Field Engineer

Clean Chemistry • The Woodlands, TX

24d

About The Position

Clean Chemistry is a technology, product, and service company founded in 2012 to develop and commercialize chemistry for water treatment, sanitization, and bleaching. The company is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, and Midland, Texas.

The Field Engineer is based at one of Clean Chemistry’s operations facilities and supports product field trials, system installations, and operations at industrial customer facilities in the United States and internationally. The role involves regular customer-site travel, expected to be 25–50% of the time. When not traveling, the engineer analyzes data, remotely supports trial operations, prepares equipment and materials for deployment, and develops an understanding of customer applications and processes. The position is often customer-facing and works closely with Clean Chemistry’s Pulp & Paper and Food & Beverage teams, as well as its operations and engineering teams.

This is a hands-on position suitable for recent engineering graduates or more experienced engineers. The role requires flexibility to work extended hours at customer sites and to travel independently. Compensation is $80,000–$85,000 annually, depending on experience. The company also offers health, life, and disability coverage, a 401(k), companywide bonus initiatives, entry-level training with industry veterans, and a flexible time management program recognizing the demands of field service work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering, or comparable work experience.
• Excellent problem-solving skills involving process equipment and automation, chemical manufacturing, or industrial/municipal water treatment processes.
• Ability to travel independently, drive, and work in industrial facilities involving moderate walking distances, flights of stairs, and seasonal outdoor temperature variations from hot to below freezing.
• Willingness to travel 25–50% of the time, with travel varying by month, and to work flexible and extended hours at customer sites.
• Ability to travel in the United States and internationally.
• Effective, professional customer communication and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot and support internal and external customers remotely; off-hour conversations are often required.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet and database software for compiling, analyzing, and presenting data, and with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative to drive projects forward.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in industrial facilities, including pulp and paper, water treatment, chemical, pharmaceutical, or food and beverage manufacturing.
• Familiarity with chemical reactions, chemical notation, stoichiometric calculations, and unit conversions.
• Plumbing and hands-on mechanical experience.
• Experience with chemical hygiene and safety programs.
• Hands-on experience with PLCs, process sensors, control signals, power supplies, motors, and pumps.
• Experience with engineering design software and Google Suite tools.
• Equipment assembly or fabrication experience and process hazard analysis.
• Project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Follow Clean Chemistry safety policies and procedures and customer-facility safety protocols.
• Install Clean Chemistry chemical production systems and provide operational support at customer facilities for product trials and permanent installations.
• Travel to customer facilities to conduct product trials with Clean Chemistry teams and communicate and work with customer management and staff.
• Develop proficiency with Clean Chemistry chemical production systems to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair equipment.
• Test and evaluate chemical production systems before and after deployment.
• Conduct chemical analyses of Clean Chemistry products and process streams treated by the chemistry.
• Manage and coordinate systems and equipment for trials and permanent installations.
• Develop an understanding of specific customer facilities and processes.
• Analyze customer data and key performance indicators to assess the technology’s impact across applications.
• Evaluate processes in field operations and communicate with Operations, Engineering, and HSEQ teams to identify improvements to safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Provide remote troubleshooting and support to internal and external customers.

Benefits

• Health coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• 401(k)
• Companywide bonus initiatives
• Entry-level training with industry veterans
• Flexible time management program recognizing the demands of challenging field service work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level