Area Technical Applications Manager

Role Overview

• Apply your expertise in production chemistry, wellhead applications, and customer operations to deliver high‑quality engineering support.
• Ensure full compliance with the Manage the Job Cycle (MtJC) process through all phases of job planning, preparation, and execution.
• Partner with the assigned Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to understand customer well objectives, operational requirements, and contractual models such as outcome‑based or line‑item contracts.
• Conduct offset job analysis and perform engineering modelling to identify operational hazards, risks, and potential incident scenarios.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, quality, and product line teams to ensure all technical considerations, constraints, and product/service requirements are integrated into job planning.
• Design detailed job programs that include risk mitigation strategies, contingency plans, and optimized engineering parameters to meet customer objectives and support future job opportunities.
• Communicate any risks to achieving client objectives through appropriate channels in alignment with Service Delivery Coordinators and Sales teams.
• Document all calculations, simulations, design revisions, and changes for visibility, handovers, and audit compliance.
• Provide technical support during job execution, including participation in on‑call rotations as required.
• Review job as‑planned versus as‑executed performance, capturing lessons learned, and recommending procedural and engineering improvements for continuous operational enhancement.
• Support field incidents, conduct product/service failure assessments, and participate in incident investigations to determine root causes and corrective actions across planning, preparation, and execution stages.
• Ensure timely incident management to accelerate customer issue resolution and support cash collection.
• Advise on product improvement opportunities, particularly for repetitive or systemic equipment/component failures.
• Support sales efforts by providing technical recommendations, application insights, and customer‑focused engineering support.
• Handle special engineering or operational projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Have a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, chemical/application engineering, or mathematics.
• Have strong leadership capabilities, with excellent interpersonal, influencing, and planning skills.
• Have 5+ years of experience as a field manager or account manager, ideally within the chemical industry or upstream production chemicals.
• Have a customer‑focused approach with proven experience managing and supporting key customer accounts.
• Have the ability to participate in an on‑call rotation outside normal business hours.
• Have the ability to work effectively within a global matrix organization and collaborate across functions.
• Have excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly.
• Have strong organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Have the ability to travel up to 25% for customer visits, team support, and field operations.

Benefits

• Flexibility to work remotely within the United States, with a preference for candidates based in or near Denver, Colorado.
• Travel of approximately 25% (one week per month) for customer visits, team support, field reviews, and operational needs.
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits