Solution Architect - GHT

Ecolab
Amsterdam, Netherlands
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tech stack

Systems Engineering
Systems Architecture
Web Platforms
Digital Twin
Industrial Software

Job description

  • The opportunity to take on some of the world's most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments
  • The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company and a team 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
  • A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection.

The main responsibilities of the role are to:

  • Solution Architecture: Design end-to-end technical architectures for water treatment, monitoring, and sustainability platforms. (Reference architecture)

  • Client Engagement: Collaborate with sales, engineering, and service teams to understand client challenges and deliver tailored solutions.

  • Commercial Excellence Key Responsibilities:

  • Proposal & Communication Development

  • Draft, edit, and deliver proposals that integrate input from sales, marketing, and technical experts.
  • Ensure messaging highlights contractor needs, compliance, and value propositions.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Serve as the communication bridge across commercial and technical functions.
  • Translate technical details into clear, customer-friendly language.
  • Customer-Centric Focus
  • Prioritize contractor requirements in all communications (where our PO comes from).
  • Present operational outcomes as secondary benefits, reinforcing efficiency and reliability.
  • Quality & Consistency
  • Maintain consistency in tone, branding, and messaging across proposals and communications.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and organizational policies.
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Collect feedback from contractors and internal teams to refine communication strategies.
  • Support the development of templates, best practices, and knowledge libraries.
  • Innovation: Drive adoption of smart water management technologies, including IoT, predictive analytics, and digital twins.
  • Compliance & Security: Ensure solutions meet industry standards, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity best practices.
  • Collaboration: Partner with product managers, R&D, and field engineers to deliver scalable, customer-focused solutions.
  • Documentation: Maintain architectural blueprints, roadmaps, and technical governance standards.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Water treatment?, Do you have a Master's degree?, Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, is seeking an experienced and motivated Pre-sales Engineer to join our innovation efforts and support our customers in the Global High Tech (GHT) . We are seeking a candidate with a strong technical background, who is 'hands-on', ideally with practical field/application experience, who is self-motivated, enjoys versatility and work across different topics and projects, has a desire for collaboration and is a creative problem solver., * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, or similar)

  • Proven experience in designing complex technical solutions or architectures (industrial systems, water treatment, or infrastructure projects)
  • Experience in solution architecture, systems engineering, or technical consulting roles
  • Strong capability to design end-to-end system architectures
  • Knowledge of:
  • Water treatment systems
  • Monitoring and sustainability platforms
  • Familiarity with IoT, digital platforms, predictive analytics, digital twins
  • Ability to define and maintain:
  • Technical roadmaps
  • Reference architectures
  • Technical governance frameworks
  • Solid understanding of industry standards, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity principles
  • Experience working closely with customers and sales teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
  • Ability to design tailored, value-driven solutions addressing client challenges
  • Strong communication skills to present complex architectures to non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to align multiple stakeholders and drive solution development from concept to deliver
  • Experience working in matrix and international environment
  • Strong attention to technical governance and standardisationù
  • trategic mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
  • Ability to balance big-picture thinking with technical detail

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