Principal Chemical Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-15
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Engineering
Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Quality Engineering -
Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Quality Engineering
Principal Chemical 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.
About the role:
As a Principal Chemical Engineer, you will work with production planning and operations to ensure the safe manufacture of nuclear fuel for power plants. Analyze existing processes and identify value-added and non-value-added activities to solve design challenges. Evaluate our processes, equipment, and materials as an input for scheduling methods, performance metrics, and financial standards. Uphold our reputation by delivering solutions while following commitments made to government regulators.
You will report to the Chemical Manufacturing Engineering Manager and be located at Columbia, SC. You will support this role 100% onsite.
Key Responsibilities:- Identify opportunities for preventing waste and inefficiency during production
- Research and test design ideas to determine feasibility, using lean manufacturing, kaizen and Six Sigma to produce and support innovation, corrective actions, and improvements
- Develop manufacturing concepts to simplify and improve processes and ensure best practices
- Create required product specifications, preventative maintenance, and procedures for manufacturing processes
- Work with quality engineering to disposition material that has deviated from normal manufacturing processes
- Collaborate with manufacturing areas upstream and downstream of your processes to ensure timely product flow through the manufacturing floor
- Track Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for your assigned areas, and lead changes to help improve OEE
- Work with area manager to track Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) and implement process improvements to help eliminate scrap and rework processes in your area(s)
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (chemical preferred)
- 8+ years in a manufacturing environment
- In-depth understanding of lean manufacturing principles
- Hands-on experience building small prototypes
- Proficiency with analytical tools, workflow time studies, and process balancing
- Collaborate with program managers, manufacturing leads, customers, and functional leads, and to provide daily direction and guidance to other process engineers, and operators
- Nuclear experience preferred, but not required
We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $103,200 to $129,000 per year.
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