Regional utility serving 95% of Hawaii's population across five islands
Hawaiian Electric operates a multi-island grid serving 1.4 million residents across Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island, Lanai, and Molokai. The tech stack is enterprise-heavy (SAP ECC, SAP SuccessFactors, SCADA, DCS, PLC) with an active migration to SAP S/4HANA—typical for utilities modernizing legacy financial and operational systems. Hiring accelerates across engineering (43 open roles) and operations (32), concentrated at senior and mid levels, signaling simultaneous grid modernization and staffing for capital construction programs. Active projects center on grid modernization, wildfire mitigation, and regulatory compliance, with documented pain points in reliability optimization, scheduling, and cost management.
Hawaiian Electric Company, founded in 1891, is the primary utility operator for the Hawaiian Islands, delivering power to 95 percent of the state's 1.4 million residents through three operating subsidiaries: Hawaiian Electric Company (Oahu), Maui Electric Company (Maui and Lanai), and Hawaii Electric Light Company (Hawaii Island and Molokai). The company manages a distributed island grid that requires specialized operational expertise. Current strategic focus spans grid modernization, wildfire mitigation and safety programs, integrated grid planning, and regulatory compliance initiatives including FAR filings and capital construction programs. The workforce of 1,001–5,000 is organized around engineering, operations, construction, and support functions.
Primarily SAP (ECC, SuccessFactors, Fiori), SCADA, DCS, PLC, SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Windows/Unix/Linux, and SharePoint. Currently migrating to SAP S/4HANA.
Grid modernization, wildfire safety strategy, wildfire mitigation initiatives, integrated grid planning, safety training programs, capital construction, and regulatory compliance projects (FAR filings).
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