Seven Seas Water Group
Seven Seas Water Group (www.sevenseaswater.com) is a portfolio company owned by investment funds managed by EQT. Headquartered in Tampa, with operations across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America, Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) delivers annually over 20 billion gallons of water to industrial, commercial, governmental, municipal, and hospitality customers. SSWG designs, builds, owns, and operates, delivers new facilities, or acquires and upgrades existing facilities, with the goal of optimizing project risk transfer between the public and private sectors. We have more than 200 water and wastewater treatment plants in operations throughout the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America. With an outstanding reputation for decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions, the SSWG “Water-as-a-Service®” approach seeks to help solve global water and wastewater infrastructure challenges.
SSWG operates two businesses within the water infrastructure space. Seven Seas Water, which provides water treatment and desalination for governmental, hospitality and industrial customers in United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the AUC Group (www.aucgroup.net), which provides decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants for industrial and municipal customers in the United States.
EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of more than three decades of developing companies across multiple geographies, sectors, and strategies. EQT has investment strategies covering all phases of a business’ development, from start-up to maturity. EQT has EUR 273 billion in total assets under management (EUR 141 billion in fee-generating assets under management) as of 30 June 2025, within two business segments – Private Capital and Real Assets.
With its roots in the Wallenberg family’s entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does.
The EQT AB Group comprises EQT AB (publ) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, which include general partners and fund managers of EQT funds as well as entities advising EQT funds. EQT has offices in more than 25 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas and has more than 1,900 employees.
Seven Seas Water Group is a portfolio company of EQT AB (together with its subsidiaries, "EQT"), a purpose-driven global investment organization that partners with companies worldwide through its Private Capital and Real Assets strategies. Founded in 1994, EQT is a leading active ownership firm that has more than EUR 273 billion in total assets under management across nearly 50 active funds. EQT is committed to investing behind essential infrastructure, partnering with established platforms that deliver sustainable, mission critical services aligned with global needs for resource efficiency.
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Job Summary
The Role
Seven Seas Water Group, a global Water-as-a-Service® provider that builds, owns, and operates water and wastewater infrastructure, is seeking an experienced Paralegal to support the Legal and Compliance function. Reporting to and working closely with the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Deputy General Counsel, and Associate General Counsel, this role will provide essential legal, compliance, and operational support across the company’s multinational operations.
Paralegal will assist with contract administration, corporate governance and entity compliance, compliance tracking, regulatory support, and legal department operations. This role helps ensure effective risk management, regulatory compliance, superior corporate record keeping and delivery of timely, high-quality legal work product. The successful candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global, and deadline-driven environment. This is a hybrid, in-office Tuesday-Thursday position.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Legal & Contract Support
Assist with preparation, review, refinement, and organization of legal documents, including commercial agreements, amendments, disclosures, correspondence, and standard forms.Support contract management activities, including legal request intake. coordination and tracking, tracking approvals, coordinating execution, maintaining templates, and organizing executed agreements.Maintain contract summaries, trackers, and key dates related to commercial, procurement, construction, operations, and maintenance agreements.Assist attorneys with legal research, factual investigations, and information gathering related to commercial transactions, claims, disputes, or regulatory matters.Provide litigation support as needed, including coordinating document holds/collections, organizing discovery materials (e.g., requests for production and interrogatories), and maintaining case calendars and status updates under attorney supervision.Corporate Governance & Entity Management
Support corporate governance activities, including preparing and maintaining corporate records, entity documentation, resolutions, and board and shareholder materials and minutes.Internal entity file management, including organization and maintenance of files.Maintain director and officer lists, shareholder lists, registered address / plant address lists, organizational structure charts, etc.Assist with new entity set-up, including preparing applications and other documentation and supporting due diligence.Compliance & Regulatory Support
Assist in maintaining annual compliance calendars, coordinating with corporate service providers and local counsel as needed, and supporting routine filings and record updates under attorney supervision. Assist in maintaining company policies, employment agreements, and ethics-related documentation.Support the Legal and Compliance team with tracking and compiling materials for regulatory filings (i.e., UBO reporting, annual returns, business license renewals), compliance certifications, training documentation, KYC requests, and audit responses.Assist with employment-related legal support items (foreign and domestic, as applicable), including work permit documentation and supporting materials under attorney supervision.Help ensure consistent documentation and recordkeeping across jurisdictions in support of the company’s global compliance framework.Serve as a primary point of coordination with registered agents and corporate service providers, including engagement support, address changes, maintenance of share registers/corporate books, and tracking related fees and deliverables.Assist with compliance screening process.Legal Operations & Coordination
Maintain legal department filing systems, document management platforms, and matter trackers, ensuring accuracy, organization, and version control.Assist with intellectual property administration, including tracking trademarks, licenses, and renewal deadlines.Coordinate documentation and information flow with internal business partners (e.g., procurement, HR, finance, operations) and outside counsel.Assist with management of outside counsel invoices, matter documentation, and reporting.Support legal spend administration, including invoice routing/approvals, basic accrual support, maintaining outside counsel contact lists, and tracking renewals for key legal tools and subscriptions.Coordinate responses to internal and external information requests (e.g., audit legal letters, insurer questionnaires) by compiling documents and organizing for attorney review.General Support
Proactively identify issues, gaps, or inefficiencies in legal processes and escalate appropriately.Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.Perform other legal and administrative support duties as assigned.Requirements:Key skills and Qualifications
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting global or multi-jurisdictional organizations.Familiarity with regulatory or compliance frameworks related to infrastructure, environmental, health & safety, anti-corruption, or international operations.Bilingual in English and Spanish (written and spoken) a plus.How to Apply
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans.Applicant will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
Seven Seas Water Group
Seven Seas Water Group (www.sevenseaswater.com) is a portfolio company owned by investment funds managed by EQT. Headquartered in Tampa, with operations across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America, Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) delivers annually over 20 billion gallons of water to industrial, commercial, governmental, municipal, and hospitality customers. SSWG designs, builds, owns, and operates, delivers new facilities, or acquires and upgrades existing facilities, with the goal of optimizing project risk transfer between the public and private sectors. We have more than 200 water and wastewater treatment plants in operations throughout the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America. With an outstanding reputation for decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions, the SSWG “Water-as-a-Service®” approach seeks to help solve global water and wastewater infrastructure challenges.
SSWG operates two businesses within the water infrastructure space. Seven Seas Water, which provides water treatment and desalination for governmental, hospitality and industrial customers in United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the AUC Group (www.aucgroup.net), which provides decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants for industrial and municipal customers in the United States.
EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of more than three decades of developing companies across multiple geographies, sectors, and strategies. EQT has investment strategies covering all phases of a business’ development, from start-up to maturity. EQT has EUR 273 billion in total assets under management (EUR 141 billion in fee-generating assets under management) as of 30 June 2025, within two business segments – Private Capital and Real Assets.
With its roots in the Wallenberg family’s entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does.
The EQT AB Group comprises EQT AB (publ) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, which include general partners and fund managers of EQT funds as well as entities advising EQT funds. EQT has offices in more than 25 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas and has more than 1,900 employees.
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The Role:
This is a hybrid role. Candidates must be living in the Greater Tampa Bay area, and be comfortable commuting to the office 3 days/week. Open to remote candidates outside the local area who are willing to travel on-site.
Candidates will also need to be comfortable with travel throughout our locations in the Caribbean as needed for local project support. The Electrical / Controls Engineer position requires experience in designing electrical power and control systems for process systems. Experience in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination industry is a plus, but not required.
This role is responsible for Instrumentation & Controls Engineering, Power Distribution/Electrical Engineering, and plant PLC/SCADA programming for large SWRO systems. And for supporting existing facilities with network architecture, enterprise-wide data collection, upgrades, and firewall/security issues. Must be experienced with PLC architecture and programming, SCADA development with FactoryTalk, and general SCADA client/server architecture and implementation. Capable of programming as well as overseeing PLC design and programs of other programmers and engineers.
Design, develop, and lead procurement of power system equipment including MCC, Switchgear, distribution, and VFD’s. Capable of developing electrical single-line diagrams. Capable of specifying all power distribution equipment including transformers, switchboards, MCCs, drives, panelboards, etc.
Requirements:· Conceptualize and document the overall system control architecture including hardware selection, remote I/O considerations, major sub-system integration, and integration with Seven Seas remote monitoring and potentially the owner’s SCADA.
· Review project specifications and incorporate requirements into Seven Seas design and equipment / procurement specifications.
· Prepare engineering documents within specified dates, such as Network Architecture Diagram, Electrical Load List, Instrument list, Instrument Data Sheets, Automated Valve List, Automated Valve Data Sheets, Electrical Equipment List, I/O List, Panel Layouts, Schematic Wiring Diagrams, Single Line Diagrams, Loop Diagrams, and other project deliverables in accordance with established procedures, schedule, and budget.
· Work with other discipline engineers to ensure proper representation of system design in P&ID’s, Facility Arrangements, and other project documentation.
· Implement electrical and controls designs to support company’s new SWRO plant construction projects and support existing plant operations.
· Design and evaluate electrical installations for compliance with NFPA 70 National Electrical Code.
· Design industrial control panels in compliance with UL 508A.
· Program, commission, and troubleshoot Allen-Bradley Logix PLC systems using Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk View SE software.
· Oversee troubleshooting and resolution of electrical and controls issues in existing plants.
· Support electrical and controls portions of startups of equipment in the field.
· Prepare design and cost estimates for new electrical systems during the bidding phase of new projects.
· Work directly with customer electrical engineers to complete system installation.
· Work directly with electrical contractors creating and executing on works scopes and bid packages.
· Other related duties may be assigned as required.
Required Qualifications:
· Strong diverse background in industrial automation (40%); electrical power distribution (40%); and electrical and controls drawing generation using AutoCAD (20%)
· Plant automation experience in: PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, Ethernet switches, E-Stops, plant process instrumentation, etc.
· Plant power distribution design experience (primarily 480 V), sizing and applying: switchboards, transformers, MCCs, VFDs, distribution panels, circuit breakers, feeder cables, etc.
· Experience troubleshooting plant electrical and controls issues, and implementing solutions, both on-site and remotely.
· Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization or project.
Teamwork: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals, ensuring seamless integration and communication across all levels of the organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
· Knowledge and application experience with Allen-Bradley Logix PLC and FactoryTalk View SE HMI and Studio 5000 software strongly preferred.
· Knowledge and application experience with Allen-Bradley PowerFlex and Square D Altivar drives preferred.
· Plant electrical equipment installation and wiring supervision experience desired.
· Knowledge of Medium Voltage power distribution, a plus.
· Knowledge of electrical installation design (grounding, cable tray layout, lighting, etc.), a plus.
· Supervisory experience coordinating electrical contractors, a plus.
· Ability to travel to the Caribbean and Latin America (up to 35% as needed).
· Spanish as second language.
Development Opportunities:
Remote Monitoring and Control: Develop and implement remote monitoring and control capabilities to allow for real-time oversight and management of systems from anywhere.Cybersecurity: Strengthen the cybersecurity measures for control systems to protect against potential threats. This includes implementing robust firewall and security protocols, as well as regular security audits and updates.Dashboarding / Data Analytics: Utilize cloud-based solutions for data storage, processing, and analytics. This will facilitate seamless data access and collaboration across different locations and teams.Sustainable Practices: Incorporate sustainable and energy-efficient practices in the design and implementation of electrical and control systems. This includes using energy-efficient components and optimizing system performance to reduce energy consumption.Advanced PLC and SCADA Systems: Evaluate impact to business for future and existing plants of adoption of latest PLC and SCADA systems that offer enhanced features and capabilities. This includes using advanced programming languages and development environments for better control and automation.Continuous Learning and Development: Encourage continuous learning and professional development to keep up with the latest advancements in technology and industry best practices. This includes obtaining relevant certifications and attending industry conferences and workshops.Education/Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree required. Electrical or Controls Engineering preferred.
· Professional Engineer license highly preferred.
· 10+ years of closely related industrial experience required. Water industry experience preferred.
· 5+ years’ experience in controls engineering.
How to Apply
Send resumes to Talent@7seaswater.com or apply online at sevenseaswater.com
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
Applicant will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
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