Quality Assurance & Quality Control Specialist

AUC Group LLC•Houston, TX

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) is a portfolio company owned by investment funds managed by EQT. Headquartered in Tampa, with operations across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America, 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.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a closely related technical discipline required; experience in construction, industrial, or multi-discipline engineering environments strongly preferred.
Demonstrated process mindset with the ability to map, analyze, and improve workflows — comfortable translating complex operations into structured, repeatable, and measurable systems.
Positive, solutions-oriented professional who actively contributes to a healthy, respectful, and collaborative work culture where people feel empowered to raise concerns and improve their environment.
Ability and willingness to work in both office and active field/construction environments; must be comfortable with regular site visits, physical inspections, and variable working conditions.
Unwavering personal commitment to working safely — and equally committed to holding others accountable to the same standard; actively intervenes when unsafe conditions or behaviors are observed.
Demonstrates a results-driven work ethic with the flexibility and commitment to dedicate the time necessary to meet organizational goals and deliver on the expectations of a high-performance team.

Responsibilities

Champion a safety-first culture across all functions — field, office, and project environments — identifying hazards, driving corrective actions, and ensuring compliance with all safety standards and regulations.
Develop digital safety & construction process digital content supporting the EHS department to augment the safety training program.
Develop, implement, and maintain QA/QC systems and documentation aligned with ISO 9001 standards to support a process-oriented, audit-ready organization.
Own and continuously develop the value stream map for the entire AUC organization — documenting current-state processes, identifying waste and bottlenecks, and driving future-state design across all business units.
Evaluate and improve processes across the full value stream — from sales and engineering through design, project management, and construction — to optimize efficiency and reduce waste.
Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives using structured methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent) to drive measurable, sustainable performance gains.
Conduct regular field inspections, process audits, and quality reviews to verify adherence to established standards and identify opportunities for improvement.
Develop, document, and standardize operating procedures, work instructions, and quality plans that reflect best practices across all business units.
Investigate non-conformances, incidents, and near-misses — performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) with urgency and rigor.
Prepare and deliver accurate, professional quality and safety reports to upper management and private equity ownership, providing clear KPIs, trend analysis, and actionable insights.
Partner with department heads and senior leadership to design and implement streamlined reporting solutions — establishing a single source of truth for organizational data, enabling accurate and efficient on-demand reporting across all levels of the business; requires active coordination with cross-functional stakeholders to secure data access, ensure integrity, and align reporting standards organization-wide.
Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, project management, sales, and construction teams to embed quality and safety thinking at every stage of a project's lifecycle.
Monitor, analyze, and report on quality and safety performance metrics to track progress toward organizational goals and support data-driven decision making.
Support the organization's progression toward ISO 9001 certification by identifying gaps, owning corrective actions, and maintaining a culture of continuous quality improvement.