[Hiring] Water Utility Apprenticeship & Internship Program Partner @AlphaX

Role Description

WIL is seeking organization leads and practitioners who can co-design and host internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, or postsecondary bridge pathways with measurable placement outcomes.

• Represent a utility, apprenticeship sponsor, labor partner, or training provider willing to co-deliver water-trades pathways.
• Help define trainee cohorts, supervisors or mentors, and job-placement pathways into water and wastewater roles.
• Share non-proprietary program design inputs: hours, credentials, safety and onboarding, and success metrics.
• Coordinate letters of support or MOU language for joint workforce proposals when mutually agreed.
• Optionally advise WIL on evaluation metrics for completion, placement, and retention.

Qualifications

• Current role at a drinking water or wastewater utility, registered apprenticeship sponsor, labor organization, community college or technical school, or nonprofit training organization serving the water sector.
• Authority, or a clear path to authority, to discuss partnership or host-site arrangements.
• Experience running or supporting internships, apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, or bridge programs.
• Willingness to be considered for time-bounded collaboration (affiliate, consulting, or institutional partnership).
• Authorization to work with a U.S. research organization.
• Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires.

Requirements

• Registered apprenticeship standards already in place for water or wastewater occupations.
• Track record of measurable trainee placements into utility jobs.
• Experience with federal or state workforce grants as a partner.
• A geographic focus you can host and an approximate annual trainee capacity.