Water Treatment Service Chemist – Basingstoke

Future Select Ltd; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water treatment company is seeking a competent Water Treatment Service Chemist/Account Manager in Basingstoke. This multi-faceted role involves chemical analysis, account management, and ensuring compliance with water hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have strong chemistry knowledge, relevant experience in service chemist roles, and excellent communication skills. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company vehicle

Additional benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in service chemist role analyzing water systems.
• Proven portfolio management of steam boiler and cooling tower accounts.
• Hands-on experience with water hygiene duties.

Responsibilities

• Conduct chemical analysis on cooling towers and steam boilers.
• Maintain domestic and industrial water systems.
• Monitor various properties as per client needs.
• Manage new and existing client accounts.

Skills

Chemistry knowledge

Communication skills

Knowledge of water treatment/hygiene

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Chemistry based degree

Job description

Job Description

Our client is a well-established water treatment company that are currently seeking the services of a competent and hard-working Water Treatment Service Chemist/Account Manager based in and around the Basingstoke area to join their team. This is a varied role, and the successful candidate will be under-taking both industrial water treatment duties alongside account management duties. The successful candidate will have extensive hands‑on experience working within the water treatment sector including carrying out the technical analysis of cooling towers, steam boilers and closed system water. The successful applicant will also be responsible for the management of new and existing accounts. Applications from Reading, Portsmouth, Newbury, and the surrounding areas will be considered.

Qualifications & experience

• Will ideally hold a chemistry based degree.
• Experience of working in a service chemist role, under-taking the analysis of system boilers, closed systems and cooling tower water.
• Previous experience in managing a portfolio of steam boiler, cooling tower and closed system accounts.
• Hands on experience delivering water hygiene duties in accordance with ACOP L8.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Good working knowledge of water treatment/hygiene industry essential.
• Proficient with Microsoft office package.

Role

• Chemical Analysis on Cooling towers, Steam boilers and closed heated and chilled systems.
• Maintenance of Domestic and Industrial water systems.
• Routine monitoring tasks at various properties as per client requirements.
• Providing the full range of Service Chemist duties on an array of systems across a variety of sectors.
• Updating of Site Log Books.
• Managing the company’s new and existing accounts, whilst generating new leads.
• Maintain a professional working relationship with new and existing clients.

For the right candidate this company is offering a competitive salary, depending on experience, company vehicle and many other benefits.

Future Select are recruiting in the Water Treatment/Hygiene industry; we work with the best clients and candidates and supply the majority of permanent jobs in the market. We would be interested in speaking to candidates with experience in any disciplines from Risk Assessors, Service Engineers, Account/Business Development/Operational Managers through to Director level.

We are inundated with applications and will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful. Your details will be saved on our system and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.