Sr. Asset Strategist

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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:  at 11:59PM HST

 

BRIEF POSTING DESCRIPTION:

The P RP ASSET PROGRAMS Department of the P ASSET PLANNING & STRATEGY Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: PROFESSIONAL)

 

 

JOB FUNCTION:

Functional focus on developing, refreshing, and refining asset replacement, spares, testing, inspection, maintenance, and vegetation management strategies across all operating areas (O'ahu, Maui County, and Hawai'i Island) and including prioritized work plan scoping. Leads collaborative team efforts to assess and address risks of Hawaiian Electric's transmission and distribution systems assets. Leads participant in work prioritization efforts and responsible for assigned work plan scoping across all operating areas.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Asset Strategy Development: Leads the department's efforts to develop, refresh, and refine asset replacement, spares, testing, inspection, maintenance, and vegetation management strategies. Responsibilities include collecting/mining data, identifying issues, assessing risks, establishing goals and objectives, identifying options, analyzing/modeling solution scenarios, determining prudent risk-informed solutions and timelines, identifying appropriate metrics and tracking mechanisms, and presenting strategies for approvals.
• Monitoring: Leads the department's efforts to track and evaluate the execution and effectiveness of asset replacement, spares, testing, inspection, maintenance, and vegetation management strategies and work plans. Tracks and assesses asset condition/health, performance, and costs. Leads the department's efforts to track monthly, year-to-date, annual, and historical program metrics such as units completed, cost, failures, failure rates, and asset health.
• Prioritization and Work Plan Development: Leads the department's efforts to prioritize and develop multi-year asset sustainment work plans related to the asset replacement, spares, testing, inspection, maintenance, and vegetation management programs.
• Industry Knowledge and Leading Practices: Develops an understanding and knowledge about latest thinking and leading practices in the industry including asset management philosophies, processes, methods, trends, new technology and applications, inspections, maintenance, etc.
• Support and Improvement: Supports the department and division in the development of systems, processes, procedures, methods, or other means needed to facilitate the smooth and effective functioning of the department and division.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response.

 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant engineering, math, science, data science, or science-related major from an accredited school or college or equivalent work experience is preferred.
• Master of Business Administration degree from an accredited school or college is desirable.
• Advanced knowledge about electric transmission and distribution systems and energy delivery assets (e.g., poles, underground cable, overhead conductor) normally acquired through college-level education and/or equivalent experience.
• Advanced knowledge in, and capability to further develop expertise in, the following areas: utility operations and assets, utility financial and accounting principles, utility regulation, utility information systems, asset lifecycle cost principles, asset life expectancy concepts and applications, risk principles and applications, reliability metrics and impact on utility operations, risk-based utility inspection and maintenance programs, asset management principles, and consultative selling principles.

 

Skills Requirements

• Adaptable: Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and adapt to rapidly changing priorities and strategic direction.
• Analytical: Ability to create and interpret trends, models, forecasts, and simulations.
• Communication: Written, oral, and listening communication skills and ability to articulate ideas and concepts clearly and concisely.
• Computer Applications: Expertise