3rd Shift Quality Auditor

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.

The ITW Stamp Tech 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, Stamp Tech 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.

Performs laboratory tests, inspections, and measurements at various stages of the production process to determine product characteristics are in conformance to internal and external requirements. Is an essential part of team to assure product meet standards for quality control, process control, or product development.

Primary Key Responsibilities

• Duties will include first article inspections, in-process testing, final and receiving inspections
• The use and knowledge of hand gages used for inspection such as calipers, micrometers, thickness gages, and thread gages
• The use of optical comparators, vision measurement systems or CMM experience
• The use of testing equipment for torque, force, and rockwell hardness
• The use of Measurlink software (SPC charts, X-Bar R Charts, Histograms, Control limits, etc)
• Basic computer skills will be necessary (Microsoft Excel, Word, Email, etc.)
• Blueprint reading and the basic understanding of GD&T
• Be familiar with ISO/TS16949 & ISO/IEC 17025 requirements
• Participate in the training of production employees as needed
• Perform 5S Responsibilities
• Documenting defects and recommendations for improvement. (Rejection control report)
• Follow all rules, regulations and work processes set forth by the company.
• 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.
• Cross-train with department co-workers to increase the knowledge, flexibility, and efficiency of the overall ITW team.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• ASQ certification preferred
• Ability to use calipers, micrometers, indicators, thickness gages, thread gages, optical comparator, vision measurement system, torque testers, force testers, and Rockwell hardness tester.
• 1-2 years in manufacturing environment with preference of quality assurance experience
• Technical school preferred
• Experience with operating a forklift
• Experience with quality management software preferred.
• Great organizational and time management abilities.
• 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 convert…