Thursday, April 2, 2026
Environmental services company Veolia and the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) are partnering to engage youth in water and wastewater careers.
The multi-city strategy aims to expand recruitment pipelines, strengthen training partnerships and increase youth awareness of high-demand careers in water and wastewater, a Veolia release said.
“Veolia has long recognized the need to engage talented professionals as they start to explore their own career paths,” Veolia North America executive vice-president of strategic transformations Karine Rougé said.
“With so many companies looking for motivated workers, partnering with an organization like the National Youth Employment Coalition helps a company like Veolia optimize our initiatives for workforce development while amplifying our voice in the competition for attention among young adults exploring future careers,” she added.
Over the next year both organizations will work with local agencies, community-based partners and national workforce leaders to build scalable talent pathways rooted in labor market demand to serve as a model for industry-wide workforce development, the release said.
“(NYEC are) connecting with young people of all socioeconomic backgrounds who show the leadership potential for a fulfilling, life-changing career. The water industry requires cooperation with a variety of stakeholders to ensure both public health and environmental security. It’s as demanding as it is rewarding, and anyone who has worked with NYEC has already shown a willingness to step up to that challenge,” Veolia workforce development and community engagement leader Scott Beeney said.
Veolia and NYEC previously teamed up for for Youth Days in Washington, D.C., where 130 youth leaders, practitioners and partners from across the nation convened in late 2025 on Capitol Hill and visited with representatives from 85 legislative offices from 27 different states.
