Industry Technical Consultant - Water Treatment & Closed Loop Systems; Chemical Engineering

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, is seeking an Industry Technical Consultant to serve as a Subject Matter Expert for closed loop systems. This role is focused on closed loop chemistry, microbiology, fluid compatibility, and heat transfer performance. Direct-to-chip liquid cooling will be an important part of the role, as well as wider closed loop applications. Our Industry Technical Consultants support business growth, drive innovation, and transfer technical knowledge to help customers improve reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.

If you enjoy solving complex technical problems, supporting field teams, and helping customers implement new technology, we invite you to apply.

As an Industry Technical Consultant and closed loop systems SME, you will provide practical technical leadership across customer applications, internal projects, and innovation programs. You will troubleshoot complex closed loop and thermal management challenges, train technical audiences, recommend operational improvements, and support the validation of new technologies. The role requires the ability to connect chemistry, materials compatibility, system operation, and heat transfer performance, while translating that expertise into clear recommendations for customers, sales teams, account managers, R&D, and marketing stakeholders.

Key Expertise

Required:

Closed loop chemistry and water treatment, including corrosion control, microbiological risk management, scaling, fouling, passivation, inhibitor selection, and monitoring requirements

Heat transfer and thermal performance, including the impact of fluid type, temperature, flow, materials, and operating conditions on system reliability and efficiency

Heat transfer fluids, including water, glycol blends, low-conductivity fluids, inhibited formulations, and adjacent specialty fluids used in closed loop and liquid cooling applications

Direct-to-chip liquid cooling as one important application area, including cold plates, cooling distribution units, secondary loops, fluid quality, and interfaces with wider facility infrastructure

Adjacent technical experience from industrial cooling, HVAC, data center infrastructure, process engineering, mechanical systems, chemical treatment, or thermal management environments

What’s in it For You:

The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve their sustainability goals

The ability to make an impact with a company that is passionate about your career development

Enjoy a flexible, independent work environment

What You Will Do:

Collaborate with field sales and corporate account teams to support industry-specific or strategic technical sales opportunities.

Support direct-to-chip liquid cooling applications, including commissioning,  as part of the wider closed loop portfolio, including cold plate, cooling distribution unit, secondary loop, and infrastructure interface considerations

Work closely with clients to understand their closed loop and thermal management requirements, recommend suitable treatment and operational solutions, and provide training and support to ensure proper use and optimization of implemented systems.

Lead problem solving efforts by utilizing various root cause analysis methodologies to resolve application or best practice concerns at customer sites

Assess water treatment programs, recommend and quantify operational efficiency improvement projects in a documented report.

Collaborate with R&D and Marketing on Innovation projects, from ideation to launch, by completing Phase Gate milestones such as refining value propositions, defining operational savings, creating technical documentation, and educating internal and external stakeholders.

Lead innovation pilot…