1st Shift Production Tool Maker - ITW

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a global Fortune 200 diversified manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking, and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries.   ITW, with approximately 14.1 billion dollars in global revenues, operates 7 major segments with businesses in 57 countries that employ approximately 45,000 women and men. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to our global leadership in innovation. We are proud of our broad portfolio of more than 16,000 active patents. 

StampTech Fasteners TM Division Description:

The ITW StampTech Fastener 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.

In this position, the Production Tool Maker will set up and maintain production of automotive stampings in Eyelet and/or Progressive stamping presses such as Minster presses up to 200 ton, Baird & Asahi presses, and Waterbury Farrels to produce precision metal parts, instruments, and tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Follow all established safety, health and company policies, procedures, housekeeping and recognized practices
• Install/setup of existing tooling & adjusting print tolerances for high volume production runs
• Set up and adjust tooling in production equipment, submit first piece samples, maintain tool logs, production documentation, and follow quality procedures
• Perform maintenance on tooling and use toolroom equipment to sharpen or fabricate tooling as required
• Diagnose machine failures and other mechanical problems. Take necessary corrective repair action in a timely manner.
• Assist and instruct machine operators and apprentices to maintain production.
• Operate production equipment as required.
• Ensuring products meet quality standards and make necessary adjustments
• Trouble shooting, tool maintenance and repair throughout the run
• Asist in corrective actions and improving tooling where necessary
• Developing new tooling for new parts
• All other duties as assigned by manager

• 3-5 years of industrial experience or enrollment in the Tool and Die Apprenticeship from an accredited vocational/technical institute
• Mechanical aptitude
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Effectively communicates in a professional demeanor
• Works collaboratively in a team environment
• Demonstrate good problem-solving skills and possess communication skills
• Ability to work overtime

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• The physical demand 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.
• Safety toed with slip resistant shoes, safety glasses and earplugs are required on the plant floor

ITW Culture & Leadership Expectations:

• Exemplify and embody the ITW Leadership expectations  
• Able to thrive and collaborate in a decentralized and entrepreneurial culture 
• Able to take a high level of accountability and ownership for personal and company performance
• Able to communicate both verbal and written with clarity and simplicity
• Exemplifies a strategic-thinking approach and process to product management
• Able to make decisions and use critical thinking and analytical approaches when weighing options

ITW is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. 

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.