Solution Architect - Global High Tech in Northwich

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, is seeking an experienced and motivated Solution Architect - GHT to join our innovation efforts and support our customers in the Global High Tech (GHT). We are seeking a candidate with a strong technical background, who is ‘hands-on’, ideally with practical field/application experience, who is self-motivated, enjoys versatility and work across different topics and projects, has a desire for collaboration and is a creative problem solver.

What’s in it For You:

• The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments.
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company and a team that is passionate about growth.
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best.
• A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection.

Main Responsibilities:

• Solution Architecture: Design end-to-end technical architectures for water treatment, monitoring, and sustainability platforms.
• Client Engagement: Collaborate with sales, engineering, and service teams to understand client challenges and deliver tailored solutions.
• Commercial Excellence Key Responsibilities:
• Proposal & Communication Development: Draft, edit, and deliver proposals that integrate input from sales, marketing, and technical experts. Ensure messaging highlights contractor needs, compliance, and value propositions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the communication bridge across commercial and technical functions. Translate technical details into clear, customer-friendly language.
• Customer-Centric Focus: Prioritise contractor requirements in all communications. Present operational outcomes as secondary benefits, reinforcing efficiency and reliability.
• Quality & Consistency: Maintain consistency in tone, branding, and messaging across proposals and communications. Ensure compliance with industry standards and organisational policies.
• Continuous Improvement: Collect feedback from contractors and internal teams to refine communication strategies. Support the development of templates, best practices, and knowledge libraries.
• Innovation: Drive adoption of smart water management technologies, including IoT, predictive analytics, and digital twins.
• Compliance & Security: Ensure solutions meet industry standards, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Collaboration: Partner with product managers, R&D, and field engineers to deliver scalable, customer-focused solutions.
• Documentation: Maintain architectural blueprints, roadmaps, and technical governance standards.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, or similar).
• Proven experience in designing complex technical solutions or architectures (industrial systems, water treatment, or infrastructure projects).
• Experience in solution architecture, systems engineering, or technical consulting roles.
• Strong capability to design end-to-end system architectures.
• Knowledge of water treatment systems, monitoring and sustainability platforms, familiarity with IoT, digital platforms, predictive analytics, digital twins.
• Ability to define and maintain technical roadmaps, reference architectures, and technical governance frameworks.
• Solid understanding of industry standards, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity principles.
• Experience working closely with customers and sales teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills to present complex architectures to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to align multiple stakeholders and drive solution development from concept to delivery.
• Experience working in a matrix and international environment.
• Strong attention to technical governance and standardisation.
• Strategic mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to balance big-picture thinking with technical detail.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and 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. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of 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 or disability.