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Water Treatment Technician

Ecolab Inc.
Ecolab Inc. Salary
Glenwood, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/15/2026

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, is seeking a Water Treatment Technician to join our team, running out of the Glenwood area!

Nalco Water is your premier supplier for water treatment services and products. From point-of-use water to polishing systems to central distribution systems to temporary water, we offer a complete line of services and equipment to meet your unique needs.

For more information regarding our capabilities within Water Pretreatment please follow this link.

Water Pretreatment Solutions | Nalco Water (ecolab.com)

What’s in it For You:

  • Comprehensive benefits starting Day 1 including 401K matching, pension, medical/dental/vision, and much more!
  • You’ll join a growth company offering competitive pay and benefits
  • Dedicated vehicle and cell phone
  • Access to training and orientation programs
  • A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection
  • Pride in working for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments

Position Details:

  • Terminal Location: Glenwood, IL
  • Local Route in 100-200 mi radius of Glenwood
  • Local Route – Potential for some overnights
  • Pay: $28 / hr on average based on experience.
  • Overtime Opportunities Available

What You Will Do:

  • Ensures safe execution of all service and operations
  • Follow all safety practices and policies in driving, field work, and customer locations, Use Risk Assessments, LOTO, Confined Space tools to insure safe practice
  • Preventive maintenance, installation, repair, rebed, or startup of media-based water treatment systems
  • Preventive maintenance, installation, repair, and startup of reverse osmosis or other membrane systems
  • Troubleshooting and repair of electrical control systems
  • Establish daily route based upon schedule and call center assignments
  • Be responsible and perform services according to the Nalco Water/Ecolab Standard
  • Prepare and load trucks for next day
  • Be the customer facing ambassador for Nalco Water and professionally communicate with our customers, sales representatives and corporate staff by phone, e-mail, and in person
  • Responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of all equipment
  • Connection of equipment, QC and record keeping tasks
  • Complete required daily, weekly, and monthly reports
  • Fix minor mechanical issues
  • Maintain up-to-date DOT logging

Minimum Qualifications:

  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • Must be able to lift and carry a minimum of 50 lbs.
  • Must be able to work independently without regular supervision
  • Excellent professional communication written and verbal
  • No immigration sponsorship offered for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Minimum 2 years repair, troubleshooting, or field service experience (pure water equipment experience preferred)
  • Able to build and maintain strong relationships with customers and team
  • Previous power jack/pallet jack/forklift experience
  • Previous plumbing, electrical, or mechanical work

About Nalco Water:

In a world with increasing water shortage and contamination challenges, Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, helps customers conserve more than 161 billion gallons of water each year. We work with customers across the world in the light industry (institutional, food & beverage, transportation and manufacturing), heavy industry (chemical, power and primary metals industries), paper and mining operations to reduce, reuse, and recycle their water while protecting their systems and equipment. Nalco Water provides the unique opportunity to work with a broad suite of technologies to deliver automated monitoring systems, data analysis and deep technical expertise to increase efficiency, sustainability and performance for our customers.

Annual or Hourly Compensation Range

The pay range for this position is $59,500-$89,300. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining compensation, such as experience, education, training, geography, etc. We comply with all minimum wage and overtime laws.

Benefits

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families.

If you are viewing this posting on a site other than our Ecolab Career website, view our benefits at jobs.ecolab.com/working-here.

Potential Customer Requirements Notice

To meet customer requirements and comply with local or state regulations, applicants for certain customer-facing roles may need to:

  • Undergo additional background screens and/or drug/alcohol testing for customer credentialing.
  • Be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, including a booster if eligible, unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.


Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please visit the Recruiting Support link in the footer of each page of our career website.


Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are inclusive. We are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA).

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.

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