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Manager, Planning - Oahu

Date:Sep 20, 2024

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii (HI), US, 96791

Company: hawaiianel

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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 YP PSED PLANNING Department of the P POWER SUPPLY ENGINEERING Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: Manager Supervisor)

JOB FUNCTION:

Manages the planning for boiler, electrical, and turbine maintenance functions and activities at the power generating stations while complying with all applicable safety and environmental regulations and laws.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Manages the planning and scheduling for the repair of major and/or critical power plant machinery and equipment to ensure availability to meet system demands while optimizing the use of internal resources. Conducts on-site field investigations.

• Manages the planning and scheduling of labor and non-labor resources to ensure operating equipment availability and reliability. Organizes and schedules major power plant O&M and capital projects such as boiler, turbine, and generator overhauls, preventative, predictive, corrective maintenance programs, and condition assessment programs, and plant modernization projects. Ensures compliance with all state and federal regulatory requirements.

• Supervises work of assigned personnel, including performance appraisals, teamwork and self-directed workforce, two-way communication, training and development, safety, and discipline.

• Coordinates, analyzes, and prepares the Division’s O&M forecasts including the determination of appropriate staffing, tooling, and material requirements for maintaining power plant equipment and facilities.

• Promotes teamwork and self-directed workforce to support quality initiatives and Company values.

• Supports two-way communications to ensure a focused and well-informed workforce.

• Interacts with all employees and other internal and external suppliers and customers in a positive, supportive, and collaborative manner, to ensure the fulfillment of Company strategic objectives.

• Models behaviors consistent with Company values. Works with others to accomplish goals and objectives and maintain improvement in practices and procedures.

• Promotes teamwork, reinforces, and mentors subordinates in the application of improvement tools, techniques, and behaviors to expose and eliminate waste from daily work assignments.

• Effectively applies the Daily Management System methods to continuously improve the safety, quality, speed, timeliness, and cost of all work processes within assigned span of control.

• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response.

  BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  Knowledge Requirements

• Knowledge of boilers, turbines, generators, and related auxiliary equipment or equivalent related to operation and maintenance.

• Working knowledge of power plant operations and maintenance or equivalent.

• Working knowledge of personal computers and/or mainframe systems and related software applications (i.e., spreadsheets, word processing, work order management system, scheduling system, etc.)

• Thorough knowledge of union contracts, Company policies, and Department policies/practices.

• Thorough familiarity with applicable state and federal regulations/permits, laws, and codes.

• Working knowledge of continuous improvement deployment system, principles, procedures, tools, and desired behaviors.

  Skills Requirements

• Ability to effectively communicate with various levels of the organization, both verbally and in written communication.

• Supervisory/leadership skills and abilities to work with a variety of individuals occasionally dealing with sensitive, difficult, or confrontational issues.

• Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and adapt to rapidly changing priorities and assignments.

• Ability to handle difficult or sensitive issues while using tact, courtesy, and discretion.

• Must have or be able to qualify for a State of Hawaii driver’s license. Must meet the standards for required driving positions in the Hiring Standards for Required Driving Positions policy.

  Experience Requirements

• Multiple years (7-10) of related maintenance and operational experience in an electric utility or equivalent.

• Several years (3-5) of related work experience in a supervisory capacity.

• A few years (1-2) of related experience in preparing operating budgets and managing expenses.

  Role: Manager Supervisor

  Number of Vacancies: 1

  Location: Honolulu – Oahu

  Hiring Range: The hiring range for the Manager, Planning - Oahu [Req ID 9234] position is $118,200.00 to $153,600.00. The person selected will be placed according to his/her skills and qualifications.

  About Hawaiian Electric Companies

Hawaiian Electric Companies provide electricity and services to 95 percent of the state's 1.4 million residents. The company is also one of the state's leading employers and a major contributor and supporter of community and educational programs.

The demand for power that has fueled the growth of the Hawaiian Islands has been met by Hawaiian Electric Companies for well over a century. And as the next millennium unfolds, the company is committed to providing quality service and seeking clean local energy sources to power generations of Hawaii families and businesses to come. Visit us at http://hawaiianelectric.com.

Interested individuals should apply online. The application must clearly indicate the demonstrated experience/knowledge/skills/abilities the candidate possesses which specifically qualifies him/her for the position.

Applicant Certification

By submitting an application for the position, candidates:

1. Authorize the Hawaiian Electric Companies to confirm all statements contained in the application and/or any materials submitted and made a part of the application as they relate to the position and to the extent permitted by law;

2. Authorize and consent to, without reservation, the Hawaiian Electric Companies sharing any and all information regarding previous or present employment, educational training or personal information from their records and from any other source with the hiring department or subsidiary company;

3. Release, discharge, and hold harmless, Hawaiian Electric Companies, from any and all liability for any damage which may be claimed as a result of furnishing such information to the hiring department or subsidiary company;

4. Authorizes release and transfer of all personnel records to be maintained by the hiring company in the event of an inter-company transfer; and

5. Authorize, direct, and consent to Hawaiian Electric Companies and/or its authorized agents to conduct investigations into candidates' background. These investigations may include, but are not limited to searches for information about applicants; record of criminal convictions to the extent permitted by law, education records, professional certifications, personal character references, and employment history.

   EEO Statement

Hawaiian Electric Companies is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. We actively seek diversity among our employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex/gender (including gender identity/expression), ancestry/national origin, disability, marital status, arrest and court record, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, or other protected categories in accordance with state and federal laws. We further encourage individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply.

Hawaiian Electric Companies complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any request for reasonable accommodation needed during the application process should be communicated by the candidate to the HR Service Center at (808) 543-4848.

Affiliate Disclaimer

Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Maui Electric Company, and Hawaii Electric Light (“Company”) are Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) regulated companies. The disclosure relating to Affiliate Transaction Requirements that follows is made pursuant to the PUC’s Decision and Order No. 35962, issued on December 19, 2018, and subsequently modified by Order No. 36112, issued on January 24, 2019 in Docket No. 2018-0065.

By submitting your application, you understand and acknowledge that, if you are hired by the Company and subsequently transferred, assigned or otherwise employed by an Affiliate, said Affiliate will be required to make a one-time payment to the Company in an amount up to twenty-five percent (25%) of your base annual compensation.

In addition, if you are hired by the Company and subsequently transferred, assigned or otherwise employed by an Affiliate or an Affiliate-Related Entity, for a period of one year, you cannot appear in negotiations or otherwise interact directly with the Company or work on the same matter that you worked on while with the Company.

Affiliate is defined as “any person or entity that possesses an ‘affiliate interest’ in a utility as defined by section 269-19.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”), including a utility’s parent holding company, except as otherwise provided by HRS section 269-19.5(h).”

Affiliate-Related Entity is defined as “a third party that provides electricity-related services in a regulated utility’s service territory that has a material financial, operational, or ownership interest with an unregulated affiliate of the utility and of whom the utility has reasonable knowledge.”

For a current list of all Affiliates and Affiliate-Related Entities, please see:

https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/about-us/key-performance-metrics/financial/affiliate-transactions

This list may be amended, updated or revised from time to time without notice.

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