.
8. 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).
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Mixes and prepares concrete.
13. Assists in the application of concrete and asphalt to repair roads and sidewalks.
14. Sweeps streets and sidewalks
15. Applies disinfectants, de-greasers, and herbicides to streets and sidewalks.
16. Scrubs streets, sidewalks, and plazas with a broom or high-pressure water hose.
17. Picks up litter and puts debris into bags.
18. Cleans up illegal dumping sites, spills on city streets, and sites of accidents.
19. Removes litter and signs from poles and benches.
20. Operates motorized sidewalk sweepers to clean sidewalks.
21. Uses radio communication system or other communication devices.
22. Manages a tool room, distributing tools and tracking inventory.
23. Completes forms such as work orders, daily work or field reports, and/or accident report forms.
24. Drives a truck and/or car to work sites and follows route or other maps.
25. Prepare surfaces for painting; removes graffiti from public/private property using a computerized color matching program, soda blaster, and/or steam cleaner.
IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of: safe work practices, and safety equipment.
Ability and Skill to: perform basic general labor procedures such as shoveling, trenching, grading, cribbing, lifting and carrying heavy materials; load and unload trucks, wheel barrows, etc.; break up pavement and concrete and assist in mixing and putting in sidewalks, streets, and pathways; take care of tools and equipment; wear appropriate forms of respiratory protection equipment; read, write, and follow oral and written instructions and complete simple reports; interact with co-workers, supervisors and the public in a polite and friendly manner; drive a car or truck to work sites and follow route or other maps; use pneumatic and hand tools such as air compressors, jack hammers, sand blasters, tampers, concrete saws, chipping guns, chainsaws, concrete mixers, water pumps, air hoses, shovels, pipe and crescent wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, hammers, crowbars, scoops, and hacksaws, etc.
Qualifications
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.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Special Requirements: Physical strength, endurance, and dexterity to perform tasks such as lifting and/or handling materials and objects weighing up to 90 pounds, carrying such materials at least 50 feet, balancing 10-foot long pieces of lumber; sustained physical effort , frequently under adverse weather conditions and/or disagreeable working conditions, such as working on roads or streets in traffic or in cold or rain or being exposed to feces and urine, raw sewage, used syringes, toxic and hazardous materials, poison oak, poisonous snakes, and insects; and confined space entry.
Additional Information
Additional Information
Supplemental Questionnaire (Qualifying):
All candidates must complete a supplemental questionnaire as part of the employment application. Please see this link to submit the supplemental questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/g/vXj024icme
The supplemental questionnaire will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications and will not be scored. All work experience, education, training and other information provided should also be included in the work history and/or education sections of your application and is subject to verification.
Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams [CPE Exams only]
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The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.