Hach Applications Specialist (North America)

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that impacts industries and communities worldwide.
• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
• Thriving in a collaborative environment that values innovation and excellence.

At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions. As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Why This Role Matters

Water quality is critical for critical industrial manufacturing, steam cycles, food production, and other industrial water systems. In this role, you’ll be the technical expert and trusted advisor, solving complex challenges and shaping solutions that drive efficiency, sustainability, and innovation in critical processing industries (light-to-mid).

About the Role

Reporting to the Applications Specialist Manager, the Applications Specialist – Processing Industries serves as an internal technical consultant, leveraging deep industry knowledge to solve customers’ most critical operational needs. You’ll collaborate with sales, product management, marketing, and R&D to ensure our solutions meet customer requirements and drive growth in this specialized market.

Location: Remote (North America)

What You’ll Do

• Act as a recognized industry expert in Power, Steam, Food, Beverage and other critical processing industries (light-to-mid) and markets.
• Maintain advanced expertise in applications and associated products for these markets.
• Provide deep technical and industrial applications knowledge to shape product development and strategy.
• Partner with sales and project teams to define go-to-market strategies.
• Solve complex treatment and monitoring challenges, delivering optimization and cost savings.
• Provide market insights to influence strategic business and marketing plans.
• Contribute to product development through voice-of-customer feedback.
• Develop technical collateral, application notes, and support customer visits, tradeshows, and training programs.
• Lead presentations at industry seminars and conferences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MS or PhD preferred (Chemistry, Microbiology, Environmental Science, or Engineering disciplines).
• 8–10 years of technical applications experience in similar products/services.
• Direct experience managing, optimizing, or designing industrial water treatment systems and critical utilities.
• Knowledge of industrial water treatment processes and best practices.
• Strong customer-facing experience in commercial, sales, or project roles.
• Ability to travel up to 50% (domestic and international).
• Market experience at National and Global levels.

Hach is proud to be part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility.

We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of five days, though it may be open for a longer period of time. We encourage your prompt application.

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. 

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