Strength and Conditioning Specialist

Position Title: Strength and Conditioning Specialist

About The Organization: Inspire others and change lives through your energy and passion for fitness and well-being. Make a transformational impact on people's health engagement. Join our group of entrepreneurial professionals and become part of a fun and winning team! Aquila is an award-winning on-site health and fitness management company which was recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest growing private U.S. companies.

For over two decades, Aquila has been providing innovating programming and results-oriented fitness and wellness management to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and private corporate establishments.

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Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time

Description: Aquila's full-time Strength and Conditioning Specialist provides daily fitness instruction and injury prevention programming to enhance the readiness, resilience, and fitness of assigned population. You will deliver and consistently evaluate and improve strength and conditioning programming, coordinate rehab efforts with fitness training staff, and contribute to program optimization.

Salary range: $65-$75,000 annually depending on experience and qualifications

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm

Start Date: Sometime between February 2026 - April 2026

Location: in-person, Laurel, MD, with limited travel within DC metro area

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and Disability coverage
• Ten paid vacation days annually
• Five to seven sick days annually
• Paid federal holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Continuing education reimbursements
• Service/tenure bonuses
• Commuter pre-tax benefits
• Fitness retailers discount programs
• 401k plan with company match
• Monday to Friday schedule, no weekend work

As a Strength and Conditioning Specialist your responsibilities will include:

• Provide qualified fitness instruction and education to employees on physical strength and conditioning, injury prevention, and general fitness and wellness on a daily basis
• Responsible for one on one fitness training and small group training
• Perform readiness assessments for population. Assessment topics will include stress, resiliency, nutrition, strength, and conditioning as well as sleep, as a minimum
• Provide written recommendations and in person briefings to make recommendations to improve, add to, or change fitness programming based on the most current data, scientific research, and technology available, and design an implementation plan
• Provide guidance to develop physical training and injury prevention to complement and enhance existing fitness programming
• Provide qualified instruction to population on physical conditioning, injury prevention and general health.
• Coordinate individualized exercise and rehabilitation programs with population to ensure safe and expeditious return to work for individuals recovering from injury
• Perform administrative duties, such as data collection and analysis, records maintenance, and documentation, writing reports, conducting, or participating in education programs, and participating in staff quality assurance functions as needed or required by contract
• Tracks participant and program data for measurement of individual and program goal achievement, outcomes and results; creates outcomes focused management reports based on the identified business plan goals and objectives.
• Develops relationships with members, clients and key contract contacts to promote goodwill and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Implemen…