Resource Planner - Kona

Company: hawaiianel

We recognize our competitive advantage – our people. We believe in our employees, 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.

This position will remain open until filled. Early applications are highly encouraged.

The H ZB RESOURCE PLANNING Department of the P OPERATIONS PLANNING & CONTRUCTIONS MANAGEMENT Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: Professional)

Subject matter expert for creating job packages and scheduling planned and unplanned maintenance and repair work for all HECOT&D Operations and Substation assets, customer new installations, and other projects as assigned. Liaises with various process areas within SVP Operations to coordinate activities for the successful and safe completion of scheduled work, including creating and taking hold offs, ensuring equipment and material are available, and monitoring projects to completion.

Trains, mentors and provides guidance for new Resource Planners.

• Develops the work scope for customer, system, corrective & preventive maintenance activities (Overhead and Underground) taking into account forecasted budgets, variances, past history, performance monitoring and documentation from Asset Management, Maintenance Engineers, Engineering & Customer Engineering and computerized systems like SAP, SIMS, and maintenance inspection databases.
• Plans the work to be done for customer, system, corrective and preventive activities based on work scopes developed. Includes researching, identifying, and ordering equipment, services, and materials; submitting hold offs; arranging customer outages; addressing community impacts; estimating job duration and manpower; ensuring compliance with documentation systems (SAP, Click, SIMS, etc.) and work planning policies.
• Creates the schedule to coordinate Operations area personnel, vendors, and outside services for customer, system, corrective and preventive activities maximizing resource utilization. Takes into account other work, equipment and resource availability, materials availability and budget constraints; coordinates work between various baseyards.
• Evaluates and measures work progress daily; adjusts and updates computerized schedules and resource allocation as needed to ensure completion per schedule. Provides updates and estimates of effort and facilitates project meetings.
• Identifies present and future demand schedules for projects/work in close collaboration with other departments for work & budgetary purposes. Creates work orders to track costs and prepares reports on resource needs and availability for all resources.
• Establishes benchmarks with respect to tasks and resource allocation. Promotes teamwork and a self‑directed workforce in support of corporate and department mission/vision.
• Supports two‑way communication to ensure feedback is received and customer satisfaction achieved.
• Interacts with all employees and suppliers in a positive, supportive, and collaborative manner to fulfill company strategic objectives.
• Participates in company emergency response activities as assigned.

• Engineering degree in mechanical, electrical or civil disciplines is a plus and may be substituted for up to 3 years experience.
• Journeyman Lineman or Substation Electrician certification with 5+ years experience in the construction and maintenance of electrical utility facilities; may be substituted for up to 3 years experience.
• Working knowledge of estimating, planning, or scheduling of construction, maintenance or operations activities highly desirable.
• General knowledge of electrical utility transmission and distribution system facilities and equipment, acceptable work practices, and…