Water, hygiene, and infection prevention for food, healthcare, and industrial operations
Ecolab is a multinational chemical manufacturer operating at scale: $16B in annual revenue, 48,000 employees, and presence in 170+ countries across 40 industries. The hiring mix is heavily sales-driven (367 open roles) relative to engineering (147), reflecting a field-service and customer-success-oriented business model. Tech adoption signals—GitHub Copilot, Power Automate, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)—alongside manufacturing pain points (equipment uptime, operational inefficiency, food safety compliance) suggest the company is automating back-office workflows and scaling predictive maintenance capabilities.
Notable leadership hires: Resin Sales Lead, Global Marketing Director, Finance Director, Marketing Director, Utility Head
Ecolab manufactures and deploys water treatment, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions for global customers in food production, healthcare, data centers, microelectronics, life sciences, and hospitality. The business spans chemical formulation (evidenced by lab-heavy stack: UPLC, HPLC, SDS-PAGE, JMP), industrial automation (Fanuc, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, PLC/DCS control systems), and field service delivery. Operations span manufacturing sites, logistics networks, and customer facilities worldwide. The company targets cost reduction and compliance assurance for customers managing food safety, water quality, and equipment reliability across distributed locations.
Ecolab uses Kubernetes, Azure, Docker, SAP, Power BI, and SQL for enterprise systems; UPLC, HPLC, SDS-PAGE, JMP for lab analysis; and industrial automation platforms (Fanuc, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, PLC/DCS, BACnet, Modbus) for manufacturing control.
Ecolab has active recruiting in 25+ countries including the United States, Brazil, China, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Mexico, and others across Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
Other companies in the same industry, closest in size