Project Manager / Senior Project Manager - Oahu, Maui, or Hawaii Island

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Our employees are committed to the company's foundational values: integrity, excellence, teamwork, environmental stewardship, and community commitment. In turn, we invest in our employees, providing opportunities for challenge and advancement and offering a competitive compensation package.

 

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Posting End Date: This position will remain open until filled. Early applications are highly encouraged.  

 

BRIEF POSTING DESCRIPTION:

The P PF PROJECT INITIALIZATION Department of the P INVESTMENT PLANNING & STRATEGY Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. This position may be filled on Oahu, Maui, or Hawaii Island. This posting seeks to fill at either the Project Manager or Senior Project Manager; whichever level is most suited to the qualifications of the applying candidate. (Role: Professional)

 

Project Manager

JOB FUNCTION:

Drives the critical annual and long-term (5-10 years) investment objectives for projects and programs that enhance performance of reliability, resiliency and service across Oahu, Maui County and Hawaii Island. Establishes projects and programs to achieve performance-based investments. 

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Project Initialization

• Provides project management expertise required to develop the scope for T&D projects and programs in sufficient detail to develop a schedule and cost Class Level 4 estimates that can be used for initialization.
• Anticipates potential challenges, provides project management expertise, and develops appropriate strategies to address these challenges.
• Works with the planning department and other internal departments to finalize project scopes. Evaluates and selects the best solution amongst alternatives to develop schedule, costs and risks for projects.
• Initiates projects and programs in alignment with the corporate budget process.
• Coordinates across multiple divisions, as part of the asset strategy investment planning process, to input projects and programs into the company portfolio for review and approval at the executive level.

Project Planning

• Confirms/clarifies project initiation scope, stakeholders, requirements, expectations, goals, objectives, deliverables, constraints, risks, and milestones.
• Develops and maintains project initiation schedule, scope and costs.
• Plans, organizes, and manages all project initiation tasks including but not limited to organizing project team, role and responsibilities, resources, schedule, costs, controls, risk and contingency measures, performance criteria/measurement for communications, budgeting, and that support project initialization activities.
• Develops necessary strategies required to meet project goals.
• Makes early identification of potential problem areas.

Alternatives Evaluation

• Evaluates alternative scenarios to achieve a functional project scope at a level that allows for the development of a project initiation plan; through the coordination of various internal and external stakeholders to identify schedule and cost implications and potential risks. 

Drives Efficiency

• Drives efficiency through the utilization of standardized T&D engineering design and materials.
• Works with the Conceptual Engineering department and other internal departments to ensure that work initiated is supported by purchasers and suppliers that provide materials and equipment consistent with design specifications and technical requirements.
• Develops, monitors, analyzes metrics to track project progress and performance, including performance-based metrics and KPIs for the division and process areas, as needed.
• Ensure that budgeted goals and performance outcomes are ac