Award winning Aqua Engineers, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned company which owns, operates and maintains water and wastewater facilities in Hawaii. From its humble beginnings on Kauai 40 years ago to today’s largest and most experienced water and wastewater management company statewide, Aqua operates 38 wastewater treatment facilities, 13 water systems and over 70 wastewater pump stations. Four are R-1 facilities, producing the highest quality effluent and conserving millions of gallons of potable water every day.
Aqua’s mission is to deliver excellence in operation, maintenance, management and engineering of our client’s water and wastewater systems, while supporting the health and safety of the community and protecting our environment through innovative, sustainable services and solutions.
As a service provider, Aqua considers our employee-owners our most valuable asset and their growth and development remain our number one priority. Through company paid training, licensing and certification we help our employee-owners further develop their skills and prepare them for internal advancement into challenging careers that maximize their abilities and personal satisfaction.
Our benefits include a competitive compensation and a share of approximately 50% of operating income in distributions through annual cash bonuses & retirement profit sharing contributions. The other 50% goes to employee-owners as “shareholders” through stock price growth.
Other benefits include: License & Certification Bonus, Health/Dental/Vision, Retirement Plans (ESOP & 401k), 15 Days PTO/10 Holidays Per Year, Life, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurances, Wellness Program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Company Uniform/Shoe Allowance.
We believe that employee-ownership has helped promote greater commitment through a shared understanding of key business disciplines and a culture of greater unity.