On-Site Operator

Want to build a brighter, bolder future and cultivate your career?
Join Ecolab's team and help create a world in which we all thrive.

Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, helps customers conserve more than 161 billion gallons of water annually. We serve industries from food & beverage to mining and manufacturing, delivering innovative solutions that reduce, reuse, and recycle water while protecting systems and equipment. Our team combines deep technical expertise with smart technology to drive efficiency, sustainability, and performance.

Ecolab is seeking a
Wastewater Operator
to join our team and help shape a more sustainable future. As a Wastewater Operator, you'll support onsite operations that are safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible. You'll help our customers reduce water, energy, and natural resource consumption while improving productivity and reducing operational risk. Whether you're starting your career or looking to grow in a high-demand technical field, this is your opportunity to thrive with purpose.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Be at the heart of our mission to protect vital resources.
• Ensure the smooth operation of wastewater treatment systems, helping customers meet environmental standards and operational goals.
• Contribute to safer workplaces, cleaner water, and more efficient industrial processes.
• Take ownership, solve problems, and continuously improve operations – making a good system even better.

Position Details

• This position will be based in Martorell.

What's Unique About This Role

• You'll work with advanced monitoring systems and collaborate across departments in a high-impact, safety-first environment.
• A chance to build a long-term technical career with access to best-in-class tools, training, and support.

Minimum Qualifications

• FP
• Position requires a current and valid Driver's License with no restrictions
• Experience using basic hand tools
• Experience using a computer (email, MS Office)
• No immigration sponsorship available

Physical Demands

• Position requires lifting up to 50 pounds
• Position may require exposure to hot, cold, noisy, or dirty environments
• Position requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, balancing, walking, standing, climbing
• Position requires working indoors and outdoors in all seasons and weather conditions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working independently in an industrial setting
• Experience in industrial wastewater treatment or maintenance, particularly with reverse osmosis or other membrane technology
• State-level water or wastewater treatment certifications Background in heavy industry (e.g., steel or metals manufacturing)
• Familiarity with SCADA, HMI, or CMMS systems

What's In It For You

• The opportunity to take on some of the world's most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, and healthy environments.
• 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.

About Ecolab
At Ecolab, we prioritize our talent-first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at our nearly three million customer sites. Building on a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates help deliver comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Our solutions not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainability and public health, making a positive impact on the world. We are committed to eliminating unnecessary complexities and embracing a beginner's mindset, continuously seeking new perspectives and innovative solutions to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.

Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging
Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. 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.