Operating and Maintenance Technician
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Posted on:
31-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As the industry leader in water technology were growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the worlds most vital resource.
Nalco Water an Ecolab Company seeks an Operations & Maintenance Technician to join its industry leading sales and service team. Youll partner with Sales Representatives on executing service plans in strategic district accounts and providing customers with problem solving support. Youll 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.
Whats in it For You:
Youll 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 industrys 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:
Provide routine service support to Sales Representatives in strategic district accounts to execute agreed upon customer system assurance plans
Assist Sales Representatives with start-ups of new applications in both existing customers and in new accounts
Provide technical support to customers; identifying and resolving customer challenges escalating as required.
Execute required chemistry tests log and report data and maintain product inventories at customer accounts
Install calibrate and maintain chemical feed equipment and process monitoring equipment at customer accounts
Territory/Location Information:
This position is based in Oakland IA
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 youre prepared to solve any customer problem.
Training programs are held in the field and virtually. Based on your skill level and experience topics covered may include technology product service business and industry acumen direct coaching and mentoring sales management and leadership classroom training and certifications.
Minimum Qualifications:
High School diploma or equivalent
Possess a valid Drivers 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 and physical exam.
Preferred Qualifications:
Associates 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 the 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:
Benefits
Ecolab provides the following benefits: medical dental vision life insurance accident insurance critical illness insurance hospital indemnity insurance auto insurance home insurance pet insurance identity theft protection short-term and long-term disability 401k pension plans retirement health care benefits short-term incentives vacation (12 days) holidays parental leave employee stock purchase plans(Full-Time Associates) discount on day care services and caregiver services adoption assistance group legal services employee assistance program employee discount program and education assistance programon-Site childcare and fitness facilities may be available at select Ecolab locations.Click herefor additional benefits information.If you are viewing this posting on a site other than our Ecolab Career website view our benefits at Customer Requirements Notice
To meet customer requirements and comply with local or state regulations applicants for certain customer-facing roles may need to:
- Undergo additional background screens and/or drug/alcohol testing for customer credentialing.
- Be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 including a booster if eligible unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process please visit the Recruiting Support link in the footer of each page of our career website.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Electrical Experience
- eMaint
- Industrial Maintenance
- HVAC
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Property Maintenance
- Maintenance
- Painting
- Plumbing
- Hydraulics
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Troubleshooting
About Company
Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. Every day, we help make the world cleaner, safer and healthier – protecting people and vital resources.
