Ecolab develops water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions for organizations seeking safer, more efficient, and more sustainable operations. Founded in 1923, the company serves customers across more than 40 industries, including food and beverage, healthcare, and hospitality. Its services and technologies support water and energy conservation, food safety, operational performance, product quality, and guest satisfaction. Ecolab also advances long-term resource stewardship through initiatives such as Ecolab Water for Climate, which focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and conserving water.
Industry Technical Consultant, Closed-Loop Water Treatment
As Ecolab’s closed-loop systems expert, support customers across Europe with water treatment and thermal management. Help develop direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions.
Description
- Act as the subject matter expert for closed-loop systems.
- Help grow the business, advance innovation, and share technical knowledge with customers.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership for customer applications, internal projects, and innovation programs.
- Resolve complex closed-loop and thermal management issues.
- Train technical audiences and suggest ways to improve operations.
- Help validate new technologies.
- Partner with field sales and corporate account teams on strategic technical sales opportunities.
- Support direct-to-chip liquid cooling applications, from commissioning and cold plates to cooling distribution units, secondary loops, and infrastructure interfaces.
- Assess customer needs and recommend treatment and operating solutions.
- Train customers and help them use and optimize systems.
- Lead root cause investigations and problem-solving at customer sites.
- Evaluate water treatment programs and document projects that improve operating efficiency.
- Work with R&D and Marketing on innovation projects from early concepts through launch.
- Deliver Phase Gate milestones, including value propositions, operating savings, technical documentation, and stakeholder education.
- Lead innovation pilots, technical trials, and market trials.
- Provide training for colleagues and customers.
- Coach people on processes, applications, technologies, and documenting value.
Requirements
- Bring demonstrable technical expertise in closed-loop systems, water treatment, thermal management, process engineering, HVAC, industrial cooling, data center infrastructure, or a related technical field.
- Apply technical principles across chemistry, materials compatibility, fluid selection, heat transfer, automation, digital monitoring, equipment, and engineered solutions.
- Be willing and able to travel across Europe to customer sites.
- A bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science, such as Chemistry or Microbiology, is listed as preferred.
- Have 5+ years of experience in closed-loop water treatment, glycol-based systems, thermal management, data center infrastructure, direct-to-chip liquid cooling, or related cooling and heat transfer applications.
- Bring a strong problem-solving mindset and approach.
- Have strong communication and presentation skills.
- Be self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented, and able to work with minimal direction.
- Show strong teamwork, proactivity, and a sense of urgency.
- Hold a valid driver’s license and have an acceptable motor vehicle record.
- Submit an English-language CV; only applications in English will be considered.
Benefits
- Flexible, independent working environment.
- Benefits package.
- Company car.
- Eligibility for an annual bonus.
- Comprehensive, market-competitive benefits for associates and their families.
- Coverage under Italy’s National Collective Labour Agreement for the Chemical Industry (CCNL Industria Chimica).