Water Process Integration & Solutions Architect

Not just a job but a career

Yokogawa award winner for Best Asset Monitoring Technology and Best Digital Twin Technology at the HP Awards is a leading provider of industrial automation test and measurement information systems and industrial services in several industries.

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition (bio)technology artificial intelligence industrial cybersecurity etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About the Team
Our 18000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission to co-innovate tomorrow. We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our return we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect value creation collaboration integrity and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

DUTIES / RESULTS

• Guide the company in the structuring of acquisitions investments partnerships to deliver on the strategic water vision. Providing structured insights into sequencing of these activities to ensure that the process is economically sound and de-risked.

• Develop clear value propositions and business cases that quantify customer outcomes including water savings energy reduction operating efficiency compliance improvement asset reliability production resilience and resource recovery.

• Support the company in the design evaluate and optimize complete treatment trains that may include biological treatment membrane separation desalination water reuse resource recovery sludge processing and brine management.

• Provide clear economic insights into technology adoption and end user value to aide in market positioning and strategy development.

• Translate customer production water energy labor reliability and regulatory challenges into clear technical requirements and solution concepts.

• Advise on the integration of process technologies with instrumentation control systems SCADA DCS advanced process control digital twins analytics AI-enabled optimization and asset performance solutions.

• Provide technical leadership for customer discovery workshops concept development feasibility studies proposals pilots and proof-of-concept activities.

• Support the assessment of emerging water technologies strategic partners and acquisition targets for technical fit integration potential scalability operating risk and commercial value.

• Create repeatable solution architectures application playbooks and portfolio roadmaps that support commercialization and adoption across Yokogawa.

• Collaborate with sales engineering R&D digital automation services and business leadership to advance qualified opportunities and deliver integrated solutions.

• Build productive relationships with customers engineering firms universities research institutes technology providers and industry associations.

• Monitor regulatory developments market needs competitor behavior and technology trends and translate these insights into portfolio and business recommendations.

• Support business planning sales enablement investment decisions and executive communication.

• Provide periodic reporting on activities opportunities risks and outcomes while remaining fiscally responsible and compliant with company guidelines.

EDUCATION & CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum is a bachelors degree in chemical environmental civil mechanical water resources or a related engineering or scientific discipline. An advanced degree is preferred; equivalent demonstrated experience may be considered.

• 10 years of progressively responsible experience in water wastewater desalination water reuse resource recovery or industrial water treatment.

• Demonstrated experience integrating multiple process technologies into complete customer solutions rather than focusing solely on a single product or unit process.

• Experience supporting complex municipal or industrial projects through concept development design commercialization deployment or operations.

• Ability to develop and communicate CAPEX OPEX total-cost-of-ownership risk and value tradeoffs.

• A strategic mindset with the ability to contribute to portfolio planning partnerships acquisitions and business development.

• Active participation in relevant water wastewater industrial or engineering associations is preferred.

TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Broad understanding of drinking water municipal wastewater industrial wastewater water reuse desalination and resource recovery applications.

• Working depth across relevant processes such as activated sludge nutrient removal MBR MBBR MABR anaerobic treatment clarification filtration adsorption ion exchange oxidation disinfection UF MF NF RO EDR evaporation crystallization ZLD/MLD sludge treatment and biosolids management.

• Ability to develop process flow diagrams mass and energy balances treatment train concepts design bases operating philosophies and preliminary equipment requirements.

• Understanding process integration factors including pretreatment hydraulics water chemistry fouling and scaling residuals management energy demand operability reliability maintainability and lifecycle cost.

• Working knowledge of process instrumentation analyzers PLC DCS SCADA historians industrial data platforms advanced process control digital twins predictive analytics and operational autonomy concepts.

• Experience with pilot testing technology validation process optimization commissioning troubleshooting and performance assessment.

• Ability to evaluate technology maturity intellectual property positioning implementation risk supply chain dependencies and scale-up requirements.

• Experience in one or more priority markets such as semiconductor data centers mining and metals power generation food and beverage chemicals pharmaceuticals or municipal utilities is preferred.

ATTRIBUTES

• Customer-centered and outcome-oriented with the discipline to understand the operating problem before recommending technology.

• Strong systems thinker who can connect process design automation operations services economics and risk.

• Excellent communication skills in English with the ability to engage operators engineers customers partners and senior executives.

• Able to simplify complex technical concepts without losing accuracy or credibility.

• Collaborative and effective in a global cross-functional and matrixed organization including through indirect influence.

• Commercially aware and comfortable supporting customer engagement proposals negotiations and go-to-market planning.

• Independent analytical pragmatic and willing to work directly with technologies project teams and customer sites.

• Committed to safety integrity inclusion and responsible innovation.

TRAVEL

Ability to travel up to 50% of the time including domestic and international business trips. A valid passport is required.

EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are interested in all qualified candidates who are eligible to legally work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Yokogawa is an equal opportunity employer.

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse equitable and inclusive will actively recruit develop and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience knowledge thinking styles perspective cultural background and socioeconomic will not discriminate based on race skin color age sex gender identity and expression sexual orientation religion belief political opinion nationality ethnicity place of origin disability family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong contribute succeed and demonstrate their full potential.

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