Filling the Talent Pipeline

CMC’s recruitment programs are designed to build a talent pipeline by positioning our company as an industry employer of choice. We provide industry-leading compensation and benefits and offer a workplace where talent is engaged, feels fulfilled and sees a bright future ahead.

Recruitment efforts in the manufacturing and steel sectors are challenged by a relatively smaller pool of skilled talent. CMC is meeting this challenge by offering scholarships, internships and apprenticeships to attract and support emerging talent. Our internship programs place summer interns across all our businesses, with a total of 65 interns in the U.S. participating during 2025 in the various programs offered across the company, plus 11 students in Poland and XX in the UK.

We maximize our pool of potential talent in the U.S. by participating in career fairs and recruiting events across the country, with our recruiting teams participating in 56 events at colleges and universities during 2025. CMC Poland participates in local career fairs organized by the city of Zawiercie and universities, such as the Silesian University of Technology and the Częstochowa University of Technology.

CMC offers one-, two- and four-year apprenticeships in the U.S. through academic partnerships with local colleges and technical schools. In these programs, students divide their time between classroom learning and on-the-job training in areas such as mechanical and electrical engineering.

In the U.S., our apprenticeship programs include the Modern Steelmaker Program, which was launched in 2021 at our facility in Mesa, Arizona, in partnership with Mesa Community College. The program provides students with paid opportunities to learn about the steelmaking process in a one-year apprenticeship that combines four months of classroom instruction with an eight-month rotational session at the mill where they apply skills learned in the classroom. The program has expanded to additional facilities, including CMC Steel Tennessee in partnership with Tennessee College of Applied Technology; CMC Steel Oklahoma partnering with Kiamichi Tech- Durant; CMC Steel New Jersey partnering with Morris College; and CMC Steel West Virginia in partnership with Blue Ridge Community and Technical College.

Additionally, CMC partners with Texas State Technical College (TSTC) on the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT) Program. This year, CMC Steel Texas had eight participants involved.