Regional Applications Specialist - Data Centers

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.

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Position Summary
The Regional Applications Specialist – Data Center serves as the foundational technical support for the defined Region within the Global High-Tech organization. This role reports to the Global Applications Manager – High Tech Water and brings deep expertise in industrial water treatment, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and cooling system operation to ensure reliable, efficient, and sustainable performance of mission-critical cooling systems.
Key Responsibilities
• Serve as a technical advisor on water treatment in data center cooling systems (cooling towers, closed-loop systems, adiabatic and liquid cooling).
• Partner with Corporate Account Managers and customers’ engineering teams to design and optimize treatment programs.
• Review system designs, operating data, and P&IDs to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Support root cause analysis for system issues impacting reliability or efficiency.
• Provide product and execution guidance for commissioning of newly constructed hydronic systems.

• Assist in executing water treatment programs in accordance with internal best practice guidelines.

• Conduct Best Practice Gap Analysis to identify gaps in water treatment programs and recommend operational efficiency improvement projects in a documented report, with an emphasis around water and energy savings.

• Quantify operational savings for efficiency improvement projects.

• Lead innovation pilot applications, technical trials and market trials.

• Assist in development of technical marketing material (case studies, white papers, trade show presentations).
• Contribute to technical proposals and standardized solutions for enterprise customers.

•  Support Key and Corporate Account Managers with customer program reviews.
• Stay current on emerging cooling technologies, including high-density compute and liquid cooling.
• Provide training and technical guidance to internal teams.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field such as Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering (required)
• 5+ years of experience in industrial water treatment or data center cooling operations
• Strong knowledge of water chemistry, corrosion, fouling, and microbiological control

• Experience with commissioning, treatment and monitoring of facility and technical loop systems within data centers.
• Ability to travel approximately 50% of the time within North America

Skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly
• Effective collaboration across technical, sales, and operations teams

• Confidently communicate technical recommendations to customers
Impact
This role enables delivery of best-in-class technical expertise to data center customers, ensuring system reliability, operational excellence, and long-term strategic growth.

We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired qualification.  If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.

Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer, including Minorities / Women/ Veterans / Disabled.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Should you require assistance in applying to this opportunity, please reach out to Solenis Talent Acquisition at [email protected]