CNC Programmer

Company Overview

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 and industry to water transport, wastewater treatment, power plant processes and mining. Founded in 1871 in Frankenthal, Germany, KSB 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 approximately 3,500 service specialists provide local inspection, servicing, maintenance and repair services under the KSB Supreme Serv brand. KSB is committed to equal rights and sustainable practices.

The CNC Programmer owns CNC programming, setup support, machining method development, and controlled release of accurate programs to the machine shop. This role helps convert drawings, reverse‑engineered components, repair requirements, and production priorities into safe, repeatable, and efficient CNC machining processes that support quality, throughput, and on‑time delivery.

• Create, revise, and maintain CNC programs for assigned machines, parts, repair scopes, and production work orders.
• Review drawings, models, reverse‑engineering data, specifications, tolerances, materials, and work‑order requirements before programming or releasing work.
• Develop machining methods, tooling approaches, fixture needs, setup sheets, and program notes that support safe and repeatable execution.
• Support CNC machinists during setup, first‑piece prove‑out, troubleshooting, offsets, tooling questions, and process adjustments.
• Partner with Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Quality, Planning, and shop leadership to resolve drawing, tolerance, material, or manufacturability issues.
• Maintain controlled program files, revision history, setup documentation, and programming standards to prevent outdated or incorrect program use.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cycle time, rework, scrap, setup delays, and machining variation while protecting quality and safety requirements.

• May hold program release when drawing, model, material, tolerance, tooling, fixture, or work‑order information is incomplete or inconsistent.
• May request clarification from Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Quality, Planning, or shop leadership before program release or setup execution.
• May recommend machining method changes, tooling changes, fixture needs, or process improvements to improve quality, safety, cycle time, or repeatability.
• Does not independently approve drawing changes, customer specification changes, quality acceptance deviations, material substitutions, or major schedule/customer‑commitment changes outside defined authority.

• Receives drawings, models, reverse‑engineering data, repair scopes, material information, and work‑order requirements from Engineering, RE, Planning, or shop leadership.
• Confirms that CNC programs, setup sheets, tooling requirements, fixture notes, inspection checkpoints, and revision information are complete before release to the floor.
• Hands released programs and setup documentation to CNC machinists or shop leadership with clear machine, setup, tooling, tolerance, and first‑piece expectations.
• Escalates unclear drawings, missing models, tolerance conflicts, tooling gaps, fixture issues, or manufacturability risks before the work reaches late‑stage execution.
• Documents programming changes, recurring setup issues, and process lessons learned to support training, standard work, and future repeatability.

• Owns communication related to CNC program readiness, programming status, setup documentation, revision control, and machining‑method questions.
• Keeps Machine Shop leadership, CNC machinists, Engineering, RE, Quality, and Planning informed when programming issues may affect quality, schedule, or on‑time delivery risk.
• Communicates drawing, model, tolerance, tooling, fixture, or manufacturability conflicts before release to machining.
• Provides clear status visibility on program completion,…