Field Service Representative

As the industry leader in water technology, we are growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the world’s most vital resource.

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, seeks a Field Service Technician to join its industry leading sales and service team. You will partner with Sales Representatives on executing service plans in strategic district accounts and providing customers with problem solving support.  You will also assist District Sales Representatives with launching new applications in current customer accounts and in transitioning competitively held accounts to Nalco Water.  This position requires you to install, maintain and calibrate chemical feed equipment and process monitoring equipment. 

What’s in it For You:

• You will join a growth company offering a competitive pay and benefits

• A company vehicle and cell phone

• A long term, advancing career path in service, sales, or management

• Access to the industry’s most innovative training 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

What You Will Do:

• Install, Calibrate, troubleshoot controllers, and maintain water treatment equipment (chemical feed, process monitoring, water softeners, etc.) at customer accounts

• Execute required chemistry tests, log, and report data, and maintain product inventories at customer accounts

• Provide routine service support to Sales Representatives in strategic district accounts to execute agreed upon customer system assurance plans.

• Provide technical support to customers; identifying and resolving customer pain points, escalating as required.

• Execute cooling tower cleaning, treatment, and large-scale water disinfection.

• Utilize power washers, industrial vacuums, and basic hand or power tools.

Territory/Location Information: 

• This position is based in the Fremont, CA and Sunnyvale, CA area

• Territory covers about a 60 mile radius of the surrounding area

• Targeted accounts are within the industrial and institutional marketplace

• No overnight requirement

• Pay: $34/hr

As a trusted partner, your customers will rely on you for their success. Nalco Water is committed to seeing you succeed and provides innovative training programs to ensure you are prepared to solve any customer problem. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent

• 2 years of mechanical/technical experience

• Possess a valid Driver's License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record

• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to access and be comfortable with working in a variety of conditions to include confined spaces damp and/or dusty locations, freezing conditions, and hot conditions;

• Must be able to physically perform the essential duties of the position which include lifting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, use hands to finger, balancing, walking, standing, talk and hear;

• Must be able to pass a drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate degree or trade school certification 

• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude

• Water treatment or specialty chemical industry experience

• Working knowledge of boilers, cooling towers, and wastewater treatment systems

• Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite

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 a 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:

Annual or Hourly Compensation Range is based on full-time 40 hours per week. Ecolab in good faith anticipates it will pay within the posted range. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining the compensation for a potential new employee such as education, training, experience, work location, travel (if required), etc.

Benefits 

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Ecolab has the following US benefit offerings: Medical/Prescription Coverage, Health Savings Account, Wellness Program, Dental, Vison, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care, Limited Purpose Health Care, Dependent Care), Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance Plans (Basic Life, Optional Employee Life, Spouse Domestic Partner Life, Dependent Child(ren) Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, Business and Travel Insurance), Disability (Short-Term, Long-Term and Optional Long-Term), 401k Savings Plan, Pension Plan, Retirement Health Care Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Full-Time Associates), Long-Term Incentives (Executive Level), Short-Term Incentives, Group Legal Services, Education Assistance Program, Time Off (Vacation, Holiday, Jury Duty and Bereavement leave), Parental Leave (Medical/Short-Term Disability and Paid Parental Leave), Adoption Assistance, Discount on Day Care Services, Caregiver Services and Voluntary Benefits (Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Auto and Homeowners Insurance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection and Employee Discount Program). On-Site childcare and fitness facilities may be available at select Ecolab locations. Click here for additional benefits information. 

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Covid-19 Vaccine Notice

Due to local mandates and customer requirements, applicants for certain customer-facing positions must be fully vaccinated (which in some situations requires a booster if eligible), unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab. 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 

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