Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specialising in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Water Tech brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.
Product Application Specialist – Hydrocarbon Process Industry
HPI/CPI
You can be based in: Iberia or France
Veolia Water Tech is seeking a technically accomplished professional to provide specialist support across our Hydrocarbon Process Industry, Chemical, and Petrochemical operations in the Iberia and France region. This role offers the opportunity to work with advanced process and gas treatment technologies whilst collaborating with regional and global experts to drive business retention and profitable expansion across premium industrial accounts.
As Product Application Specialist, you will provide critical technical support to the commercial sales team, working closely with customers in refineries, chemical plants, and acid gas treatment facilities. Your expertise will be essential in understanding customer concerns, developing corrective action plans, and conducting technical audits at existing and prospect accounts. You will serve as a trusted technical adviser, translating complex process challenges into practical solutions whilst ensuring clear communication across internal and external stakeholders.
This position requires a strong technical foundation combined with excellent communication skills to influence commercial strategy and support new business acquisitions. You will make technical presentations to all levels of customer organisations, articulate the differentiable aspects of Veolia Water Tech's chemical treatment programmes, and provide troubleshooting support at key accounts. Working within a collaborative European and Global team environment, you will contribute to defining market needs and evaluating new product introductions to meet evolving industry requirements.
Day-to-Day Duties:
• Provide technical support to commercial sales teams across Hydrocarbon Process Industry, Chemical, and Petrochemical sectors in Iberia and France
• Conduct technical audits at existing accounts and survey prospect accounts to identify opportunities and optimise treatment programmes
• Deliver technical presentations to customer organisations at all levels, including participation in seminars at specific customer sites
• Provide technical troubleshooting and equipment inspection support at key accounts within the region
• Develop corrective action plans for customer concerns and manage direct customer relationships through clear communication
• Work with process documentation including PFDs, P&IDs, PDSs, and heat and material balances to support customer applications
• Articulate competitive advantages of Veolia Water Tech's chemical treatment and service programmes to customers
• Support new business acquisitions and collaborate with European and Global teams to evaluate new product introductions
Ideal Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or relevant technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Demonstrated background in Hydrocarbon Process Industry and Chemical or Petrochemical Industry applications
• Fluency in English, French, and Spanish, both written and verbal
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis, Microsoft tools, technical report writing, and presentation development
• Ability to work with process documentation and perform chemical analysis using standard methods
• Willingness to travel approximately 20-40% of the time, including international travel, and work in heavy industrial environments
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.
Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 48 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €28.508 billion in 2021.
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Le groupe Veolia a pour ambition de devenir l’entreprise de référence de la transformation écologique. Présent sur les cinq continents avec près de 220 000 salariés, le Groupe conçoit et déploie des solutions utiles et concrètes pour la gestion de l’eau, des déchets et de l’énergie qui participent à changer radicalement la donne. Au travers de ses trois activités complémentaires, Veolia contribue à développer l’accès aux ressources, à préserver les ressources disponibles et à les renouveler. En 2021, le groupe Veolia a servi 79 millions d’habitants en eau potable et 61 millions en assainissement, produit près de 48 millions de mégawattheures et valorisé 48 millions de tonnes de déchets. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext : VIE) a réalisé en 2021 un chiffre d’affaires consolidé de 28,508 milliards d’euros.
