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

> AlphaHire · United States (Remote) · Contract · Posted 2026-09-21

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is building partnerships with water and wastewater utilities, registered apprenticeship sponsors, and training providers to expand career pathways into water-sector trades. We are seeking organization leads and practitioners who can co-design and host internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, or postsecondary bridge pathways with measurable placement outcomes.  
  
This is a collaboration / affiliate track (not a single full-time hire). Engagement is scoped by project.  
  
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/mentors, and job-placement pathways into water/wastewater roles  
\- Share (non-proprietary) program design inputs: hours, credentials, safety/onboarding, and success metrics  
\- Coordinate letters of support / 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 / technical school, or nonprofit training org serving the water sector  
    \- Authority (or a clear path to authority) to discuss partnership / host-site arrangements  
    \- Experience running or supporting internships, apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, or bridge programs  
    \- Willingness to be considered for time-bounded collaboration (affiliate / consulting / institutional partnership)  
    \- Authorization to work with a U.S. nonprofit research organization  
      
    Nice to have  
    \- Registered apprenticeship standards already in place for water/wastewater occupations  
    \- Track record of measurable trainee placements into utility jobs  
    \- Experience with federal or state workforce grants as a partner (not required)  
    \- Geographic focus you can host (city/region) and approximate annual trainee capacity

## Benefits

### **What fellows receive**

Research Fellows will have opportunities to:

-   contribute to workforce intelligence reports and publications
-   participate in applied workforce research initiatives
-   gain exposure to operational workforce planning systems and labor market analysis
-   contribute to workforce intelligence methodologies and frameworks
-   build portfolio-quality workforce intelligence projects
-   collaborate on workforce intelligence dashboards and operational labor analysis
-   participate in workforce intelligence discussions with industry operators and advisors

  
As WIL expands, fellows may also have opportunities to participate in:

-   expanded research collaborations
-   advisory initiatives
-   future grant-supported projects
-   workforce intelligence publications and presentations

## Apply

[Apply at AlphaHire](https://apply.workable.com/alphax/j/C1C65727C6/apply)

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