# Water Utility Apprenticeship & Internship Program Partner (WIL Collaborator)

**Company:** [AlphaX](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/qTKMeatvbaN7e4oCC4V8kB.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

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## 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

## Requirements

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