Senior Project Engineer

Seven Seas Water Corporation • Tampa, FL

10d • Remote

About The Position

Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) delivers water and wastewater treatment solutions across the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America. The Senior Project Engineer is accountable for the engineering required to deliver 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 turnkey solutions at greenfield and brownfield sites, including in-house engineering, 3D design, instrumentation and controls engineering, SCADA development, and third-party engineering subcontractors for civil, structural, building, and permitting work as needed.

The position is described as remote, with a preference for candidates located in or near Tampa, Florida, or Houston, Texas. The qualifications also require the ability to work a hybrid schedule, including multiple days per week in the Tampa office. Travel of 10–20% internationally and within the United States is required.

Requirements

• 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 Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to direct design personnel.
• Solid mechanical engineering skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule, including multiple days per week in the Tampa office.
• Ability to travel 10–20% internationally and within the United States.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Relevant water-treatment industry experience, including reverse-osmosis system design experience.
• 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, with a primary focus on detailed engineering of reverse-osmosis systems and related process equipment design.

Nice To Haves

• Chemical or Mechanical Engineering degree preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Visio and/or AutoCAD design software preferred.
• Process design skills are a plus.
• Spanish-speaking ability is strongly preferred; multilingual skills are highly desired.
• PE license is highly desired.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• Five to ten years of professional work experience is highly preferred.
• Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead engineer on assigned projects and support the project manager with engineering deliverables; coordinate with project teams and customers.
• Own project P&IDs and coordinate integration 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 for equipment and materials, review and release technical bid evaluations, and review and approve supplier submittals after purchase orders are issued.
• Coordinate with the 3D Plant Design Team to deliver 3D designs and high-quality annotated construction drawings for safe, operable, and efficient plants.
• Facilitate HAZOPs and plant design reviews for new plants.
• Maintain detailed bills of materials in the IFS ERP system and issue purchase requisitions through the system.
• Direct and approve the work of mechanical AutoCAD designers producing mechanical and process drawings.
• Assist Business Development with costing for proposed new plants as required.
• Assist with completing operating procedures for new plants.

What This Job Offers

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