Water Utility Apprenticeship & Internship Program Partner (WIL Collaborator)

AlphaX; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaX is partnering with WIL to explore internship and apprenticeship pathways in water sector trades. Remote-first engagements may involve project-based or full-time staffing, with travel to partner sites as needed.

The work focuses on defining cohorts, mentors, and placement routes for candidates in utilities and training programs. The role involves coordinating MOUs, gathering program design inputs, and advising on metrics for completion, placement, and retention across grant-funded

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating partnerships between utilities, apprenticeship sponsors, and training providers.
• Ability to define trainee cohorts, supervisors/mentors, and job-placement pathways into water/wastewater roles.
• Experience sharing non-proprietary program design inputs: hours, credentials, safety and onboarding, success metrics.
• Ability to coordinate letters of support or MOU language for joint workforce proposals.
• Willingness to advise on evaluation metrics for completion, placement, and retention.

Responsibilities

• Represent a utility, apprenticeship sponsor, labor partner, or training provider for co-delivery of 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 on evaluation metrics for completion, placement, and retention.

Job description

About the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

WIL is building partnerships with water and wastewater utilities, registered apprenticeship sponsors, and training providers to expand career pathways into water‑sector trades. This is a collaboration and affiliate track. Engagement is scoped by project. Full‑time employment or a project‑based contract may be used when a joint award calls for it.

Learn more: https://wilinstitute.org

We engage experienced practitioners for both full‑time employment and project‑based contract roles, as applicable to the award and staffing model. Engagements are remote‑first with travel as required for partner and field sites. We build ready teams for live grant and sponsored‑research pursuits.

This opportunity is contingent upon grant or sponsored‑project award and final staffing approval. Permission will be requested before including a candidate's name or resume in a proposal or funding package.

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.

What you’ll do

• 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

Required

• 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

Nice to have

• 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