Principal Supplier Performance Engineer
About this role
Lead supplier performance and manufacturing engineering initiatives for Westinghouse nuclear energy products. Manage supplier qualification, process validation, and quality oversight across the nuclear supply chain. Ensure compliance with nuclear safety culture, regulatory standards, and operational excellence while supporting new product development and cost reduction.
Responsibilities
- —Reinforce Nuclear Safety Culture Traits and Human Performance Tools within Westinghouse and across the supplier network
- —Lead supplier development and qualification efforts for new nuclear products and cost-reduction projects; identify project risks and define mitigation actions
- —Manage project schedules, approve supplier process documentation, and perform process capability and measurement system analyses
- —Conduct technical assessments of new suppliers for manufacturing capability, capacity, process controls, and supply chain risks
- —Perform on-site and remote supplier oversight to improve performance, resolve issues, and validate capability to meet nuclear requirements
- —Manage internal and supplier corrective action requests; perform root cause analysis and verify completion of preventative and corrective actions
- —Lead and escalate quality events, coordinate activities, issue communications, and ensure prompt identification of impacted products and corrective actions
- —Evaluate procurement risk and develop security of supply risk mitigation plans
- —Use manufacturing process knowledge to support make/buy decisions for nuclear components
- —Work cross-functionally to resolve complex quality and technical issues and safeguard delivery, compliance, and customer satisfaction
Qualifications
- —Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering
- —5+ years of progressive experience in engineering/manufacturing
- —Knowledge of manufacturing processes (e.g., CNC machining)
- —Experience performing process capability analysis (Cpk) and qualification
- —Working knowledge of Manufacturing and Quality Plans, PFMEAs
- —Experience identifying project tasks, developing schedules, and managing spend
- —Experience authoring technical documents or operating procedures
- —Experience reading drawings and specifications made to ASME standards
Desired
- —Experience with nuclear products and standards
- —Project Management experience
Location
100% remote
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Westinghouse Electric →The world's leading nuclear energy company, supplying nuclear fuel, plant design, engineering and plant services to utilities worldwide. Headquartered in Cranberry Township, PA.
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