Principal Supplier Performance Engineer - REMOTE

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 Principal Supplier Performance Engineer you will:

• Lead assigned cost reduction and new product projects

• De-risking new suppliers though technical assessments and development

• Support resolution of supplier issues and negative performance trends

• Implement performance improvements

• Lead resolution of complex quality/technical issues

• Support for make/buy decisions and security of supply risk mitigation

You will report to the Senior Manager, Global Fuel Supplier Performance • Global Supply Execution Excellence. This is a 100% Remote role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn, applying, and promoting Nuclear Safety Culture Traits and Human Performance Tools at Westinghouse and with our suppliers

• Lead supplier development and qualification activities for new products and cost reduction efforts. This includes identification of project risks and mitigating actions, managing project schedules, approval of supplier process documents, process capability analyses, measurement system analyses, input to design for manufacturability.

• Lead technical assessments of new suppliers for manufacturing capability, capacity, process controls and supply risks

• Perform on-site and remote supplier oversight to improve, resolve issues and validate capability to meet requirements

• Manage internal and supplier corrective action requests, perform cause analyses, and verify completion of preventative and corrective actions

• Lead and escalate “quality events”, coordinating activities, issuing communications, identifying team members to ensure prompt identification of impacted products, disposition, & corrective action

• Evaluate procurement risk, solicit partner input, and use tools to develop security of supply risk mitigation plans

• Use manufacturing process knowledge for make/buy decisions

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

• 5+ years of progressive experience in engineering/manufacturing

• Knowledge in manufacturing processes, e.g. CNC machining

• Experience performing process capability analysis (Cpk) and qualification

• Working knowledge of Manufacturing and Quality Plans, PFMEAs.

• Experience performing process capability analysis (Cpk) and qualification

• Identify main project tasks, develop schedules, manage spend

• Experience leading multiple, concurrent projects]

• Experience authoring technical documents or operating procedures

• Read drawings and specifications made to ASME standards

• Experience with nuclear products and standards desired

• Project Management experience desired

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Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being.  In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability