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 highly encouraged.

BRIEF POSTING

DESCRIPTION:

The P PM OPC PROJECT MANAGEMENT Department of the P INVESTMENT PLANNING & STRATEGY Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 management vacancy available. (Role: Professional)

JOB FUNCTION:

Plans, organizes, and manages scope, schedule and costs of major company capital projects. Manages the end-to-end process including complex regulatory approvals, land/Right-of-Way acquisition, public relations management, or cross-functional/multi-level (internal) management from conceptualization/ inception through budgeting, design, approval, procurement, construction, placement in operation, and project closing. Serves as the primary point of contact for all project matters and is responsible for meeting all project-related objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

* Project Planning and Management

* Plans, organizes, and manages all project 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 project team members in meeting project milestones.

* Ensure team members have all the resources, information, and direction necessary to successfully perform their jobs.

* Evaluates progress and performance of project team members and implements personnel actions necessary to accomplish project objectives including recognition, redirection, recruitment, and replacement of team members.

* Stakeholder & Client Management

* Serves as the primary point of contact for all project 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.

* Project Risk & Change Management

* Develops the necessary strategies required to meet project goals.

* Identifies potential problem areas early on.

* Solves problems to ensure attainment of project goals.

* Redirect design, purchasing, permits/approvals or construction to prevent or minimize constraints or actions which may delay schedules or add costs to projects.

* Conduct inspections of construction sites, as necessary.

* Governance & Compliance

* Develops and maintains project schedules.

* Prepares and presents project progress and cost reports internally and externally, as required.

* Works with Regulatory Affairs, 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 project permitting, design, 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

* Extensive knowledge of project management principles, and engineering and construction practices in the transmission, distribution, substation, and/or generation fields, normally acquired through college-level training and/or equivalent experience.

* Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from a nationally recognized organization such as the…