Sorting Machine Operator - 2nd Shift

ITW Shakeproof, a division of Illinois Tool Works, serves all the major automotive OEMs and their tier suppliers with cold headed fasteners totaling approximately $250M in revenues.

The division consists of facilities in:
Elgin, Illinois;
Broadview, Illinois;
Machesney Park, Illinois;
Troy, Michigan;
Watertown, Wisconsin;
Iron Ridge, Wisconsin;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Operate multiple machines to sort product meeting customer requirements.
• Ensure product is free of mixtures and defects.
• Start machine and perform daily checks to detect malfunctions; report malfunction to supervisor.
• Perform daily preventive maintenance and simple setups to ensure good operation of machines.
• Perform red rabbits (Camera Verification) after each machine changeover.
• Label finished goods.
• Prepare product to ship free of mixtures and product defects.
• Weigh and check finished goods.
• Maintain a safe, clean/sanitized, and organized work environment.
• Comply with all company procedures, policies, and work instructions.
• Assist in making improvements to overall business using ITW operating principles.

The individual must have the appropriate tools to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and maintain the required tools.

• High school education or GED. Manufacturing experience or training a plus.

• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Write simple correspondence.
• Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees.
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Compute rate, ratio and percentage and draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Forklift Certification required.

The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and manipulate hands, wrist and fingers to grasp tools and parts, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment involves exposure to moving mechanical parts and usually encounters loud noise levels.

• $21.80 per hour

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.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Turned products and fastener manufacturing