Principal Engineer - Nuclear Power Plants

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.

If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in, we have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Engineer .

Your Day-to-Day:

What your day-to-day activities looks like:

• Applying and reinforcing Nuclear safety Culture Traits and Human Performance tools at Westinghouse
• Support various aspects of future bid and proposal efforts in various European countries. This includes working across various technical areas (e.g. Engineering, Licensing, Supply Chain Management, Quality Assurance, etc.)  Lead cross functional engineering teams supporting various aspects of future bid and proposal efforts.
  • Drive results with high accountability while exhibiting flexibility and adaptability to lead efforts in support Poland Project milestones, while concurrently managing many tasks
  • Develop solution paths for issues involving technical, commercial, and financial problems
  • Develop effective working relationships across organizational boundaries and with Customers (internal and external)
  • Develop flexible project plans, including schedule and budget activities as part of  Poland Project support.
  • Lead team meetings and ensure deliverables and handoffs are executed per plan
  • Drive technical and commercial decisions as appropriate
  • Leverage Westinghouse expertise across different functional disciplines and global work locations
  • Drive decision making that meets project technical, commercial, and schedule needs

• Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills to interface with peers and executive management
  • Including delivering presentations and regular updates to internal and external stakeholders

• Interface with construction partners, potential customers, partners and regulators in support of Westinghouse stakeholder engagement plans
  • Optimize spending to successfully manage budgets for assigned projects
  • AP1000 design experience including, but not limited to, configuration management, digital design, Information Management Systems
  • Familiarity with AP1000 design criteria as well as governing applicable code requirements
  • Previous interactions in support of AP1000 configuration management and IMS is a plus.

• Leading internal Department projects which may include:
  • Department improvement initiatives for future estimation process for New AP1000 Plant Builds
  • The creation and management of the AP1000 Index of Engineering Documents (IED).

What does Westinghouse offer you?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the world’s leading supplier of safe, innovative nuclear technology and is shaping the future of reliable, carbon-free energy system. Westinghouse vision is to advance technology and services to power a clean, carbon-free future. Joining Westinghouse is a unique opportunity to be an actor in the delivery of this mission.

Westinghouse offers a competitive salary and compensation package, which includes:

Westinghouse also provide to their employees a very dynamic environment with significant opportunities for growth and development, including in compensation. Particularly, the Poland Project Engineering IMS, BIM, and Digital Design Integration role provides a solid opportunity for those seeking to develop as a technical leader or business leader, as support will go beyond one specific discipline spanning the new nuclear reactor design and support the development of a large network within Westinghouse.

Who You Are:

As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent. 
• Minimum 6 years applicable engineering experience required; 7 plus years applicable  experience preferred. 
• Effective oral and written communications
• Project or Construction Management experience a plus

Why Westinghouse?

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:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

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

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

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