Senior Manager, Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety, WGS

 

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

 

About the role:

As a Senior Manager, Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety, WGS you will provide strategic, technical, and governance leadership across quality assurance systems, supplier quality performance, and environmental health & safety functions for critical U.S. defense applications supporting leading U.S. national security programs. The incumbent leads the company's quality and safety efforts across a diverse portfolio of missions including fuel and component manufacturing, advanced reactor development, and nuclear services to support the delivery of the highest priority products and services, including those subject to the U.S. Defense Production Act. In performing these duties, the Senior Manager, QEHS works directly with other senior leaders within WGS, Westinghouse Electric Company affiliates, suppliers, subcontractors, and U.S. Government officials at the Director, Senior Director, Vice President, and equivalent levels to ensure the highest standards are maintained in product quality and safety.

Clearance: Ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. DOE Q‑Clearance to support classified programs

 

You will report to the Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, WGS. You will support this role 100% remotely with 33% travel required for this role.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop procedures for our NQA‑1‑compliant quality program and ensure regulatory and contractual compliance for government contracts, manufacturing programs, and work involving classified information. The position directs all aspects of the company's quality programs. It oversees quality activities performed under an approved Affiliate Operating Plan. This enables limited use of parent‑company quality services while maintaining required independence and compliance with mitigation protocols within a FOCI‑mitigated environment.
• Be the primary contact to government customers, regulators, auditors, and JV partners in quality, environmental, health and safety matters.
• Integrate the company quality, environmental, health, and safety programs. This integration must occur within a complex regulatory environment. The goal is to ensure systems and processes meet the requirements of multiple regulators and customers, including OSHA, EPA, DOE, DoW, NASA, State, and local governments.
• Lead internal audits, regulatory assessments, readiness reviews, customer evaluations, external audits, and accident investigations; Lead Supplier Quality programs and evaluations.
• Lead all company processes to strengthen and upgrade performance including cause and corrective action programs, lessons learned, surveillances, and audits/evaluations.
• Provide senior leadership for Ethics and Business Conduct Program, including training, reporting, investigations, corrective actions, and coordination with security and compliance partners.
• Establish organizational metrics for performance, improve across all mission areas, and provide independent reporting to Board of Directors involving quality program functions and performance.
• Direct contracting personnel to include government quality, safety, and environmental requirements in proposals, contract reviews, and program planning.
• Develop annual budgets in areas of responsibility and manage expenditures involving contract personnel, quality systems, and other supporting elements to achieve budget projections.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality, business, management or a related field.

• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in QEH&S, regulatory compliance, or technical operations leadership.

• Knowledge of nuclear quality standards (e.g., 10CFR50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1).

• Experience supporting manufacturing, engineering, or project‑based programs.

• US citizenship. Maintain a DOE Q‑Clearance.

• Demonstrated experience managing quality programs within DOE, DOD, or similar government‑contracting environments.

Advanced degree or professional certifications (CQA, CQM/OE, CSP, CIH, PMP, or equivalent).

• Experience working in a FOCI‑mitigated environment.

• Demonstrated ability to build integrated quality, environmental, health & safety systems across multi‑site or regulated organizations.

• Strategic planning and risk‑aware decision‑making

• Stakeholder influence

• Multi‑entity coordination and governance • Continuous improvement and op