Service Chemist

About Us

Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including the pulp, packaging paper and board, tissue and towel, oil and gas, petroleum refining, chemical processing, mining, biorefining, power, municipal, and pool and spa markets. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids and functional additives, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimise environmental impact and maintain healthy water.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 47 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 6,000 professionals in 120 countries across five continents. Solenis is a 2022 US Best Managed Company.

Job Description

Site Service Chemist – Industrial Water Treatment Division – Temporary 12 month contract

Location: Field based UK Central (North East)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Central area manager you will be expected to achieve your individual commercial targets in line with our business strategy.
• The management of industrial water treatment applications, including the routine testing of our customers' cooling, boiler water, waste water and process treatment applications on your designated sites.
• You will be responsible for servicing our water treatment applications on existing customer sites in line with the service schedules, account correspondence, contracts, orders received, assist with new business implementation, troubleshooting and follow up within territory.
• Managing the customers' service schedules in line with the sites' water treatment program and UK legislation and best practice.
• The specific customers served include food and beverage, metal processing and general manufacturing.
• You will deal with a number of your customers' technical and engineering site contacts and commercial buyers.
• You will need to work with Solenis processes and systems to ensure that we meet the customer needs and maintain our compliance obligations.

The Individual

• Graduate degree, preferably in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, is an advantage or relevant years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• 5 years of progressive experience in sales/account management in the water treatment industry is a distinctive advantage.
• Sound technical knowledge of boiler and cooling water treatment products and applications.
• Knowledge of other water treatment applications, and/or experience in biocides, polymers and defoamers is advantageous.
• Customer focused approach – the ability to clearly communicate at all levels, meet the needs and expectations of demanding customers.
• Attention to detail and results focused – to deliver on our strategic business KPI’s and compliance responsibilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Our technical sales and service teams drive the growth of our business and operate in a competitive customer-focused environment. We provide the support and training that allows growth-oriented people the opportunity to reach their full potential. The opportunity to work in a market leading organisation with scope for progression and for building an interesting and varied professional career.

So, if you are interested in working for a leading world-class company and you have a proven track record of success in combining both technical and commercial aspects into one role then consider joining the Industrial Water Treatment team as a Site Service Chemist.