State Department of Accounting and General Services now hiring in West Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services is now hiring on the Big Island.

The state agency is ready to fill its newly created West Hawaiʻi District Office in Kailua-Kona, which serves the West and North Hawaiʻi regions.

A wide range of jobs are available, including office assistants and trade workers.

Salaries range from about $3,500 a month to $6,700 a month. All jobs are civil service positions with state benefits such as 21 vacation days, 21 sick leave days and 13 holidays a year.

Positions are based in Kona or Honokaʻa, with some roving positions throughout the coverage area.

Open positions and their locations are:

Building construction inspector II and III

• Based in Kona
• Position Nos. 43716 and 12396

Plumber I

• One based in Kona, one roving
• Position Nos. 120631 and 122167

Electrician I

• Roving
• Position No. 122164

Carpenter I

• Based at Honokaʻa base yard
• Position Nos. 21134 and 21141

Painter I

• Based in Kona
• Position No. 21150

Repairs and maintenance assistant

• Based in Kona
• Position No. 125588

Office assistant III

• Based in Kona
• Position Nos. 125594 and 21622

Account clerk III

• Based in Kona
• Position No. 125593

Administrative assistant III

• Based in Kona
• Position No. 125592

The positions also are part of Operation Hire Hawaiʻi, which is a targeted outreach initiative featuring an expedited state hiring process, fast-tracking qualified candidates into job opportunities throughout the state.

Operation Hire Hawaiʻi aims to provide opportunities for people impacted by layoffs, resignations, loss of federal funding and other interested job seekers.

Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services helps maintain public school facilities, state office buildings, courthouses and public libraries on the neighbor islands.

The West Hawaiʻi office manages more than 40 buildings.

“The work we do touches tens of thousands of lives … ,” said state Department of Accounting and General Services Director and Comptroller Keith Regan in a release announcing the new open positions. “We are proud to make a difference, and we hope to attract workers who share that same passion.”

Ramzi Mansour was hired in September as the new West Hawaiʻi engineering program manager. He describes the work he does as striving to build a transparent relationship with partners, projects that ensure the department’s facilities and communities receive the infrastructure and services they need and creating efficiencies and savings for the taxpayers.

“If these values resonate with you, then we’d love for you to apply to work here,” said Kona civil engineer and former director of Hawaiʻi County Department of Environmental Management Mansour in the state release.

Job listings and links to their applications can be found on the Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services website.

All interested job seekers are encouraged to apply today.