Manager, Safety

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Posting End Date: at 11:59PM HST

BRIEF POSTING DESCRIPTION:

The M SS SAFETY MAUI Department of the P SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PLANNING & PREPAREDNESS Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: Manager Supervisor)

JOB FUNCTION:

Plans and manages the general health and safety of the organization, including but not limited directing and overseeing the development, maintenance and training of the safety programs within the Safety & Health Manual. Monitors and evaluates the workplace to ensure compliant with governmental regulatory agencies.

Responsible for assisting with developing, facilitating and maintaining strategic initiatives through programs for the division. Designs and directs safety training programs to reduce accident, occupational illnesses, and exposure to long-term health hazards, including developing One Company training schedules and ensuring attendance is captured in the company Learning Management System (LMS). Works with division Program Analyst to ensure Safety metrics are correct and reported in established timeline.

Facilitates required approvals, procurement, one company coordination within the Safety division and process areas. Oversees maintenance of SharePoint and SAP applications. Provides direct support to the Director, Safety & Emergency Planning and Preparedness on any division and/or process area assignments and requirements.

Responsible for his or her and team’s adherence to reporting incidents as noted in incident investigation program, including investigating, identifying, and reporting causes of incidents and developing recommendations and follow-up to prevent accident recurrences. Ensures incidents are categorized according to the Serious Incident and Fatality guidance. Oversees and conducts safety audits of facilities and work in progress to ensure compliance with safety/fire safety standards.

Serves as Safety or Assistant Safety Officer during Incident Management Team activations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Develops, maintains, implements, enforces, and updates all safety policies, programs, procedures, guidelines, work rules, including the Safety and Health Manual, in compliance with state and federal rules and regulations including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and equivalent state agency (Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health (HIOSH)), and the Department of Transportation. Ensures programs are maintained; metrics developed, recorded and reported as necessary; identifies best practices and procedures for program maintenance; develops need and justification for projects supporting Division programs; program budget planning & forecasting requirements. Develops tracking mechanisms for current programs, new initiatives and projects.
• Guides and promotes safe work performance and advises on safety compliance concerns and preventative actions. Designs and determine safety training requirements to reduce accident, occupational illnesses, and exposure to long-term health hazards, including developing One Company training schedules and ensuring attendance is captured in the company’s LMS. Develops new employee safety orientation to ensure compliance with Company safety-related policies and procedures and governmental regulatory agencies. Responsible for continuously monitoring and adapting safety procedures and operations to ensure a safe and fully compliant work environment for all employees.
• Collaborates with other safety managers to ensure the best procedures are adhered to at all times and consistently practiced. Accountable for the performance and results of professional staffs; develops plans and priorities for team.
• Responsible for management, performance and activities of direct reports to include setting and communicating performance standards, allocation of workload, goal setting, on-going coaching, training and development, evaluating performance, recognizing employee achievements, counseling, and initiating disciplinary action where appropriate. Develops engaging high performing team with capability to meet the Division and organizational goals/activities.
• Oversees the administration and management of safety inspections and post-accident investigations to determine root cause, circumstances, contributing factors and recommendations, including ensuring direct reports adhere to role and responsibility in timely investigations and follow-through of corrective actions of all accidents involving employees, public, equipment, and facilities. Prepares and/or directs the preparation of accident reports, identifying possible accident causes and hazards and developing recommendations and follow-up to prevent accident recurrences. Oversees and conducts safety audits of facilities and work in progress to ensure compliance with safety/fire safety standards.
• Prepares and maintains case files for all general public and automobile accidents. Participates in litigation activities as assigned for general public and automobile accidents.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response. Serves as Safety or Assistant Safety Officer during Incident Management Team activations.
  
  

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge Requirements

• Operations experience, in Transmission and distribution, generation or emergency response.
• First responder experience preferred.
• Knowledge of electrical utility emergency response
• Strong knowledge of federal, state and local laws, regulations and procedures as related to health and safety, including demonstrated experience in OSHA, HIOSH, DOT and EPA regulatory requirements.
• Detailed knowledge of personal computers and standard software applications such as Microsoft Office. SharePoint, SAP and Project Management software tools is highly desirable.
• Thorough knowledge of budgeting and forecasting systems and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of LEAN continuous improvement principles and best practices to achieve operational excellence.
• Thorough knowledge of Safety principles and best practices to achieve a zero-incident safety culture.
  
  

Skills Requirements

• Ability to provide thoughtful, progressive, and strategic guidance.
• Ability to identify, influence, and collaborate with key stakeholders to achieve desired division and organization goals and objectives.
• Strong analytical, organizational and conceptual skills to manage simultaneously a variety of projects, programs and assignments.
• Ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and to adapt to rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to establish long-range outcomes and specify strategies and actions necessary to achieve objectives; ability to analyze risks, benefits and opportunities of strategies.
• Ability to innovate by searching for new ways to improve existing processes or systems; addresses gaps by creating innovative and unique solutions.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills to handle confrontational, difficult and/or sensitive issues. Ability to handle difficult and/or sensitive issues while using tact, courtesy and discretion.
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated supervisory/leadership skills including effective written, oral and listening communication skills; conflict resolution skills; the ability to work with and communicate with all levels of the organization, including bargaining unit, management, and regulatory; and the willingness and ability to train.
  
  

Experience Requirements

• Multiple (5 ) years of utility or industrial safety experience, including project management, operations emergency response.
• Several (3-5) years demonstrated supervisory experience including budgeting, workforce utilization planning, and statistical analysis.
  
  

Role: Manager Supervisor

Number of Vacancies: 1

Location: Kahului – Maui

Hiring Range: The hiring range for the Manager, Safety [Req ID 9137] 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.

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• 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;
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• 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.