Utility Specialist - Risk Management & Business Analysis - Power Enterprise – SFPUC (5602) (164129) (EXEMPT)

Application Opening: 8/21/2026 Application Filing Deadline: original 9/11/2026 - New date 9/18/26 (extending to broaden the candidate pool)  Recruitment ID :  RTF0164128-01137126 APPOINTMENT TYPE: Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months. WHO ARE WE? San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care. Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness. We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.gov . We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality. To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.gov/about-us/careers-sfpuc Power Enterprise The Power Enterprise, within the SFPUC, has two separate power programs, Hetch Hetchy Power, San Francisco’s Publicly Owned Utility serving 150 MW of retail load, and CleanPowerSF, San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation program, serving 500+ MW of retail load. Power Enterprise serves this load with a combination of owned and purchased resources. SFPUC owns and operates the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Project, which includes hydro-electric power generation in Moccasin, California; solar arrays throughout San Francisco; and biogas cogeneration facilities, which together produce cost-effective energy with a zero greenhouse gas (GHG-free) emission profiles. Both of these power programs’ supply portfolios exceed State minimum renewable content. Power Enterprise provides its retail customers with distributed energy resource programs. In addition to these retail electricity service offerings, Power Enterprise is responsible for San Francisco street and pedestrian lighting. Project : Special Projects & Financial Feasibility    Power Enterprise is experiencing a growing number of high-impact electricity service requests from large and strategically important customers, including SFO, the Steam Loop system, Port electrification initiatives, and other major infrastructure projects. These opportunities require rigorous and defensible financial evaluation to manage capital investment, cost recovery, and long-term risk exposure. To address this surge in complex project activity and to build structured evaluation capability, this position will lead financial feasibility analysis for these large, complex electricity service requests and strategic electrification initiatives, including development of detailed business case evaluations, scenario and risk analysis, and coordination of cross-functional inputs to support executive decision-making. In addition to supporting active high-priority projects, the position will develop and document financial modeling tools and evaluation methodologies during the project term to enable transition of this capability into regular business functions.                                                                                                                                                                                                          Essential Functions: Lead financial feasibility evaluations for large load projects and strategic electrification initiatives, including development of comprehensive business cases and valuation analyses (NPV, IRR, payback, and cost recovery assessment). Develop and enhance project financial models to evaluate capital investment, revenue sufficiency, rate impacts, and long-term financial exposure. Conduct project sensitivity, scenario, and risk analyses to assess load uncertainty, market volatility, regulatory changes, and potential stranded asset risk. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Customer Engagement, Engineering, Retail Services, Reg/Leg, and Finance) to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and ensure analytical consistency. Improve model structure and functionality by incorporating validation checks, documentation, and version control practices to enhance reliability and transparency. Develop and document consistent project evaluation methodologies, including cost estimation, forecasting approaches, discounting assumptions, and performance metrics. Prepare clear, concise executive-level reports, presentations, and decision memoranda summarizing findings, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations. Organize and maintain centralized records of assumptions, models, and historical analyses to support transparency, continuity, and audit readiness. Provide training and structured knowledge transfer to internal staff and support implementation of documented processes to enable transition of analytical capability into regular business functions. Perform other related duties. Education: 1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university preferably with major coursework in Law, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Computer Science, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other field related to the utility business; AND Experience: 2. Four years of verifiable journey-level work experience in one or more of the following areas: planning, scheduling, cost estimati