Senior Project Engineer

Seven Seas Water Group • Tampa, FL

9d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Project Engineer is accountable for the engineering required to deliver turnkey water-treatment systems, primarily reverse-osmosis systems treating seawater and brackish water, for long-term operation by Seven Seas Water. The role owns engineering activities for greenfield and brownfield projects, including in-house engineering, 3D design coordination, instrumentation and controls engineering, full SCADA development, and third-party engineering subcontracts for civil, structural, building, permitting, and other project needs.

As lead engineer on assigned projects, the Senior Project Engineer supports the project manager, coordinates with project teams and customers, and integrates designs across disciplines. The position prepares and reviews engineering documents and procurement specifications, coordinates with plant-design personnel and suppliers, facilitates safety and design reviews, maintains bills of materials and purchase requisitions in the company ERP system, and supports business development and operational-procedure development as needed.

The position is described as remote, with a preference for candidates in or near Tampa, Florida, or Houston, Texas. The qualifications also state that the candidate must be able to work a hybrid schedule, including multiple days per week in the Tampa office, and travel 10–20% internationally and within the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline; Chemical or Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
• Five to ten years of professional work experience is highly preferred.
• Relevant water-treatment industry experience, including reverse-osmosis system design; seawater reverse osmosis experience is highly preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge of seawater and brackish-water reverse-osmosis technology and applications, domestic and industrial wastewater-treatment technologies, and related water-industry technologies, trends, and standards.
• Expert ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, including P&IDs, PFDs, and general arrangements.
• Proficiency with standard business software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to direct design personnel.
• Solid mechanical engineering skills.
• Mechanical design experience with piping materials including PVC, stainless steel, and FRP, and experience designing mechanical support systems for piping, valves, pumps, and instrumentation.
• Experience with all facets of project execution, particularly detailed engineering of reverse-osmosis systems and related process-equipment design.
• English fluency.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule, with multiple days per week in the Tampa office.
• Ability to travel 10–20% internationally and within the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in MS Visio and/or AutoCAD design software.
• Process-design skills.
• Spanish-speaking ability or multilingual skills.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead engineer for assigned projects and support the project manager in executing engineering deliverables; coordinate with the project team and customer.
• Own project P&IDs and integrate work across disciplines to ensure consistent design and documentation.
• Prepare engineering documents, including P&IDs, foundation loading charts, valve lists, rotating and static equipment data sheets, heat exchanger data sheets, paint and lining matrices, and piping and valve specifications.
• Prepare material purchase specifications and review and release technical bid evaluations for project packages.
• Review and approve supplier submittals after purchase orders are issued to support compliant, on-schedule execution.
• Coordinate with the 3D Plant Design Team to complete 3D designs for new water-treatment facilities and deliver high-quality annotated construction drawings; the role does not perform CADD work.
• Facilitate HAZOPs and plant design reviews for new plants.
• Maintain detailed bills of materials in the company IFS ERP system and issue purchase requisitions using the system.
• Direct and approve the work of mechanical AutoCAD designers completing mechanical and process drawings.
• Assist Business Development with costing for proposed new plants as required.
• Assist with completing operational procedures for new plants.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior