System Arborist - Maui

Overview

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

Location:

Kahului – Maui. Role:
Professional. Number of Vacancies:
1. Hiring Range: $78,000.00 to $99,600.00.

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.

Administers, maintains, and monitors effectiveness of Hawaiian Electric’s system-wide vegetation management programs (including Roadside, Transmission and Sub-transmission Rights-of-Way, and Customer Service Programs) to ensure safe service reliability, cost-containment, and customer satisfaction.

• Manages, directs and monitors on-site outside Vegetation Management contractors to ensure compliance with vegetation specifications. Strategizes, administers, maintains, and monitors Hawaiian Electric’s system-wide Vegetation Management Program activities, including managing and directing of outside vegetation management contractors, to ensure that Company goals and objectives are achieved. This includes Hawaiian Electric’s Vegetation Management Roadside Program, Rights-of-Way Program (transmission and sub-transmission), and Customer Service Program.
  
  Reviews established programs and recommends improved procedures and techniques to maximize effectiveness of various Vegetation Management programs.
• Performs regular system-wide inspections using appropriate transportation means including walking, two-wheel and four-wheel-drive vehicles, and helicopters. Responds to callouts and/or other Vegetation Management-related emergencies. Performs periodic field audits of contractor work to ensure accuracy of reporting and quality of work. Ensures that contractor is adhering to all federal, state and local regulations with regard to safe work practices as outlined in ANSI Z133 and ANSI A300.
• Collects, compiles, maintains, and manages data and records to evaluate contract compliance and pre- and post-work field inspections of outside vegetation management contractors. Reviews, rectifies, and manages contract work reports and invoices. Plans, directs, and evaluates alternative methods for line clearance and vegetation management. Ensures contractor follow-up, proper billing and satisfactory resolution of unsatisfactory work and complaints. Monitors contractors’ progress and conducts field inspections to ensure programs are within budget and on schedule and/or update strategies and resource requirements.
• Provides timely and effective consultative technical, field, and personal support and assistance to internal/external customers to ensure satisfactory response and resolution of questions, complaints, and work requests (e.g. MECO, development of Tree Growth Regulator (TGR) Application programs, landscaping, etc.). This includes internal capital requests which require vegetation management expertise to assist with maintenance or installations of new facilities. Performs advance notifications and procures tree removal permissions for sensitive and challenging customers.
• Develops, implements, and conducts informational programs and presentations (including written and oral testimony for legislative matters) relating to Hawaiian Electric’s system-wide vegetation management programs for Company employees, customers, the general public, and government authorities. Actively participates in local professional associations and events for internal and external customers and organizations to foster understanding and support of Company’s VM program.
• Provides input on the forecasted operational needs for various Vegetation Management Programs. Monitors, research, compiles, analyzes, and provides appropriate reports to Supervisor for budgeting and forecasting purposes. Issues requisitions for materials and contract services to support Vegetation Management work.
• Interacts with all employees and other internal and external suppliers and customers in a positive, supportive, and collaborative manner, to ensure the…