Principal Supplier Performance Engineer Job Details | Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

Westinghouse Electric Company is a leader in providing safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions in the nuclear energy industry. They are seeking a Principal Supplier Performance Engineer to lead cost reduction and new product projects, support supplier issue resolution, and implement performance improvements.

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

Requirements:

• 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
• 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