Water Treatment/Wastewater Equipment Troubleshooting Specialist - Pickering - Veolia | Water Tech

Description

Water Treatment/Wastewater Equipment Troubleshooting Specialist

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business 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.

Job Description

Equipment Support Specialist of the Technical Ops Services Technical Support team with focus on effective post‑commissioning technical support, warranty claim management and customer issue resolution. This role will be responsible for providing world‑class support to the ES install‑base customers. The Technical Support Specialist is accountable for managing customer issues to closure both during regular business hours and 24/7 after‑hours support.

Key Characteristics

• Able to communicate with fellow Technical Support team, engineering, process & controls groups to ensure issues are recorded and understood to allow uninterrupted customer service
• Highlight chronic issues in product to Product Managers and engineering personnel and assist in implementing solutions
• Able to provide training facilitation to both internal & external customers as a subject matter expert with specific product focus on P&D/Legacy (Ozonia, Aquaray UV, Clarifiers, DAF's, MBBR etc.) product lines
• Strong focus on customer relationships (both external and internal customers). Understands balance between customer and Veolia teams

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Management to understand the root cause of the failure, communicate and report on progress with the customer, update Customer Technical Support Cases (CTS) and ensure the technical closure of the case is recorded & validated with the customer
• Organize and drive feedback to engineering and senior management for sustained product and project delivery improvement
• Communicate with fellow Technical Support team members, process & controls groups to ensure cases are recorded and understood to allow uninterrupted customer service
• Lead the resolution of customer complaints and issues throughout a project lifecycle
• Investigate and report cases in the CTS application
• Facilitate client issue resolution and participate in RCA (Root Cause Analysis) teams to identify & resolve systemic issues across the business
• Active participation in Large Issue review meetings, responsible for the project to be completed on budget through tracking all project costs when leading complicated solutions to large issues
• Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of all Veolia WTS and service offerings specific to P&D/Legacy Business and related products

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to multitask on several concurrent projects
• Ability to effectively present ideas and information verbally and through written documentation
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Be able to troubleshoot and repair Mechanical and Electrical components typically found in water treatment plants (pumps, blowers, valves etc.) via the phone with an operator or at a plant site
• Have working knowledge of PLC controls and basic abilities to modify and read PLC logic
• Be able to read and understand Process Flow Diagrams (PFD's), Process and Instrument Drawings (P&ID's), Electrical Drawings, Control Logic Summary Charts (CLSC) and Operating Sequence Charts (OSC)

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years' experience with Veolia WTS systems or equivalent industry experience
• 5 years of client relationship management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant field experience working on Veolia WTS products
• Background in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tools
• Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a water treatment field
• Knowledge of and/or demonstrated ability to learn new equipment and processes related to Veolia WTS products and systems including but not limited to RO/ED, UF/MBR, Ion Exchange, P&D (purification & disinfection), ADT and Thermal technologies

Additional Information

Compensation: The salary range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $70-78k (CAD), $66-72k (USD).

Please note: This role can be based in one of our offices across NORAM, or it can be 100% remotely, depending on the candidate's experience and preference. There is minimal travel required to customer sites and Veolia offices, as deemed necessary.

Veolia values diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. This internship is a paid opportunity and offers students the chance to gain valuable industry experience while contributing to the mission of sustainable water management.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Manufacturing

Industries

• Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting