Employee Concerns Senior Lead Investigator

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.

The Employee Concerns Senior Lead Investigator (ECP) is responsible for providing Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC) programmatic action including, oversight and support for Westinghouse facilities and locations including early detection of high-risk areas for intervention and improvement.  Additionally, the position requires managing, executing, and performing timely and thorough Employee Concerns Program (ECP) investigations related to potential deliberate misconduct involving compliance/technical violations, retaliation, chilled work environment, as well as work environment assessments, in a confidential and independent manner according to approved procedures and industry best practices.

The ECP Senior Lead Investigator is expected to have effective verbal and written communication and analytical skills, handling multiple investigations with little direction and being capable of working a flexible schedule based on business needs. The ECP Senior Lead Investigator will maintain communication of NSC/ECP material globally such as safety briefs, and newsletters.  The ECP Senior Lead Investigator will assist the Work Environment Effectiveness Sr. Manager in the development of reporting and analysis of NSC and ECP data trends to support committee meetings, liaisons, training, and integrate NSC/ECP into daily work processes.

The ECP Senior Lead Investigator must maintain the confidentiality of all individuals raising concerns, to the extent allowed by applicable laws, and effectively communicate the results to management to drive change in the work environment for the purpose of maintaining a healthy Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) and a strong Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC).  In addition to investigator responsibilities, the ECP Senior Lead Investigator also has special assignment responsibilities that may include ECP programmatic responsibilities, ECP availability and visibility responsibilities for assigned sites globally, and/or other responsibilities as deemed necessary by management.

Your Day to Day:

• Develops investigative plans, employs subject matter experts as needed and is able to manage concerns and investigations with occasional oversight and direction.  Performs complete, thorough, and timely ECP investigations by gathering physical, testimonial, and electronic evidence.  Performs SCWE Assessments and NRC allegation investigations of complex concerns according to approved procedures and industry best practices. 
• Is proficient in report writing/written communication to address investigative issues and analyzing evidence to develop conclusions with some editing.  Effectively conveys the results of investigations to management in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the concerned individuals and yet provides management with enough detail to develop comprehensive and effective corrective actions to affect the proper changes in the environment.  Tracks corrective actions to completion and provides critical feedback to management on proposed corrective actions to ensure the desired result is accomplished.  Aggregates data to assess the effectiveness of corrective actions for high activity areas.
• Recognizes when Legal, Human Resources, Ethics & Compliance, and Regulatory Compliance groups are needed in the resolution of cases and in the execution of policies and procedures impacting ECP and NSC.  Maintains professional relationships with these stakeholders and is able to communicate in a tactful, respectful, and diplomatic manner across the company. 
• Performs routine analysis of various site data (including CAP, Safety, Observation, NSC survey comments, quality issues, etc.) in conjunction with NSC to proactively identify potential negative trends and effectively communicates results to management to effect positive change in the work environment before significant issues occur or a degraded work environment develops.  Maintains a healthy relationship with site management and HR and is available and visible to the workforce.
• Assists in the development of ECP procedures, training, and analyses.
• Represents WEC and ECP as a technical leader within the company (both within US and non-US locations).

Who You Are:

• 4-year degree from an accredited college or university in a related field (engineering, science, legal, business, criminal justice, etc.) or equivalent experience of 9 years nuclear experience.
• 5 years nuclear experience
• Highly desired certifications/formal training include graduation from an investigative academy such as the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) or accredited investigative program.

1. Must possess a remarkable acumen in Nuclear Safety Culture Program management and the Institute of Nuclear Operations (INPO) traits of a healthy nuclear safety culture.  Candidate should have experience in managing a Nuclear Safety Culture Program.

Why Westinghouse?

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

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

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.

<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

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