Director of Engineering and Design

AUC Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) is seeking an experienced engineering leader in Houston to run the engineering department, set priorities, and ensure every drawing and document is correct on first pass.

You will be the technical voice with customers during business development, building estimates and preliminary designs that win projects, and you will mentor a team while standardizing designs for faster, cleaner plant construction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, civil engineering or related field.
• 5–10 years in engineering with wastewater or municipal projects.
• 5 years managing engineers at project or department level.
• Texas PE license or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Deep fluency in municipal water and wastewater processes and related disciplines.
• Ability to own the full design document set and maintain project documents.

Responsibilities

• Run the day-to-day of the engineering department, setting priorities and workload.
• Serve as technical voice with customers during business development, building estimates and preliminary designs.
• Collaborate with Project Management and Construction to standardize designs for faster builds.
• Mentor a team that respects decisive, informed decisions.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project management

Client communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, or civil engineering

Tools

Mass balance

PFDs

P&IDs

Document control

Job description

Description

Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) operates two businesses within the water infrastructure space, delivering more than 20 billion gallons of water a year to customers. SSWG provides water treatment and desalination for governmental, hospitality and industrial customers in United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the AUC Group provides decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants for industrial and municipal customers in the United States. 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 don't have to. SSWG is a portfolio company of EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organization with more than three decades of experience supporting portfolio companies in achieving sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

What You'll Own

You'll run the day-to-day of the engineering department: setting priorities, managing the team's workload, and making sure every drawing and document that goes out the door is right the first time. You'll be a technical voice in front of customers during business development, building the estimates and preliminary designs that win projects. You'll work closely with Project Management and Construction to standardize our designs, so plants get built faster and cleaner. This isn't a hands-off management job. We need someone who still knows the work well enough to jump in, make the tough call, and mentor a team that respects the decision.

Requirements

What you bring

• A bachelor's degree in chemical, Environmental, Civil Engineering, or a related field
• 5 to 10 years in engineering, with real time on wastewater or municipal projects
• 5 years managing engineers, whether on a project or department level
• A Texas PE license, or the ability to get one within 6 months
• Deep fluency in municipal water and wastewater processes, and working knowledge of the mechanical, process, electrical, and I&C disciplines around them
• Comfort owning the full design document set (mass balance, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment arrangements) and the document control discipline that keeps a project on track
• A PMP is a plus, not a requirement

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.

About EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with EUR 266 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. EQT owns portfolio companies and assets in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas and supports them in achieving sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

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