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Associate Industry Tech Consultant

Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company
Naperville, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 7/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/31/2026
Consultant to join the Water Safety Services Marketing Team. This role focuses on conducting water safety audits and developing water safety plans that help reduce waterborne pathogen risks. The associate will support customers across North America primarily with Global High Tech. This opportunity is ideal for candidates who enjoy frequent travel, regular customer interaction, and solving complex problems. Advance your career with a global leader in water safety services.

What’s In It For You

  • Join a growing company with competitive pay and benefits.
  • Receive a comprehensive benefits package from day one, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, a company-paid pension, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, and more.
  • Build a long-term career path in service, sales, or management.
  • Work in a safety-first culture that includes training and personal protection.
  • Take pride in working for a company that supports clean water, safe food, abundant energy, and healthy environments.

What You Will Do

  • Develop a strong understanding of industry best practices for reducing waterborne pathogen risk, with an emphasis on plans that manage risks associated with Legionella and other pathogens.
  • Conduct on-site water system assessments and summarize findings in technical reports.
  • Support customer review meetings by presenting key findings and service reports.
  • Help customers manage water management program compliance and performance.
  • Create and deliver water safety training for customers and field representatives.
  • Present educational seminars on best-practice guidelines for facility water safety management.
  • Partner with sales teams to schedule and conduct water safety site surveys and assessment services.
  • Support marketing and technical projects during non-travel periods.
  • Travel to customer locations across North America approximately 40% to 60% of the time.
  • Prepare customer offers for water safety programs and services.

Location:

Preferred location is Chicago, Illinois, or the eastern United States, from New York to Washington, DC, with proximity to a major airport.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or a related field.
  • 5 years of technical experience
  • 50% or more overnight travel
  • Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field, such as biology, microbiology, or engineering.
  • Experience preparing detailed technical reports
  • Knowledge of risk assessment and mitigation strategies for waterborne pathogens in building water systems.
  • Experience in marketing, technical consulting, or customer-facing roles.

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, manufacturing, transportation, textile care, and global high tech) and heavy industry (chemical, downstream, paper, mining, power and primary metals industries) 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 total Compensation range for this position is $107,400-$161,100 which includes base pay and target incentive based on performance, per plan terms. 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. Click here to see our benefits.

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.

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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