Nalco, an Ecolab Company, is looking for an Intern - Chemical Engineer to join its industry leading Nalco Water team. If you are a passionate professional that enjoys interacting with customers and likes to work in an autonomous environment, we invite you to apply. You will be joining a talented team that supports water treatment applications for a variety of industries. In this position, you will manage and develop long standing client relationships, with an intense focus on exceeding client expectations and driving service delivery. You will have a hands-on approach to service and deliver value through developing and managing technical projects to solve customer problems.

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What’s in it For You:

Youwill join a large growing company and work with some of our leading customers
Access to best in class resources, tools, and technology
Enjoy a paid training program allowing you to learn from successful professionals
Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety to include top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment

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About the company

Ecolab

Company overview

Ecolab sells water, hygiene, and infection-prevention solutions to businesses that run high-stakes operations like food production, hospitality, healthcare, and industrial plants. Ecolab pairs products with on-site service and data-led monitoring, so customers can keep environments clean, safe, and compliant while also reducing water and energy use. Ecolab also operates a large sales-and-service workforce alongside R&D and engineering teams that build and improve the underlying chemistry, equipment, and digital tooling.

Locations and presence

Ecolab is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota and operates globally with employees spread across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Greater China, and India, Middle East and Africa. Work setup varies by role, with many field and site-based jobs tied to customer locations, and some office roles offering hybrid or work-from-home options depending on team and country.

Palpable Score

72.2

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Ecolab is easy to access for students because the company keeps internships visible, pairs them with a clear “considered for full-time” message, and even runs an early development summit that feeds into internship applications. The hiring process is explained at a high level, but the public picture on timelines and follow-up is mixed across roles. Pay and benefits transparency is a real strength in job ads and benefits documents, while ongoing restructuring and limited published outcome metrics cap confidence on early-career stability and progression.

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