AP1000 Lead Supplier Quality Engineer
United States
Full-time
1 week ago
$117,000 - $146,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
NQA-1 Certified Lead AuditorQuality Assurance ProceduresEngineering DegreeSupplier Quality ManagementAdvanced Quality Control TechniquesTeam LeadershipProblem SolvingCustomer Focus
About this role
Westinghouse Electric Company is committed to providing clean energy solutions, and they are seeking a Lead Supplier Quality Engineer to manage teams in quality assurance tasks for externally sourced products. The role involves developing oversight plans, leading teams to resolve quality issues, and ensuring compliance with quality standards.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement supplier surveillance and oversight plans for complex and first of a kind procurements to ensure compliance with quality and technical standards
- Lead teams in the resolution of complex supplier quality issues which adversely impact product quality
- Monitor progress and direct teams to achieve established quality goals within budgetary and schedule constraints
- Create certification documents, which identify the procurement requirements met by the purchased material or equipment, such as codes, standards, and other specifications imposed by Westinghouse Customers, for major equipment and components
- Lead assessments of the global supply base to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, codes and standards
- Evaluate supplier quality plans, procedures, and processes to verify compliance to quality and technical requirements defined by Westinghouse Engineering
- Apply advanced quality control techniques and statistical methods for collection of deficiency information to identify failure causes and trends, rate performance and measure the effectiveness of supplier QA programs, and internal processes
- Write detailed segments of QA plans/programs according to current U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Westinghouse and customer QA standards for nuclear and non nuclear facilities. Implement policies on scope and retention requirements of quality assurance documentation
Requirements:
- 5 or more years of experience is required
- A bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, technical area or equivalent is required
- Capability to concisely explain QA procedures to internal personnel and external customers, subcontractors, suppliers and licensees relative to Westinghouse quality related products and services
- You develop solutions, plan work and set priorities while using a questioning attitude to identify risks
- Exceed customers' expectations in ways that are in consideration of our goals
- An NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor certification is desirable