Application Engineer

KSB is a leading supplier of pumps valves and related service. Our reliable highefficiency products are used in applications wherever fluids need to be transported or shut off covering everything from building servicesindustry and water transport to waste water treatment power plant processes and mining. Founded in 1871 in Frankenthal Germany the company has a presence on all continents with its own sales and marketing organisations and manufacturing facilities. Around the globe more than 190 service centres and around 3500 service specialists are on hand to provide local inspection servicing maintenance and repair services under the KSB SupremeServ brand. Innovative technology that is the fruit of KSBs research and development activities forms the basis for the companys success.

People. Passion. Performance. It is these three success factors that make KSB the company it is today.

At KSB we recognise that it is people who actually make the difference the people we employ and the people we serve. This is why we are committed to equal rights and treatment worldwide and never lose sight of the aspects ecology and sustainability when manufacturing our products.

OVERVIEW:

The Application Engineer shall have working knowledge of KSB products and processes shall utilize this knowledge to complete and manage quotations for pumps parts and repair jobs. This position requires an individual who is strong in technical knowledge of pump repair market to support quotation process. An employee shall serve as mentor to customer service team and colleagues train colleagues and participate in function development objectives. Close cooperation with leadership team is expected. Employee is to be proficient in most activities and designated for a leadership role within the function. This role requires an individual who is wellsupported and detail oriented who can thrive in a fastpaced team environment. The Application Engineer works handinhand with our Internal KSB team (Sales Engineering Purchasing Logistics and Operations) as well as directly with endusers to accurately manage customer quotes and issue resolution.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides engineering support for part and pump application issues and system issues

• Provides technical support and interface for service center repairs

• Leads Product Field Complaint (PFC) process including driving the resolutions quality investigations and warranty support

• Performs proposal generation for sight unseen engineered pump repairs and parts

• Review RFQ from sales for clear RFQ tickets assign to CSR to process quoting process

• Review scope of work for pump repairs and new parts for technical accuracy. Once approved it would continue pricing process within CS department.

• Continual process of validating the automated quoting tools. Review completed jobs for work with foundry and machine shop to gather all hours then giving to CSR to build the quote.

• Assist in time studies across departments to validate quoting tools and to build a quoting library to build standards to save time in the quoting process.

• Validating time in quoted and actual job performance results.

• Facilitate data gathering between different departments from RFQ review from Sales clarification on missing data with sales for customer needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar (required).

• Work experience of 2 years working with centrifugal pump engineering and application.

• Be familiar with and able to effectively use: All applicable basic MS Office applications

• Knowledge of Autodesk (AutoCAD/Inventor) preferred.

• ANSYS and API 610 knowledge preferred.

• Responsiveness Sensitivity for urgency and timeliness; ensures efficiency and thoroughness of communications.

• Time management Managing ones own time and the time required for projects along with the ability to prioritize tasks required to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Effective Communication talking to others to convey information effectively one on one and with customers with the ability to convey information so others understand.

• Deductive Reasoning The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce sensible/useful answers.

• Ability to work independently.

• Develop and maintain knowledge and working experience working with mechanical equipment or auxiliary equipment.

• Ability and willingness to function in an office environment as well as hands on in a shop and field environment.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
This position occasionally requires work near moving mechanical parts and/or exposure to fumes or airborne particles. Typical noise levels for this job are moderate.

KSB Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization including hiring recruiting promotion termination layoff recall leave of absence compensation benefits training and apprenticeship. KSB makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications merit and business needs at the time.

We value employees who take the initiative and are committed to our company; Employees who take responsibility and for whom business success is the focus of their actions. In return we offer fair framework conditions for collective wages and pensions flexible working time models individual training opportunities and the best career prospects.