Water Treatment Account Manager

Water Treatment Account Manager | Exeter & South West

Summary: Are you an experienced Water Treatment Account Manager looking to join one of the UK’s leading water treatment companies?

This is an exciting opportunity to manage and grow industrial water treatment accounts across the South West, working with customers operating steam boilers, cooling towers, and closed systems. You’ll inherit established accounts while also developing new business across the region.

Based in Exeter and covering the South West peninsula, this role offers genuine autonomy, excellent earning potential, and one of the best benefits packages in the industry.


The Company:

• One of the UK’s most established and recognisable Water Treatment companies.
  
  
• Excellent staff retention and low employee turnover – people stay because they’re looked after properly.
  
  
• Strong team culture with a supportive and experienced management structure.
  
  
• Flexible and autonomous working environment – no micromanagement.
  
  
• Specialists in industrial water treatment solutions including steam boiler treatment, cooling tower treatment, closed systems, and compliance services.
  
  
• Significant investment in lead generation, technical support, and marketing activities.

The Role:

• As Water Treatment Account Manager, you’ll manage and grow industrial water treatment accounts across Exeter and the South West.
  
  
• Working with customers operating steam boilers, cooling towers, and associated industrial process systems.
  
  
• Split between account management and business development activities.
  
  
• Develop long-term client relationships while identifying opportunities to grow spend across your customer base.
  
  
• Sell a full range of water treatment chemicals, monitoring solutions, and service contracts.
  
  
• Supported by an experienced technical and operations team.
  
  
• Manage your own diary and territory with a high level of autonomy.
  
  
• Home-based role with regular travel across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and the wider South West region.
  
  

The Ideal Candidate:

• Previous sales or account management experience within the Water Treatment industry.
  
  
• Experience working with industrial water treatment customers, particularly steam boilers and cooling towers.
  
  
• Strong relationship-building and commercial skills.
  
  
• Comfortable managing existing accounts while actively developing new business opportunities.
  
  
• Self-motivated, organised, and capable of working independently.
  
  
• Science-related qualifications would be advantageous but are not essential.
  
  
• Based in Exeter or elsewhere within the South West.
  
  

What You’ll Get:

• £40,000 – £50,000 basic salary depending on experience.
  
  
• 15% bonus scheme.
  
  
• Market-leading benefits package including generous employer pension contributions.
  
  
• Company car or car allowance.
  
  
• Laptop and mobile phone.
  
  
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  
  
• Established customer accounts from day one.
  
  
• Ongoing support, training, and career development opportunities.
  
  

The Process:

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JS Selection specialises in recruitment for the Water Treatment, Environmental, and Engineering sectors. We recruit for Account Manager jobs, Business Development Manager jobs, Sales Engineer roles, Service Engineer vacancies, Water Hygiene positions, Operations Manager roles, and Technical Sales opportunities across the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications, we may not be able to respond to every applicant individually. If you have not heard from us within 7 days, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion. However, your details will be retained on our system and we may contact you regarding future suitable opportunities.