Enterprise Program and Project Consultant

We recognize our competitive advantage -- our people. We believe in our people, who share our vision of meeting the needs of our employees, customers, and communities and who carry out the continued success of the company.

 

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: 04/03/2025 at 11:59PM HST

 

BRIEF POSTING DESCRIPTION:

The P EP ENTERPRISE EXECUTION Department of the P ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: Professional)

 

 

JOB FUNCTION:

Plans, directs, manages and controls the functions and activities of the division to provide expert program and project management execution, consulting and mentoring enterprise wide.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Develops or leads others who develop program/project plans and schedules with cost estimates, and the strategies and tactics to meet them (including work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, responsibility matrices, and communication and risk management plans). Coaches program/project directors/managers and teams to ensure their success. Identifies and augments weaknesses of existing program/project managers/directors and their teams when needed. Solves problems and leads program/project managers/directors and team members to achieve program/project goals. Achieves early-identification of potential problem areas. Arranges and conducts consulting and mentoring to reinforce and improve the execution of program/project management approaches or standards. Ensures that program/project managers/directors and their team members have the resources, information and direction necessary to successfully perform their jobs. Prepares and presents program/project progress, reviews and cost reports as required. Updates enterprise program/project management standards and ensures that specific Subject Matter Expert issues are incorporated.
• Provides indirect oversight and assistance to programs/projects not directly managed by the Enterprise Project Management Office. Consolidates status and assessments for tracking and reporting purposes. Identifies opportunities to leverage common resources and to avoid inter-project resource or dependency conflicts. Escalates issues requiring executive attention as appropriate to ensure the success of programs/projects.
• Performs program/project technical reviews/audits to ensure compliance with standards, company policies and SOX/regulatory requirements, and alignment with program/project plans or specifications; prepares reports of findings.
• Builds effective partnerships with executives and managers throughout HEI, HECO, HELCO and MECO. Learns the capabilities, challenges and goals of client organizations and incorporates those into effective project management initiatives. Participates in strategic planning efforts at both the corporate and business unit level at the executive management level.
• Participates as a subject matter expert in program/project management and organizational change management in order to identify enterprise wide challenges and opportunities. Designs and implements necessary interventions.
• Recommends and assists in the selection of cross-functional/functional program/project teams. Provides performance feedback to program/project managers/directors and team members.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response.

 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge Requirements

• Subject matter expertise in the execution of programs/projects in either:
  • engineering and construction practices in the utility transmission, distribution, and/or generation fields; normally acquired through college level courses or equivalent experience.

And/Or

• • principles and theorie