Principal Supplier Quality Engineer
Pubblicato il 18-10-2026 - Westinghouse in Gorizia
Overview In this role you will lead supplier quality activities for ASME B&PV; Code materials and components used in the AP1000 NSSS. You will join the APX Supplier Quality Team in a hybrid setting in Monfalcone, Italy, with on-site presence three days a week. You will work to ensure nuclear safety-related and ASME-compliant supplier products meet all requirements through audits, surveillance and oversight.
You will drive quality improvements, document procurement conformity, and oversee global supplier performance with a focus on regulatory and customer standards.
Retribuzione / Benefits
- Attractive remuneration
- Hybrid work options
- Welfare Plan
- Performance premio
- Employee Assistance Program
- Learning and development opportunities
Responsabilità
- Develop and implement supplier surveillance and oversight plans to ensure quality and technical standards are met
- Resolve supplier quality issues impacting product quality
- Perform independent assessments to verify QMS effectiveness for nuclear safety-related and ASME B&PV; Code materials and components
- Monitor progress to meet quality goals within budget and schedule constraints
- Create certification documents identifying procurement requirements met by materials/equipment
- Lead assessments of the global supplier base for regulatory, code,
and standard compliance
- Evaluate supplier quality plans to verify compliance with Westinghouse engineering requirements
- Apply advanced QC techniques and statistics to analyze deficiency data and measure QA program effectiveness
- Write QA plan segments per NRC, Westinghouse, and customer standards for nuclear and non-nuclear facilities
- Implement policies on scope and retention of QA documentation
Requisiti fondamentali
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- 5+ years of experience as a Supplier Quality Professional or similar role
- NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor experience is desirable
- Proficiency with inspection tools and testing equipment is desirable
- Experience generating, reviewing, approving, and archiving electronic quality documents and records
- Audit and supplier source surveillance experience required
- Experience operating within a formal quality management system (ISO 9001, AS9100, ASME NQA-1)
- Valid passport and ability to travel internationally
- Travel up to 40–50% per month to supplier sites
- strong communication skills
- problem-solving mindset
- cross-functional collaboration
- NQA-1/ISO 9001/AS9100 experience
- ASME B&PV; Code knowledge
- NRC QA standards familiarity