Principal Procurement Engineer

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.

As Part of the Energy Systems Global Supply Chain Solution (GSCS) Team, the  Principal Procurement Engineer will lead and oversee all the procurement activities (pre-PO and post-PO) for Energy Systems, with a focus on ensuring components are delivered on schedule, on budget, and meeting all applicable quality requirements. The candidate requires strong project management, procurement (RFx, Supplier Relationship, Contract Management), and strong relationship skills to work with both internal and external customers, suppliers, and internal cross-functional teams. The candidate must also possess a strong technical background (civil, structural, or mechanical), and experience in the nuclear industry, specifically with procurement and / or management of safety-related scopes and suppliers, is preferred. The candidate is a direct interface to both external customers and internal customers (Business Unit, Projects, Engineering, Quality and Sales Departments) for the Energy Systems contracts. This is a US Only Remote role and will require travel up to 20%.

Your Day to Day :

• Lead all procurement activities in assigned programs to assure readiness for pre-PO and post-PO to ensure predictive delivery during execution.
• Partner with GSCS, Engineering, Quality, and Supplier Performance Engineering functional teams to facilitate project charters, estimates & resource requirements, and execution.
• Be responsible for monitoring active projects, updating status, eliminating roadblocks, and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Investigate, coordinate, mitigate, and communicate project changes.
• Understand the major technical and quality aspects of assigned scopes, and effectively communicate those requirements and details with suppliers.
• Support development of sourcing & procurement strategies and plans together with Offer and Project Teams. Identify and capture the demand, identify potential suppliers, and establish a communication channel towards the suppliers.
• Leverage Best-Cost Country Sourcing, with emphasis on middle / eastern Europe.
• Contribute to the development and execution of strategic sourcing strategies to achieve business goals while driving continuous improvement :

o Coordination of the RFx Process and establishing sourcing strategies for suppliers and services.

o RFx development and preparation, definition of commercial conditions

o Solicit quotations, conduct bid clarification meetings and analyze contract proposals while leading formulation of strategy and negotiation of pricing, delivery, terms and conditions to satisfy requirements for highly complex and specialized materials, equipment, components, and services.

o Leading Contract preparation and purchasing process.

Who You Are :

Why Westinghouse?

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

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 :