CORE Management Trainee

it's what's inside that counts

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There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• $500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

Why This Job

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you’ll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

What You'll Do

• Gain hands-on expperience with large-scale manufacturing processes, equipment, material flow, and production systems
• Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement tools to enhance safety, quality, productivity, and cost
• Analyze process performance using data-driven methods to identify waste, variability, and improvement opportunities
• Lead or support process improvement projects and operational excellence initiatives
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to support and inform decision-making.
• Rotate through the functional areas of our core lines of business (Mills, Fabrication, Recycling, or Emerging Businesses Group such as Construction Services)
• Complete and present a capstone project at conclusion of program
• Participate in the CMC Safety Programs and proactively uphold the CMC Safety Culture
• Perform root-cause analysis for process upsets, variability, and production losses
• Provide day-to-day engineering support to production, maintenance, and quality teams
• Build dashboards, reports, and visuals to track KPIs (OEE, cycle time, throughput, scrap)
• Work with operators and supervisors to validate findings and implement corrective actions

What You'll Need

• Understanding of the industrial manufacturing environemnt, including shop-floor operations and production workflows
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, optimization, and continuous improvement methodologies preferred
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or Operational Excellence initiatives preferred
• Ability to analyze data, solve complex problems, and drive practical, sustainable improvements
• Ability to work at a variety of CMC Facilities; to include working outside in hot/cold/wet conditions, heights and/or unique situations
• Ability to work within all levels of the organization (shop floor to upper management)
• Possess High Integrity and work under the guidelines of CMC's core values
• Must be able to work flexible hours and be available upon the needs of the business; to include occasional shift work

Your Education

• Exposure to Lean Six Sigma projects (Yellow Belt or Higher)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering degree preferred

We are CMC, a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We’ve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years — and we’re just getting started.

If you’re ready to join a team working to make our industry more sustainable, support the bridges, roadways, buildings and infrastructure that connects our communities, and do meaningful work, you’re ready to join CMC. Apply today and start moving your career — and our world — forward. Let's build a better world!

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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