Chemist

Job purpose

Ecolab is a trusted partner at nearly three million customers locations, and it is the global leader in Water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and vital resources. Around the world, customer in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets choose comprehensive Ecolabs solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environment, operate efficiently and achieve sustainability goals.

To support the customers in IMEA market, Ecolab has established a state-of-the-art Research, Development and Engineering (RDE) center in Pune. The RDE center is focused on developing and deploying innovation technologies as well provide technical support in water treatment, customer process improvement and development of automation tools to improve the productivity and efficiency of operations. Also, the RDE center has world class analytical laboratory for supporting the water analysis and innovation projects as well conducting performance studies. We are seeking candidate who has strong collaboration and teamwork skills, is self-motivated, has good communication skills, is creative problem solvers, and possess strong observation and perception skills.

Duties and responsibilities

Following are some of the key duties and responsibilities for this position

• Follow all safety policies and guidelines during lab work and site visits
• Ensures compliance with Ecolab corporate safety standards, policies and procedures and manages the lab and other processes
• Ability to quickly learn processes, instruments, software’s as well as others like LIMS
• Fostering, collaborating and continuous improvement for digitalization and automation of QA Process
• Conduct water analysis/tests, performance studies of technologies, customer technical support and present the findings in meetings.
• Develop and maintain ISO17025 excellence and compliance of the lab

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry/Biotech or related discipline
• 1+ years of industrial experience in handling analytical instruments like ICP, IC, HPLC, TOC, XRF, GC, etc
• Highly skilled in conducting water analysis like cations, anions, COD, BOD, Alkalinity, organic carbon, dissolved/suspended solids, etc
• Profound knowledge of ISO17025 certification
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• self-motivated, open minded team player
• Focused and driven while at the same time agile and flexible with the approach and assignments
• Strong problem-solving skills