Career opportunities
for local high school students and recent graduates.

Stecker Machine Company values lifelong learning. We support local youth through Manitowoc County machinist apprenticeship programs, training, and career-building initiatives (see below).

Most of Stecker’s leaders and managers have worked their way up from CNC machinist positions, combining their high school educations with on-the-job learning for long-term career success.

Youth Machinist Apprenticeships

These 1- or 2-year programs invite high school juniors and seniors to earn credit and wages while gaining valuable CNC machining industry experience under the watchful eye of Stecker’s experts.

Marketing & Management Job Shadow

Stecker’s marketing and management teams explains how their roles play an important part in the successful operation of a CNC machine shop. This experience is available to two students per day.

Job Shadows

This 2- to 4-hour, on-site experience allows two students to learn the technology, daily routines, and responsibilities of a CNC machinist and ask questions about available career opportunities and advancement.

Student Tours

More than a walkthrough of Stecker’s two facilities, a student tour includes connecting with machining professionals who have varied roles and have advanced their careers at Stecker.

About Stecker Machine Company

A family-owned and managed company, Stecker serves OEM customers with leading-edge production of CNC machined parts for trucks, tractors, and other equipment.

Our long-term vitality and commitment to our customers and our 250+ non-union employees is shown in our reinvestment in new technology and laser focus on quality. A leader in the industry, Stecker is certified by DQS Inc. to ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016.

Stecker is located at 5107 County C on the south side of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Watch CNC machining in action and see why Stecker is unique: