Project Manager / Senior Project Manager - Oahu

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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.

 

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

 

BRIEF POSTING DESCRIPTION:

The P PD PROJECT MANAGEMENT Department of the P OPERATIONS PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: Professional). This posting seeks to fill at either the Project Manager or Sr Project Manager level; whichever level is most suited to the qualifications of the applying candidate.

 

PROJECT MANAGER

JOB FUNCTION:

Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing scope, schedule, and costs for Energy Delivery projects and programs requiring complex regulatory approvals, land/Right-of-Way acquisition, public relations management, or cross-functional/multilevel (internal) management from conceptualization/inception through budgeting, design, approval, procurement, construction, placement in operation, and project closing.  Serves as a focal point for all project/program matters and is responsible for meeting all project related objectives.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Working closely with Supervisor and Sr. Project Managers:

• Plans, organizes, and manages all project and/or program tasks associated with scoping, budgeting, design, approval, procurement, construction, placement in operation, and closing of projects.  Provides project leadership and work direction and secures commitment from team members in meeting project milestones.  Ensures team members have all resources, information, and direction necessary to successfully perform their jobs.  Evaluates progress and performance of team members and implements personnel actions necessary to accomplish objectives including recognition, redirection, recruitment, and replacement of team members.
• Serves as the focal point for all programs/projects related matters.  Works with and through community groups, neighborhood boards, government agencies, the media, other utilities and private companies, the City Council, the State Legislature, and the PUC to disseminate information, address concerns, obtain permits and approvals, and resolve project-related problems.  Prepares and provides testimonies and presentations at internal strategic meetings, public meetings, and regulatory hearings as necessary. 
• Develops necessary strategies required to meet program/project goals.  Makes early identification of potential problem areas.  Solves problems to ensure attainment of program/project goals.  Redirects planning, design, purchasing, permits/approvals or construction to prevent or minimize constraints or actions which may delay schedules or add costs to programs and projects in construction.  Conducts inspections of construction sites as necessary.
• Develops and maintains program/project schedules.  Prepares and presents program/project progress and cost reports internally and externally as required.
• Works with Regulatory Affairs, Budgets, Management Accounting & Financial Services, Community Relations, Government Relations, Corporate Communications, Legal, Energy Delivery departments, and others in obtaining approvals.  Obtains Company authorizations for expenditures for funds for engineering, materials, and construction.  Reviews and approves procurement for program permitting, design, material, and construction and for project material and construction.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response.

 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge Requirements

• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, and engineering and construction practices in the transmission and distribution and/or generation fields, normally acquired through college-level training and/or equivalent experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from a nationally recognized org