Senior Supplier Performance Engineer

Westinghouse Electric Company; Orsay; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch vouchers

Transportation allowance

Work-from-home allowance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company in France seeks a Senior Supplier Performance Engineer for APX WBS11 Turbine Island. You will oversee supplier readiness, quality, and delivery for major equipment, coordinating across Supply Chain, Design Engineering, and project teams.

Based in the Villejust/Marseille area with a hybrid work arrangement, this role requires 30–50% travel to supplier facilities, domestically and internationally, to ensure risk mitigation and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing, or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering, manufacturing, supplier performance, and/or supplier quality experience.
• Experience in heavy fabrication and large mechanical/electro-mechanical components, preferably in regulated industries.
• Project management experience.
• Leading complex supplier engagements.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing and quality plans and complex engineering drawings.
• Nondestructive testing awareness (PT/UT/MT/RT); direct experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier manufacturing-readiness, capability, capacity, process-control, and risk assessments for Turbine Island major equipment; identify gaps and close them.
• Develop and execute Supplier Oversight Plans covering submittals, manufacturing, inspections, tests and results.
• Provide on-site and remote supplier oversight to verify compliance with specs, codes, and quality requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance via scorecards and dashboards; address on-time delivery and quality issues.
• Manage supplier issues and corrective actions including SCARs and escalation of risks.
• Review complex engineering drawings, manufacturing and quality plans, and supplier documents.
• Coordinate cross-functional and international activities to enable timely decisions.
• Demonstrate leadership and a strong commitment to safety.

Skills

Project management

Supplier oversight

Manufacturing quality

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

Welcome to the future of nuclear energy, where Westinghouse Electric Company is leading the field with expertise and innovation to shape the power of tomorrow. At Westinghouse, innovation is in our DNA. We are creative. We think differently. We reimagine the possible across the nuclear industry every day.

Senior Supplier Performance Engineer, APX WBS11 Turbine Island

As a Senior Supplier Performance Engineer for APX WBS11 Turbine Island, you will support the successful procurement, manufacture, delivery, and turnover of Turbine Island major equipment across APX projects. You will lead supplier manufacturing-readiness and capability assessments, provide technical and quality oversight, and drive sustained supplier performance for complex power-generation equipment.

You will manage assigned supplier activities from pre-purchase-order planning through final delivery, applying project-management practices to meet safety, quality, schedule, technical, and financial objectives. You will work across Supply Chain, Design Engineering, Supplier Quality, project teams, suppliers, and other stakeholders to identify risks, resolve issues, and maintain delivery certainty.

You will report to the APX Turbine Island Supplier Performance Manager and be based from the Villejust / Marseille, France office under a mobile/hybrid work arrangement. The role requires regular domestic and international travel to supplier facilities, approximately 30-50%, with typical trips lasting two to five days.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supplier manufacturing-readiness, capability, capacity, process-control, and risk assessments for Turbine Island major equipment; identify gaps against technical and quality requirements and implement closure plans.


• Develop and execute Supplier Oversight Plans covering critical document submittals, manufacturing activities, surveillance points, inspections, tests, and documented results.


• Provide on-site and remote supplier oversight to verify compliance with applicable specifications, codes, standards, approved processes, manufacturing plans, and quality requirements.


• Monitor supplier performance through scorecards, dashboards, on-time delivery, quality issues, deviation notices, and other leading indicators; identify adverse trends and implement mitigation, recovery, or Supplier Improvement Plans.


• Manage supplier issues and corrective actions, including nonconformances, dispositions, root-cause analysis, SCARs, preventive and corrective actions, and escalation of significant technical, quality, schedule, or security-of-supply risks.


• Review complex engineering drawings, manufacturing and quality plans, supplier process documents, and technical submittals.


• Apply manufacturing expertise through oversight of supplier processes of machining, welding, forming, heat treatment, mechanical and electro-mechanical assembly, nondestructive examination, instrumentation integration, inspection, and testing, as applicable to assigned equipment.


• Coordinate cross-functional and international activities among Supply Chain, Design Engineering, Supplier Quality, project leadership, customers, and suppliers to enable timely decisions, effective communication, and prompt issue resolution.


• Demonstrate leadership through technical direction, sound judgment, stakeholder alignment, mentoring, and a strong commitment to personal, industrial, and nuclear safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing, or related Engineering discipline.


• Minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, supplier performance, and/or supplier quality experience.


• Experience in heavy fabrication and the manufacture of large, complex mechanical or electro-mechanical components, preferably in nuclear, power generation, aerospace, or another highly regulated industry.


• Project management


• Leading complex supplier engagements


• Working knowledge with manufacturing and quality plans as well as complex engineering drawings and specifications


• Nondestructive testing/examination awareness (PT/UT/MT/RT), direct experience preferred


• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence suppliers, coordinate diverse stakeholders, escalated issues appropriately, and communicate concise status and risk information


• Willingness to travel (domestically and internationally) to support oversight of manufacturing processes at supplier shops

Why Westinghouse?

We know that to put forth your best effort, you need to be challenged and enjoy what you do in a supportive and respectful environment. We aim to maintain this balance by offering our employees the amenities, benefits and training they need to reach personal and professional goals.

Below is an example of what employees in France can expect:

• Attractive remuneration


• Peer-to-peer recognition program.


• Lunch vouchers


• Transportation allowance


• Work-from-home allowance


• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members


• Learning and development opportunities.


• We encourage our employees to participate in community service events and other team-building activities to strengthen their bonds and inspire each other.

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.