Ecolab Purification Technologies (Purolite Resins): United Kingdom (preferred) or other European countriesTerritory: Europe Travel Requirement: Approximately 30%Ecolab Purifications Technologies a integral leader in ion exchange, adsorbent, catalyst, and specialty resin technologies, is seeking a highly motivated Technical Consultant to support the continued growth of our business across EuropeThe successful candidate will serve as a key technical resource for customers, sales teams, and strategic partners, providing expert application support, troubleshooting, training, and business development assistance across a broad range of ion exchange and adsorption applications.
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This role combines strong technical expertise with customer-facing consulting and commercial support responsibilities.
The successful candidate will combine scientific expertise, practical experience, customer-facing consulting skills, and a passion for solving complex industrial challenges.
Experience with advanced analytical and digital tools is beneficial but not a prerequisite for success in the role.
The position support customers across a diverse range of markets including industrial water treatment, pharmaceutical processing, food and beverage, energy, microelectronics, and emerging applications such as PFAS removal and resource recovery.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Sales Support
• Deliver technical support for a wide range of ion exchange, adsorbent, and catalyst applications.
• Assist in evaluating customer processes, identifying opportunities for resin optimization and value creation through data analysis, site audits, technical reviews and digital tools.
• Assist customers with commissioning, start-up support,



operational optimization, investigation and solutions for customer performance issues.
• Support sales teams with product selection, troubleshooting, and application recommendations.
• Partner with regional sales managers and account managers to identify and develop new business opportunities.
• Provide technical expertise during customer visits, presentations, bid preparation, and proposal development.
• Support process evaluations and design calculations using PRSM and other internal technical tools.
Training will be provided.
Application Development & Innovation
• Support, coordinate, and where appropriate conduct laboratory and pilot-scale studies in collaboration with application and R&D; teams.
• Collaborate with R&D;, Product Management, and Marketing teams to support new product introductions and application development projects.
• Contribute technical insights to innovation pipelines.
• Support validation of new technologies and commercial deployment activities.
Training & Knowledge Transfer
• Deliver technical seminars, customer workshops, and internal training programs.
• Develop technical reports, case studies, application guides, and customer-facing documentation.
• Develop and maintain strong technical expertise in ion exchange and related separation technologies and serve as a trusted technical resource for customers and internal teams.
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Polymer Chemistry,



Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Water Technology, Environmental Engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in technical consulting, applications engineering, process engineering, water treatment, or related industrial technologies.
• Strong understanding of chemistry and industrial process applications.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel throughout Europe.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multinational team.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master's degree or PhD in Polymer Chemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Water Technology, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience with ion exchange resins, adsorbents, membrane systems, or separation technologies.
• Knowledge of industrial water treatment, demineralization, ultrapure water, power generation, PFAS removal, food & beverage processing, hydrometallurgy, pharmaceutical, or specialty chemical applications.
• Hands-on laboratory experience including experimental design, pilot testing, and data interpretation.
• Experience with analytical techniques such as:o HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography)o GC (Gas Chromatography)o IC (Ion Chromatography)o AA (Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy)o ICP-OES / ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy)Experience with these analytical techniques is desirable but not required.
• Experience using data analysis and visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI, Python, or similar platforms is considered an advantage but is not required.
• Additional European language skills (German, French, Spani

📌 Technical Consultant- Purolite (Madrid)
🏢 Ecolab
📍 Madrid