Chemist

A trusted partner at nearly three million commercial customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $13 billion and more than 45,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights, and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality, and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.

Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, is seeking a talented scientist to join the Mining & Mineral Processing Research Group located in Naperville, IL. Our mission is to enable our customers to increase mineral recovery, improve process efficiency and drive sustainable energy and water use through the development of innovative chemical, automation and digital technologies.

What’s in it For You:

• The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve their objectives around Water, Food, Health, and Climate.
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth.
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best.

What You Will Do:

• Plan and conduct lab experiments to assist in the development of new chemical products and chemical treatment performance models. The primary focus of new technology development will be mineral flotation and process scale control.
• Document and communicate experimental results, summaries, and recommendations.
• Contribute to the research and development of differentiated technology, products, processes, and systems.
• Ensure that all research activities are performed with safety as the top priority.
• Help provide solutions to a variety of problems which require collecting and analyzing data from diverse sources to solve problems.
• Work under limited supervision on assigned tasks or portions of projects to determine and develop approaches to meet desired objectives.
• May lead projects/experiments/research with limited scope and complexity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors or advanced degree in a chemistry or related discipline.
• BS and or MS and 0 to 3 years industrial experience.
• Experience planning and executing measurements and/or experiments with minimal supervision or direction, once trained
• Experience maintaining and operating lab equipment
• Sponsorship not offered

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the Mining & Mineral Processing industry
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with respect to collaborating with co-workers and establishing effective networks.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, prioritize, and execute research as an individual contributor and as a member of a team.
• Intermediate or expert proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Extensive experience with maintaining and operating lab equipment
• Demonstrated ability to improve upon existing test methods, or develop new test methods
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills to resolve issues
• Demonstrated experience with reviewing lab data, drawing conclusions & making recommendations for further experiments
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail when conducting experiments
• Ability to manage multiple requests and manage your time

A trusted partner at nearly three million commercial customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $13 billion and more than 47,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights, and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality, and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.

When you come to work at Ecolab, you get to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges and have the opportunity to learn and grow, shape your career, make an impact and quickly see the importance of your work.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.