Maintenance & Reliability Leader

Maintenance & Reliability Leader Own reliability and asset performance across our SWRO and desalination plants

Seven Seas Water Group is looking for a Maintenance & Reliability Leader to direct maintenance reliability engineering and asset management across our water treatment and desalination facilities with a primary focus on Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) systems. Youll report to the General Manager and regularly report out progress and performance to our Senior Leadership Team including our CEO. This role is based in Tampa and our HQ but requires up to 50% travel for multi-site support.

Who we are

Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) delivers more than 20 billion gallons of water a year to industrial governmental municipal and hospitality customers across the U.S. Caribbean and Latin America. Through our Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) model we design build own and operate more than 200 water and wastewater treatment plants taking on the capital and operational risk so our customers dont have to. SSWG is a portfolio company of EQT a global investment firm with more than three decades of experience building essential infrastructure.

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What youll own

Youll champion a zero-incident safety culture making sure every maintenance activity meets LOTO confined space and pressure system requirements and support Process Safety Management and Management of Change work as it comes up. Alongside our Quality Manager youll drive continuous improvement using Lean Six Sigma or TPM methodologies against an ISO 9000 framework and keep our equipment documentation drawings and maintenance procedures current and accessible.

Youll own the sites reliability and maintenance strategy end to end. That means leading Reliability Centered Maintenance and Risk-Based Inspection programs across our critical SWRO assets from high-pressure pumps and energy recovery devices to membrane trains and pre-treatment systems and setting the KPIs OEE MTBF MTTR PM compliance and corrective-to-preventive ratio that tell us how were doing. Youll run root cause analysis and FMEA to stop repeat failures manage membrane cleaning and replacement programs to keep flux rejection and recovery where they need to be and make sure we stay compliant with our desalination operating permits and discharge limits.

On the systems side youll drive full use of IFS as our maintenance and asset management platform from work order creation through closure and own our spare parts strategy and inventory optimization including min/max levels and critical spares availability. Youll use IFS reporting to support budget forecasting and capital planning and partner with IT Engineering and EHS to keep the platforms data and workflows in good shape.

Youll also lead mentor and develop our maintenance supervisors planners and schedulers reliability engineers and technicians whether that reporting is direct or indirect and help shape opex and capex planning around real cost-reduction opportunities that dont put reliability or safety at risk.

What you bring

A bachelors degree in Mechanical Chemical or Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline

8 to 10 years of progressive maintenance and reliability experience in water treatment desalination or heavy industrial environments

Hands-on experience with SWRO or large-scale RO/desalination systems including high-pressure pump maintenance membrane management and pre/post-treatment equipment

Experience implementing or managing IFS ERP or an equivalent EAM platform such as SAP PM or Maximo for work management asset tracking and spare parts control

3 to 5 years in a leadership or supervisory role managing multi-discipline maintenance teams

A professional certification (PE CRE CMRP or equivalent) is a plus not a requirement

Were looking for a strong data-driven leader who can influence and develop a team translate technical detail for non-technical stakeholders and stay organized under competing priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.

Why this role

Youd be the person our General Manager and Senior Leadership Team look to for the reliability and uptime of some of our most critical water infrastructure. If you want a role where your strategy and your teams execution directly move the needle on plant availability and cost this is that seat.

How to Apply

Candidates must apply through our website or by sending resumes to

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