ICS Safety Lead

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 an Instrumentation and Control System (ICS) Safety Lead, you will be responsible for owning the Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) program. You will also govern the program for Westinghouse's ICS organization. The role ensures that ICS safety processes and controls align with Westinghouse's corporate EHS standards and all applicable regulatory requirements, while providing governance oversight across ICS's engineering, manufacturing, and in-field project operations. You will provide expertise, capability development, and dotted-line leadership for ICS EHS professionals, while ICS operations management retains day-to-day performance supervision responsibilities. Serving as the primary integrator between corporate (including OPX) EHS initiatives and ICS operations, the ICS Safety Lead plays a crucial role. The ICS Safety Lead translates enterprise EHS requirements into ICS-specific practices, fostering a strong safety culture. This role also drives continuous improvement across the organization.

You will report to the Senior Director of ICS QEHSO and will be based out of our Warrendale, PA facility in a hybrid role. This job may require travel, including trips to ICS, supplier, customer, and project locations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Safety Program Governance: Own and govern ICS's Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) program, ensuring alignment with Westinghouse corporate EHS standards and driving full compliance with all applicable safety regulations across ICS operations.
• Safety Process Execution: Ensure effective deployment and execution of safety processes and controls. These processes and controls must be implemented across ICS's engineering offices, manufacturing operations, field project sites, and vendor facilities. The goal is to provide oversight, ensuring that we perform all activities safely, following required EHS protocols.
• Training & Education: Develop, coordinate, and deliver comprehensive safety training programs across the ICS workforce, spanning manufacturing, vendor, engineering, project, and office‑based activities. Training includes the role-appropriate application of Human Performance tools and Life Critical Processes (LCP). It also covers SIF/PSIF prevention and task-specific industrial safety topics. These topics include Lockout/Tagout, hazardous material communication, powered industrial vehicle and transportation safety, and other risk-based controls necessary to safely complete ICS work.
• Incident Investigation & Audits: Lead investigations of safety incidents, near-misses, and workplace hazards within ICS, performing root cause analyses and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Conduct periodic safety audits and inspections at ICS sites and vendor facilities to ensure continuous compliance and identify improvement opportunities. Ensure all incidents are documented and reported promptly through the Global Event Reporting (GER) process following Westinghouse requirements.
• Safety Metrics and Continuous Improvement: Establish ICS safety performance metrics and leading indicators, analyzing trends from safety observations and reports to identify systemic issues. Provide regular safety performance updates to ICS leadership and use data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement of safety processes and risk mitigation measures.
• Corporate EHS Liaison: Serve as the primary ICS interface to Westinghouse Corporate EHS and OPX EHS teams, ensuring consistent safety practices and accountability in all shared locations and projects where ICS staff operate. Coordinate the rollout of enterprise EHS initiatives within ICS and represent ICS's interests in cross-functional safety forums.
• People Leadership: Provide dotted-line leadership and mentoring to the EHS Specialists and Principals in the ICS manufacturing organization, partnering with ICS operations management, who provide their day-to-day supervision. Develop safety competency, promote consistent practices, and ensure support for ICS's global safety program
• Safety Culture & Change Leadership: Champion a nuclear safety culture within ICS by cascading corporate safety messaging and fostering a culture of QEHS awareness, consultation, participation, and accountability across all levels of the organization. Leverage safety culture survey results to implement improvement actions, and lead safety-related change initiatives that enhance safety behaviors, accountability, and overall EHS performance across the ICS organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Public Health, Industrial Hygiene, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant EHS experience for candidates with a bachelor's degree and CSP, CIH, or equivalent advanced EHS certification.
• We require a Bachelor's degree and 12+ years relevant EHS experience for candidates with no EHS certification(s).
• Professional Certifications: Formal training and demonstrated proficiency in Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC) principles, Human Performance / Human Performance Tools (HU tools), and application of nuclear and high‑hazard industry safety standards are strongly valued. Professional EHS certifications are desirable but not mandatory. These certifications include Board of Certified Safety Professionals accreditations, such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or related credentials. Equivalent experience, demonstrated capability, and internal qualification pathways may also meet the needs of this role.
• Skills and Competencies:
  • EHS Governance & Compliance: Deep knowledge of EHS management systems and regulatory compliance in industrial settings, including experience with OSHA, NRC, and international safety regulations. Experience interpreting and applying corporate safety standards to diverse operations (manufacturing, field projects, engineering offices).
  • Safety Auditing & Risk Management: Demonstrated proficiency in conducting safety audits, hazard analyses, and incident investigations. Accomplished in root cause analysis and implementation of corrective/preventive actions under programs such as Westinghouse CAP and Global Event Reporting (GER).
  • Metrics & Continuous Improvement: Experience establishing and tracking safety performance metrics (leading and lagging indicators) and using data to drive continuous EHS improvements.
  • Technical & Industry Expertise: Understanding of industrial and nuclear safety principles, including Human Performance (HU) tools and Life Critical Processes (LCP) relevant to high-hazard environments. Familiarity with instrumentation and controls or similar technical operations, ensuring practical safety solutions tailored to engineering and manufacturing activities.

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 $108,000 - $126,000 per year.

Why Westinghouse?

Our benefits package is tailored to meet the diverse needs of our employees, while also promoting wellness and career growth. The following are representative of what we offer:

• Comprehensive Medical benefits which could include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options
• Wellness Programs designed to support employees in maintaining their health and well-being including Employee Assistance Program providing support for our employees and their household members
• 401(k) with Company Match Contributions to support employees' retirement
• Paid Vacations and Company Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements to promote work-life balance
• Educational Reimbursement and Comprehensive Career Programs to help employees grow in their careers
• Global Recognition and Service Programs to celebrate employee accomplishments and service
• 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 11,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

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

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This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.