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Summer Internship

WAGNER MACHINE COMPANY
Champaign, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 5/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/1/2026

Summer Internship

Are you at least 16 years old and in need of a summer job? Are you interested in learning more about machining? Did you take shop class and love it? Do you like making things and are mechanically inclined? Are you highly motivated and have excellent problem solving skills? Then check out Wagner Machine Company's Summer Internship!

As a summer intern, you will be operating CNC machines, measuring parts to make sure they stay in tolerance, and seeing what it's really like to work in a machine shop. Wagner Machine only has one shift, so all employees will be working days, keeping your evenings and weekends free!

Day to Day Responsibilities

  • Operate CNC machines: loading and unloading parts
  • Measure parts to make sure they stay in tolerance
  • Ensure finished parts are deburred properly and look good
  • Complete work on time
  • Keep learning
  • Maintain accountability to performance standards and company values
  • Other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

  • Due to ITAR compliance, applicants must be US Citizens
  • Must be at least 16 years of age
  • Ability to lift 70 lbs. and pass a drug-screen and background check
  • Strong computer skills

 

Stand-Out Qualifications

  • Prior experience in
    • a LEAN Manufacturing or 5S setting
    • an ISO9001 or AS9100D certified business
  • Completion of a high school shop class
  • Enrollment in an Industrial Technology Degree program

 

A Little Bit About Us

Wagner Machine Company is a small, but growing, manufacturing company. We have 45-50 employees, and we are excited to add additional team members in the next quarter. We understand the day-to-day life of our employees because we have been there ourselves. We are a company that is owned and operated by machinists. Most of our top leadership started out as machinists and will happily jump in to help troubleshoot tricky issues.

We are quite literally a family company, with some 2nd and even 3rd generation employees on our team. Additionally, 50% of our staff have been with us for five years or more and many have been working with us for over 10 years! Wagner Machine Company is a close-knit community, we even enjoy spending time together outside of business hours. You won’t be just a number here, we’ll know you by name and if you give us enough time, we’ll probably know your kids’ names, too.

Wagner Machine offers opportunities and benefits that are typically found at much larger corporations while maintaining the atmosphere and flexibility of a small shop. We offer health and dental insurance, 401k options, paid vacation time, paid holidays, parental leave, short and long-term disability, company provided apparel, a four-and-a-half-day work week, and breakfast every Thursday!

At Wagner Machine Company we encourage all our employees to grow and advance professionally. We will happily pay for classes to help you take the next step in your career with us. We want all our employees to be the best at what they do! Our employees don’t need to wait for a position to open before learning new skills, if you’re ready to take the next step then we work with you to do so. Our goal is to train you well enough that you can get a job anywhere but treat you well enough that you’ll want to stay.

 

Wagner Machine Company Values

  1. Communication - Maintain clear communication between all areas of the company.
  2. Humility - Work smarter, not harder. Asking for help is the smart thing to do. Acknowledge your weaknesses so you can learn, improve, and grow. (Just because you saw it on YouTube, doesn't mean you are proficient at it)
  3. Integrity - "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." Matthew 7:12a
  4. Innovation - Apply our collective machining knowledge to make "impossible parts". Encourage problem solving and outside-the-box thinking on an individual level. Continue to explore and apply new manufacturing processes and technologies.
  5. Development - Train our employees well enough that they can get a job anywhere; treat them well enough they want to stay.

 

Salary : $15 - $17

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