Principal Mechanical Engineer - US Water Market Area

KSB is a leading supplier of pumps, valves and related service. Our reliable, high-efficiency products are used in applications wherever fluids need to be transported or shut off, covering everything from building services,industry 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 3,500 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 KSB’s research and development activities forms the basis for the company’s success.

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Job Title:                     Principal Mechanical Engineer – Us Water Market Area

Reports To:                  Manager, Project Management & Execution

Poston Type:               Full Time

Location:                     Remote

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Position Summary:

The primary role of the Principal Mechanical Engineer is to serve as a Senior Member of the KSB’s US Water Market Area Technical Excellence Group. The expectation of the Principal Mechanical Engineer is to act as a senior-level technical leader responsible for driving system designs, developments, and optimizations of pumps and systems for Municipal Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Applications. This role combines deep expertise in mechanical engineering, fluid dynamics, rotor dynamics and system integration with strategic oversight to ensure innovative, reliable, and efficient pump solutions. The Principal Engineer collaborates internal and external stakeholders, mentors’ internal staff, and influences technical strategy to align with our business objectives.

This role supports multiple facets of internal engineering tasks not limited to including completing designs, drawings, performing calculations and modelling and supporting the detailed mechanical designs for Engineered Project Business. The Principal Mechanical Engineer will also be responsible reviewing specific specifications in comparison to KSB’s technical offers, supporting technical submittal processes used to gain customers’ approval and release to manufacture and successful installation and commissioning.

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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Execution – Must have ability and skills required to perform a certain task or complete company goals. These skills involve organization, priority-setting, motivation, and time management.
• Customer centric – ability to demonstrate a keen sense of urgency and responsiveness to customers. Exhibit the proper perspective, demeanor, and tolerance level in stressful situations during customer interaction.
• Project Management - establish, document, and communicate effective project structuring, monitoring/tracking performance against milestones and deadlines, while keeping projections and expectations current and conveyed.
• Quality & Productivity – produce results at a fast rate and with high accuracy. demonstrates accountability when mistakes occur and finds appropriate resolutions.
• Professionalism - ability to deal with pressure and conflict positively. Demonstrates self-confidence, positive attitude towards self and others, and productive use of time.
• Time management - an aptitude for effectively prioritizing tasks to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Active leaner - Ability to learn quickly and independently on the job. Must be a resourceful and initiative-taking problem-solving colleague.
• Communication - Effectively communicates with necessary internal colleagues at all levels and throughout all applicable departments and locations across the Company. Serves as a point of contact for customer representatives and, when needed, works with Supply Chain to interact with vendors associated with respective orders.
• Intuition – Identify and address potential problems before they become issues.
• Deductive Reasoning – Demonstrates ability to apply general rules to specific problems, to produce logical and sensible answers.
• Information recall - Understanding the significance of information for the past, current and future business, and personnel needs.
• Problem Solving - Strong analytical skills and systematic approach to challenges while remaining focused on daily responsibilities.
• Innovative – Aptitude in identifying potential innovative solutions, to resolve impediments to ensure the teams achieves objectives, while adhering to legal and ethical conduct.
• Information technology – Proficient knowledge of Microsoft office is required. Experience with ERP/MRP and CRM platforms is preferred.

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Goals & Responsibilities

• System Design and Development: Lead the design and engineering of pump systems, including centrifugal, positive displacement, or specialized pumps, ensuring compliance with industry standards (e.g., NEMA, HI, ISO).
• Create and maintain the US repository of Technical NEMA documentation & drawings for coupled products within KSB Water portfolio into support of KSB digital sales strategy.
• Responsible for creation of production drawings, bills of materials, and submittal documents that pertain to fabricated structural elements of specific projects and digital need to ensure KSB Scope meets customer and market requirements.
• Support Sales and Business Development efforts by creating preliminary installation and general arrangement drawings and designs during the entire life cycle of an opportunity or project.
• Mentor junior and senior engineers, foster cross-team collaboration, and mediate technical disputes to ensure project success.
• Review structural dynamics reports and lead customer/consultant facing discussions through the lifecycle of specific projects in efforts to reduce technical services lead time.
• Preparation of technical calculations including bearing life calculations, anchor calculations, critical speed calculations, and others as needed for specific project requirements.
• Follow and comply with processes and procedures required by the KSB Corporate Unit Pumps in Frankenthal, and serve as an extension of for the KSB North American Region
• Perform technical calculations, analysis, and simulations locally in US while interfacing with local IT systems and collaboration with KSB’s Corporate Unit - Pumps to gather necessary component documentation and drawings.
• Preparation and Support of Project Installation, Start Up and Commission plans, as necessary.
• Support the project business team in accomplishing project goals while keeping the project to scope, on schedule, and within budget.
• Keep internal and external stakeholders informed of project activities and deliverables; will flag unanticipated risks quickly to ensure appropriate risk mitigation strategies are implemented.
• Facilitate and/or participate in meetings with customers and internal /external key stakeholders to review and define bid strategies, project scopes, project kick offs/ hand offs to ensure alignment of support as required.
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise in design for testing and evaluation of designs and interaction with other design engineers, quality assurance, and manufacturing personnel to complete final testing and implementation of new products.
• Other Project Design & Engineering responsibilities, as assigned.

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Minimum Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills. Abilities, Licenses/ Certifications  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Related Field with 10+ years’ related experience.
• Registered & Maintains Professional Engineer License
• Proficiency with CAD tools (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD) and simulation & mechanical calculation software (e.g., ANSYS, MDESIGN) for pump design and analysis.
• Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., API 610, ASME, Hydraulic Institute standards).
• Experience & Understanding of ERP/MRP Systems & Processes (e.g., INFOR and/or SAP Preferred)
• 10+ Years’ Project Engineering experience within Municipal and/or Industrial Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Market required.

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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.