Seven Seas Water Group

General Manager- AUC Group

Houston, TX

full_time

About This Job

Description 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, finances, 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 and wastewater 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.

About AUC Group

Founded in 1970, AUC Group, LLC is a leading provider of decentralized wastewater treatment solutions across the United States. Our unique offering allows customers to fully customize a wastewater treatment plant specific to their project needs, including unique financing solutions. Our popular modular design allows the wastewater plant to expand as developments grow, lowering its capital investment. The AUC Group total solution includes equipment design, manufacturing, installation and a unique leasing program.

Job Summary

The General Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the AUC Group, LLC company. He/she will work with the Seven Seas Water Group CEO to set a strategy for aggressive and successful growth of the company and strategic realignment. This role is based working out of the Houston, TX office for AUC.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

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Provides executive leadership and management in all areas of the business

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Responsible for fostering and maintaining positive relations with regulators, customers, developers, MUD (Municipal Utility District) representatives, and engineering firms.

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Responsible for driving the company to achieve business development, profitability, cash flow and business goals and objectives

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Responsible for the measurement and effectiveness of all internal and external processes; provides timely, accurate and complete reports on the operational condition of the company

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Spearhead the development, communication and implementation of effective growth strategies and processes

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Collaborate with the management team to develop and implement plans for the operational infrastructure of systems, processes and personnel designed to accommodate the growth and objectives of the company

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Motivate and lead a high-performance management team; attract, recruit and retain required members of the management team not currently in place; provide mentoring as a cornerstone to direct reports’ career development

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Promote the interests of the company through direct contact and maintaining positive relationships with clients and the Board of Directors for the company

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Promote cross-selling opportunities between the different portfolio companies and offerings

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Foster a success-oriented, accountable environment within the company

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Participate in the development of the company's plans and programs as a strategic partner

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Evaluate and advise on the impact of long-range planning, introduction of new programs/strategies and regulatory action

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Enhance and/or develop, implement and enforce policies and procedures of the organization by way of systems that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the corporation

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Establish credibility throughout the organization

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Oversee, implement and enforce health and safety standards

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Provide strategic input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization; i.e., evaluation of potential deals and acquisitions

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Represent the company as a Senior Leadership Team member; along with other company executives to help manage all entities and drive common goals of the business.

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Develop and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) of each facet of the business, report those metrics to senior leaders monthly. Manage the business for consistent improvement on those key performance indicators

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Other duties, as assigned

Competencies

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Leadership

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Strategic thinking

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Experience with financing concepts

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Business acumen

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Problem solving/analysis

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Decision making

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Performance management

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Results drive

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Strong Communication skills

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Financial management

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Construction or project management experience

Requirements

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Requires an in-depth understanding of the company’s operations, culture and business objectives

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Requires familiarity with financing concepts, experience with project finance

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Ability to analyze and solve complex problems

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Experience with execution of capital projects, project management, and operations

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Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate and influence individuals at all levels and across a wide range of cultures.

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Strong track record of proven leadership and implementing processes that led to growth of the organization

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Ability to form and maintain strong business relationships to facilitate the growth and smooth operations of the company

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Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in the English language.

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Water and wastewater treatment experience beneficial

Education/Experience

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Bachelors’ degree required, MBA preferred

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A minimum of 10 years leadership directly-related to project management, infrastructure, construction or water and wastewater and management experience is strongly preferred.

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