Technical Specialist - Petrochemical Industry - Maternity Cover in Leeds

This role requires a strong understanding of best practices and technical support needs while continuously building technical expertise. The position delivers technical consulting services that leverage the company’s intellectual property, supports sales in driving account growth, and provides expert guidance to internal teams and customers.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Deliver contractual services and support customers with effective problem resolution related to the company’s products, applications, and solutions.
• Apply strong technical expertise and in‑depth knowledge of company products to support customer needs.
• Provide on‑site field service as well as 24/7 remote (phone) or on‑site support as required.
• Conduct site surveys and product, application, and system audits; collaborate with Sales to support the preparation of new business proposals.
• Ensure consistent implementation and adherence to the Six Service Standards across all customer sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2–3 years of technical experience in an industrial or mechanical environment; water treatment experience is preferred.
• Ability to work with a moderate level of independence while effectively managing the day‑to‑day requirements of assigned customer accounts.
• Typically reports to an Area Manager or District Manager.

About Ecolab

At Ecolab, we prioritise our talent‑first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at our nearly three million customer sites. Building on a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates help deliver comprehensive science‑based solutions, data‑driven insights and world‑class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimise water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ecolab’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves, reach our goals and do what’s right. Ecolab is committed to the fair and equitable treatment of all employees and applicants, and to the promotion of equal opportunity principles in employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide developmental opportunities based on individual qualifications and job performance, in all aspects related to employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions and growth opportunities. Ecolab will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for reasons of race, religion, color, creed, nationality, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, age or disability.