Senior Reliability Strategist - Oahu

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About the role

The Reliability & Resilience Strategy Department of the Asset Planning & Strategy Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has a management vacancy for a professional role. This position leads efforts to measure, assess, develop, and update strategies, priorities, and work plans to improve electric transmission and distribution (T&D) system reliability for all three operating areas (O‘ahu, Maui County, and Hawai‘i Island).

Responsibilities

• Work Plan Development, Prioritization, and Management: Lead efforts to develop multi-year work plans and priorities for projects and programs to enhance reliability. This includes determining reliability improvement project/program cost, value, sequencing/timing, and priority, as well as ongoing work plan monitoring, management, updates, and cost/benefit tracking.
• Reliability System Analyses: Lead efforts for analyzing past outages and determine strategies to mitigate or lessen future events. Assist operating areas with requests for engineering assistance for all T&D system reliability matters and determine solutions to requests.
• Reliability Strategy Development: Lead efforts to develop/update reliability strategies to reduce the frequency and duration of electric service interruptions to customers. This includes assessing reliability performance and risk, establishing goals and objectives, identifying improvement options, analyzing/modeling solutions, determining optimal cost/benefit approaches, and gaining necessary approvals. Support the assessment, development, and refinement of reliability PIMs/PBR metrics.
• Reliability Reporting: Lead efforts to provide timely, accurate, and consistent reliability metric reports, forecasts, and filings. This includes developing, refining, and producing monthly, quarterly, and annual metric calculations and reports for internal stakeholders, Hawaiian Electric’s website updates, and Hawaii Public Utilities Commission submittals. Enhance the automation, validation/cross-checks, and accessibility of reliability data and reports.
• Industry Knowledge and Leading Practices: Stay abreast of industry developments and leading practices related to reliability, including new technologies, applications, modeling tools/methodologies, advanced analytics, benchmarking, and reporting practices. Participate and represent Hawaiian Electric (preferably in leadership roles) on industry committees/task forces to identify and address emerging issues and opportunities.
• General Support and Improvement: Support the department and division in the development of systems, processes, procedures, methods, or other means needed to facilitate smooth and effective functioning. As assigned on a temporary basis, fill in for the department manager. Participate in company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant engineering, math, science, or science-related major from an accredited school or college is highly desirable. Master's degree desirable, preferably in business administration (MBA) from an accredited school or college.
• Knowledge:
  • Thorough understanding of:
    • Electric power system reliability
    • Electric power supply, transmission, and distribution systems and components
    • Electric power system operation
    • Utility information systems
    • Probability, statistics, and risk
    • Utility financial and accounting principles
    • Utility regulation
  • General understanding of:
    • Electric power system resilience
    • Electric power system inspection and maintenance
    • Utility/Infrastructure asset management
• Experience: Extensive (8+ or more) years of related work experience or demonstrated ability, preferably within the electric utilities industry, is highly desirable. Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification is desirable.

Skills

• Critical Thinking and Decision Making: Ability to understand and accurately define problems, analyze and synthesize information, identify and evaluate solution options, and make sound decisions or recommendations. Ability to deal with complexity, uncertainty, and incomplete, inconsistent, or conflicting information. Expertise with structured problem-solving approaches, tactics, and tools.
• Analytical: Ability to create and interpret trends, models, forecasts, and simulations.
• Computer Applications: Expertise with personal computer software applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Demonstrated expertise or aptitude for enterprise applications such as ERP/EAM, IRR, and GIS.
• Communication: Written, oral, and listening communication skills and ability to articulate ideas and concepts clearly and concisely.
• Presentation: Ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations to small and large groups.
• Project/Program Management: Ability to plan, organize, secure, and manage resources/efforts to achieve project/program objectives to budget, scope, and schedule.
• Teamwork: Ability to function effectively in a team environment and contribute to team process and decision-making.
• Conflict Resolution: Ability to use communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills to resolve conflicts between parties.
• Negotiation: Ability to listen and develop alternative solutions that will result in a variety of constituents reaching agreement on a course of action.
• Personal: Ability to plan, prioritize, schedule, and manage time and work to complete tasks and meet deadlines, while handling multiple assignments and remaining flexible and adapting to changing priorities.
• Interpersonal: Ability to relate to and interact with other people to reach objectives. Appreciates the agendas and perspectives of others. Develops effective give-and-take relationships.

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. The company is committed to providing quality service and seeking clean local energy sources to power generations of Hawaii families and businesses to come.

Pay

The hiring range for this position is $109,900.00 to $142,600.00. The selected candidate will be placed according to their skills and qualifications.

Location: Honolulu – O‘ahu