Senior Chemical Manufacturing Engineer

Westinghouse Electric Company - Hopkins, SC

Full-time - Mid Level

Hopkins, SC

5,001-10,000 employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Chemical Manufacturing Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Co plays a crucial role in ensuring the safe manufacture of nuclear fuel for power plants. This position involves analyzing existing systems and processes to identify areas for improvement, evaluating new and existing processes, and delivering innovative solutions while adhering to regulatory commitments.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for preventing waste and inefficiency during production
• Research and test design ideas to determine feasibility, utilizing lean manufacturing, kaizen and Six Sigma to formulate and support innovation, corrective actions, and improvements
• Design and develop robust manufacturing concepts to simplify and improve processes and ensure best practices
• Create and maintain 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 drive 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)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (chemical preferred)
• 3-5 years experience
• In-depth understanding of lean manufacturing principles
• Hands-on experience building small prototypes
• Proficiency with analytical tools, workflow time studies, and process balancing
• Ability to collaborate with program managers, manufacturing leads, customers, and functional leads, and to provide daily direction and guidance to other process engineers, and operators
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Nice-to-haves

• Nuclear experience preferred, but not required

Benefits

• 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