Business Development Manager

Seven Seas Water Group

Seven Seas Water Group (

www.sevenseaswater.com

) is a portfolio company owned by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”). 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.

MSIP is a leading global private infrastructure investment platform. Founded in 2006, MSIP has made over 30 investments across its three flagship closed-ended funds. Since inception, MSIP has had more than $13 billion in commitments. For further information about Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, please visit

www.morganstanley.com/im/infrastructurepartners

.

Job Summary:

This role will be responsible for developing, securing, and managing long-term WaaS contracts in the residential construction and municipal markets throughout the Houston market.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Identify current assets & future projects that could benefit from the water and wastewater treatment systems sold as WaaS business model for residential construction customers.

· Meet with potential clients to promote the AUC Group business model approach & create a strategic advantage for AUC Group.

· Identify key decision-makers & create an appropriate strategy.

· Build new customer relations with engineers, home developers, lawyers, and other relevant key stakeholders.

· Be familiar with the residential construction markets. Prefer knowledge of leasing and similar financial structures throughout the territory (P3 and MUD, etc.).

· Act as primary client contact during the project development period.

· Coordinate with the AUC Group BD team, engineering, finance, and legal, to develop project proposals.

Requirements

. Driven individual with an eagerness to identify and close projects.

· History of successful sales experience

· Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.

· Strong interpersonal skills.

· Ability to develop project-specific BD strategy.

· Ability to understand municipal government politics and utility decision-making processes.

· Ability to identify key decision-makers in both municipal and industrial organizations.

· Strong skills with the MS Office suite of programs.

· Ability to travel throughout the territory as needed.

· Excellent oral, written, presentation, and communication skills.

Education/Experience:

· Bachelor’s Degree in a related engineering field preferred.

· Minimum of 10 years combined experience in Engineering and Business/Project Development.

· Experience in lease &/or concession contracts and sales is preferred.

· Experience in the location and the specified city is preferred with relevant knowledge and relationships highly welcome.

How to Apply

Candidates must apply through our website, or by sending resumes to Talent@7seaswater.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 highly value 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.

The 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.