Manager, Craft Workforce Development

hitt; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HITT Contracting seeks a Craft Workforce Development Manager to lead and elevate a multi-state registered apprenticeship program across electrical, pipefitting, carpentry, and sheet metal trades. You will ensure rigorous instruction, hands-on learning, mentorship, and clear career pathways while meeting audit-ready compliance requirements.

The role combines program leadership with operational discipline to expand access to skilled trades and build sustainable pipelines for the company’s growth

Qualifications

• This role requires strong apprenticeship and workforce development expertise.
• Ability to manage a registered apprenticeship program across multiple states.
• Experience building scalable training and mentorship pathways.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of the registered apprenticeship program across states, projects and trades.
• Establish governance, policies, procedures, and workflows for program alignment with partners.
• Lead the Apprenticeship Program Committee and ensure documentation and decisions are followed through.
• Own the apprentice lifecycle from enrollment to completion with standardized processes.
• Coordinate delivery with operations, instructors, and partners to align with workforce needs.
• Develop and manage the annual program budget and explore funding opportunities.
• Establish KPIs for enrollment, retention, progression, completion, and cost.
• Build a scalable operating model to expand into additional states and trades.

Skills

Apprenticeship program management

Workforce development

Program governance

Cross-state coordination

Job description

Every day, our team members do amazing things in pursuit of our shared purpose to build trust with our clients, partners, subcontractors, and teammates. No matter your background, education, or career path, if you share our vision to create extraordinary experiences, you belong at HITT .

Manager, Craft Workforce Development

Job Description

HITT Contracting is looking for a Craft Workforce Development Manager to help build the next generation of skilled construction talent. Our current team of craft professionals perform complex work supporting semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, and other highly technical construction environments. As investment in these sectors continues to drive demand for skilled labor, we have an opportunity to build the talent pipelines and learning experiences needed to support our own growth while contributing to a challenge facing the construction industry as a whole.

This role will lead and elevate an already registered apprenticeship program, which currently supports development across electrical, pipefitting, carpentry, and sheet metal trades. The manager will create a rigorous, high-quality experience that connects technical instruction with hands-on learning, mentorship, and meaningful career progression. Just as importantly, this individual will bring the operational discipline required to manage a registered apprenticeship program across multiple states and complex project environments.

The work also carries meaningful operational and compliance responsibility. Many of our projects are subject to complex federal, state, and project-specific workforce requirements associated with registered apprenticeship, the Davis-Bacon Act, CHIPS and Science Act, Inflation Reduction Act, prevailing wage, apprentice utilization, and certified payroll. The leader will ensure the apprenticeship program is exceptionally managed, documented, and audit-ready while navigating requirements across multiple states and project environments.

The opportunity extends beyond the apprenticeship program itself. HITT is committed to expanding access to careers in construction and investing in the skilled workforce our industry needs. This leader will help us think differently about how we engage future craft professionals, develop experienced tradespeople into exceptional teachers and mentors, apply new approaches and technologies to hands‑on learning, and use HITT's resources, facilities, partnerships, and expertise to strengthen craft development within our own workforce and across the broader construction community.

The ideal candidate combines strong apprenticeship and workforce development expertise with exceptional program management and a genuine commitment to developing people. This individual will be comfortable navigating the details and rigor of a highly regulated program while also seeing the larger opportunity to create an exceptional learning experience and build sustainable pathways into the skilled trades.

Responsibilities

Apprenticeship Program Leadership & Governance

Lead the day-to-day management and continued development of HITT's registered apprenticeship program across multiple states, projects, and trades, creating a consistent and high-quality program as the business grows.

Establish and maintain clear program governance, policies, procedures, and workflows across HITT, Brycon, and external partners, ensuring accountability for key decisions and program requirements.

Lead the Apprenticeship Program Committee, maintaining required representation, meeting cadence, documentation, decision-making processes, and follow-through on program priorities.

Own the apprentice lifecycle from enrollment through progression and completion, establishing clear and consistent processes for onboarding, registration, attendance, performance, advancement, status changes, and offboarding.

Coordinate program delivery across operations, instructors, external training partners, and project teams, ensuring instructional schedules and apprentice requirements remain aligned with workforce and project needs.

Develop and manage the annual program budget, forecast enrollment and resource needs, monitor program costs, and identify opportunities to improve financial sustainability through partnerships, grants, and other funding sources.

Establish and report meaningful program KPIs across enrollment, retention, progression, completion, skill attainment, cost, and workforce demand, using data to identify risks, demonstrate program value, and guide continued improvement.

Build a scalable operating model that can support expansion into additional states, trades, and projects and, over time, a broader multi-employer apprenticeship structure.

Craft Learning & Apprentice Experience

Create an exceptional apprentice experience that combines the rigor of a registered apprenticeship program with meaningful learning, hands-on development, mentorship and clear opportunities for career progression.

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