About the job

Join Ecolab’s industry leading Food & Beverage team as a Service Technician. We are increasing food safety and product quality, enhancing sustainability and boosting operational efficiency. We provide cleaning and sanitation solutions to food, beverage, and dairy manufacturing environments through a dual focus on sales and technical service/consultation to new and existing customers. This is an entry level sales position responsible for selling Food & Beverage products/services by interacting with established customers and developing new sales prospects.

What’s In It For You

• Join an ambitious, award winning company with excellent scope for career progression and development
• Work with some of the market leaders in the food and beverage industry
• Access to best in class resources, tools, and technology
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety to include top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment.

What You Will Do

• Execute Service strategy surveys, process checks and reporting through:
  • Consulting with customer on chemical, technical & application issues as well as optimization of systems)
  • Execute field trials, reporting & training
  • Establish, verify & document hygiene plans and their parameters through regular customer visits
• Assist customer needs
• Install and repair equipment at the customer's plant
• Ensure equipment machine maintenance goals established by the customer
• Support introduction of new programs and service concepts to customers
• Achieve monthly safety metrics and input safety data into the company's system
• Establish new ways of improving service
• Provide recommendations related to safety standards and protocol

Position Details

• Candidate must reside in: Jinja
• Route territory will include: Jinja
• Work week and shift: day and night shift rota

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma in chemical/ mechanical/ industrial chemistry
• Experience working in a technical service role

Physical Demands

• Must have the ability to Lift/Push/Pull/
• Must be able to access and be comfortable with working in a variety of conditions to include confined spaces, freezing conditions and hot conditions;
• Must be able to physically perform the essential duties of the position which include lifting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, balancing, walking, standing, talking and hearing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge/aptitude in electricity, mechanical systems
• Degree in mechanical, chemical fields (or similar)
• 2 years of experience in technical roles in Food & Beverages plants;
• Exposure to MS Office including Excel and Word.
• Willingness and ability to work off hours

About Ecolab Food & Beverage

See how Ecolab helps make 27% of the world’s processed food safe. In Food & Beverage, you’ll help a wide variety of food, beverage, and brewery processors manage the increasing risks of foodborne illness and contamination. By providing cleaning and sanitizing programs, animal care products, antimicrobial food tissue treatment and many other operational efficiency and product quality programs, Food & Beverage offers the opportunity to work with a combination of innovation and world-class service.

NB: Ecolab is an equal opportunity employer

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, and disabled individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, Ecolab 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, or disability.