Oilfield Technical Representative (New Grad)

ChampionX has an immediate need for a Technical Service Professional located in Fort St. John, BC .

If you are a passionate professional with a proven track record of success in technical sales and ability to work well in teams and with customers, we invite you to apply.

This is your opportunity to join a large growing company offering a competitive base salary, bonus structure and benefits.

What’s in it For You :

A flexible, independent work environment where you will manage a monthly schedule.

Access to best-in-class resources, tools, and technology

Grow your income as you drive growth with your customer base.

Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety and includes top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment.

Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, a company-paid pension plan, tuition reimbursement and more!

What You Will Do :

Ensures a safe work environment, promotes a safety culture and actively works to achieve goal zero. Promptly reports every incident, near miss, or injury to leader as soon as feasibly possible

Lead in training customers, peers, as well as Sales personnel in an internal or customer facing environment

Act as primary trainer for new employees in team territory

Required to work with Sales team, District Managers, Regional Sales Managers, his / her associates and industry marketers and customers to support the implementation of industry / marketing plan

Responsible for development and deployment of best practices for numerous products and programs within an industry segment

Responsible for project ownership. Functions interdependently with increased versatility

Relentless safety focus

Routinely solve complex customer problems across multiple product lines

Increase flexibility and agility in team-selling; viewed as a trusted partner in team-selling

Responsible for cross functional collaboration

Proactively solve customer problems in ways that accelerate business growth in alignment with plan and targets

Raise technical competency of Sales personnel

Project focused; ownership and accountability from scoping through to implementation

Attend CMT (customer chemical management team), CAT, etc. meetings to leverage opportunities

Proofing and editing recommendations

Responsible for Customer facing presentations

Participate in account audits

Responsible for working with field organization to identify and capture the impact of company programs / applications / systems in clear financial terms

Work with field organization to identify needs, problems, determine effective solutions and help document specifications.

Identify large account opportunities and coordinate with Key Account Managers and Sales Mgmt.

Provide support to peers as well as salespeople for more complex situations. Requested to support customer jeopardy situations

Participate in industry events such as AMPP conferences

Lead SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, threat) Analysis

Work closely with current customers to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation plans that will maintain and grow sales within team territory

Assists in performing customer account management activities under the guidance and supervision of experienced sales professionals

Partner in execution of team territories sales growth plans in collaboration with Sales under limited supervision of senior leaders

Develops technically appropriate product selection to maximize profitability when recommending products and programs

Responsible for influencing, read and / or responding to RFPs (Request for Proposal) and Specifications

Engage in Health Check (audit) of accounts in team territory

Participate in sales calls at all relevant levels of the customer organization

Actively participate in sales campaigns across area of responsibility

Coordinate technical review of must keep and must win accounts

Collaborate with Sales, Business Development, Key Account Managers to identify external target business opportunities across team territory

Proactively audit junior representatives to ensure they have learned and incorporated safe practices while conducting field work

Participate in all types of field work, including sampling and testing knowledge, and transfer that expertise to more junior representatives through active training and coaching

Responsible for troubleshooting specific customer technical problems

Engage in problem solving by performing system analysis, interpreting data and providing written recommendations to ensure customer operations are performing at optimal levels

Designs comprehensive treatment applications in team territory

Provide advanced recommendations for (multiple) product application and optimization. Highly proficient in troubleshooting, product selection, application, and articulating solutions to the internal and external customer

Position Details :

Candidate must reside in Fort St. John, BC or surrounding areas.

Must have a valid Driver’s License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record

This is a safety sensitive role and will require completion of drug and alcohol testing.

No immigration sponsorship offered for this role.

Travel 20%, possible overnight travel to support team territory

Minimum Qualifications :

Degree or diploma in relevant field (science or engineering).

Some industry experience is preferred.

Physical Demands :

Must have the ability to Lift / Push / Pull / Carry up to 55 pounds chest high.

Preferred Qualifications :

Effective time management, ability to multi-task

Experience in Technical Service or Sales specific to production chemicals

Experience in providing recommendations for oilfield product application and optimization

Recognized within the local industry as proficient in troubleshooting, product selection, application, and articulating solutions to the internal and external customers

Personality, attitude, behavior, and work ethic conductive to our company culture

Demonstrated ability to function with agility and interdependence and an advanced knowledge of customers, problems, and solutions across team territory

Demonstrated resilience to succeed over a wide range of broad, diverse situations across team territory

Advanced technical sales focused communication skills; both written and verbal

Advanced interpersonal skills

Advanced skills in coaching and mentoring that enable internal customer

Advanced negotiation and problem-solving skills

About ChampionX

ChampionX is a global leader in providing chemistry programs and services, drilling technology, artificial lift solutions, and automation technologies for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry.

Our world-class safety culture fuels our purpose to improve lives through our commitment to deliver sustainable operations.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At ChampionX, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best.

We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance.

In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA).

Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.