Principal Supplier Performance Engineer
United States
Full Time
2 hours ago
$103,000 - $129,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
Engineering DegreeManufacturing ProcessesProcess Capability AnalysisProject ManagementNuclear StandardsQuality PlansCNC Machining
About this role
Westinghouse Electric Company is committed to providing clean energy solutions and values its diverse workforce. The Principal Supplier Performance Engineer will lead cost-reduction and new product development projects, ensuring safety and quality while managing supplier performance and risk mitigation efforts.
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 products and cost‑reduction projects
- Responsibilities include identifying project risks and defining mitigation actions, managing project schedules, approving supplier process documentation, performing process capability and measurement system analyses, and providing feedback to improve 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 performance, 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 partners to ensure prompt identification of impacted products, disposition, and corrective action
- Evaluate procurement risk, solicit partner input, and use resources to develop security of supply risk mitigation plans
- Use manufacturing process knowledge for make/buy decisions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering
- 10+ 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 with identify project tasks, develop schedules, manage spend
- Experience authoring technical documents or operating procedures
- Experience reading drawings and specifications made to ASME standards
- Experience with nuclear products and standards desired
- Project Management experience desired