Municipal Utilities Offer
Challenging & Rewarding Careers

- Through municipally-owned utilities, communities all across Iowa provide vital services to their citizen-owners, including electricity, gas, water, and telecommunications.
- Municipal utilities offer the satisfaction of local control over decisions. They employ thousands of people in jobs that combine public service with rewarding career opportunities.
- An ever-increasing number of municipal utility employees in Iowa are over age 50. That means utilities are in search of replacements for retiring staff members. This includes a wide range of jobs, such as clerical assistants, finance managers and accountants, electric lineworkers, gas technicians, water plant employees, utility superintendents, and many others.
- Consider working for an organization that will invest in your professional development and will recognize excellence. Some utilities offer scholarship programs.
- Many electric, gas, water, wastewater, and broadband positions that high school graduates can get a job and then have their education paid for (earn while you learn). Many municipal utilities will train on the job. Electric utilities might offer the IAMU Electric Apprenticeship program once an individual is hired.
Checking Out a Career in Municipal Utilities is Easy!
1. Learn about available post-secondary programs.
2. Talk to current municipal utility professionals.
3. Look into job shadowing and/or internships.
Technical Programs for Utility-Related Skills
Wind Energy and Turbine Technology
Iowa Lakes Community College
Estherville, Iowa
www.iowalakes.edu
Powerline Technology Program
Northwest Iowa Community College
Sheldon, Iowa
https://nwicc.edu
Water and Wastewater Operator Program
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
www.kirkwoodcollege.com
Industrial Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
www.imse.iastate.edu
Water Environmental Technology and
Wind Programs
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, Iowa
www.dmacc.edu
Utility Technician Program
Iowa Valley Community College District (Marshalltown Community College)
Marshalltown, Iowa
www.iavalley.edu
Electrical & Renewable Energy
Technology Program
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa
www.indianhills.edu
Gas Utility Construction and Service Program
Northeast Iowa Community College
Peosta, Iowa
www.nicc.edu
Materials for Guidance Counselors