2nd Shift Press Operator

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) is a Fortune 300 company, a global multi-industry manufacturing leader. With a revenue of $15.9 billion in 2024, ITW operates in 53 countries and employs approximately 44,000 people. The company is known for its innovative solutions and diverse range of products, including those used in the automotive, food equipment, and construction industries.

StampTech Fasteners Division Description

The ITW StampTech Fastener TM Division serves the major OEMs and Tier suppliers in the North American automotive market.  The division supplies stamped metal fasteners and engineered fastener assemblies that leverage our deep-draw stamping technologies.  The annual revenue for the division is approximately $160M.  Locations include Gallatin, TN, Lexington, KY & Naugatuck, CT.

The Division drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering.  In addition to ITW’s industry leading research and development capabilities, StampTech Fasteners TM enhances our customers’ competitive advantage by maintaining advanced engineering and manufacturing facilities in North America, exchanging product, process, and benchmarking information with sister units worldwide and continually improving processes, material, and designs to ensure every product provides value and meets customer expectations.

Job Summary

Assists the press operators by performing quality checks, 5s, and material handling duties.

Primary Responsibilities

• Loading steel on payoff wheel

• Staging steel

• Dumping scrap hoppers

• Printing labels

• Uses a variety of gauges to ensure quality

• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work environment at all times.

• Label, scan, and move product per specifications

• Enters data into Measurlink

• Follow all rules, regulations and work processes set forth by the company

• 5s Responsibilities

• Hold self-accountable to create and maintain a safe working environment.

• Competently perform all tasks with a focus on safety within a fast-paced environment.

• Contributes to team effort by focusing on continuous improvement and success for the entire team.

• From time to time, personnel may be assigned other duties for the purpose of training, additional assistance or for other reasons as needed necessary by management.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Experience with operating a forklift

• Basic computer knowledge

• Great organizational and time management abilities.

• Attention to detail.

• Effectively communicate in a professional demeanor when dealing with the public or any level of employees. 

• Ability to safely work in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

• Ability to work in a team environment or independently

• Ability to work overtime

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to fingers, handle, or feel, talk, or hear; and smell. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 45 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee could be exposed to extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.