3rd Shift Tool & Die Maintenance Technician

ITW Description

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 in global revenues, operates seven major segments with businesses in 57 countries that employ approximately 45,000 individuals. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to our global leadership in innovation.

The ITW Stamp Tech Fastener™ Division serves 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 $160 million, and locations include Gallatin, TN;
Lexington, KY; and Naugatuck, CT.

The division drives profitability by leveraging innovative solutions and application engineering. In addition to ITW’s industry-leading research and development capabilities, Stamp Tech Fasteners™ 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, materials, and designs to ensure every product provides value and meets customer expectations.

• Study specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualize the product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate or repair parts.
• Calculate dimensions, plan layout, and determine assembly method and sequence of operations.
• Measure, mark, and scribe metal stock for machining.
• Operate machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to machine parts and verify conformance of machined parts to specifications.
• Smooth flat and contour surfaces with equipment to fit and assemble parts together and into assemblies and mechanisms.
• Connect sensors in dies to ensure quality.
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances.
• Examine standard or previously used dies, tools, jigs, and fixtures, and recommend design modifications regarding construction and function of the part.
• Develop specifications and general descriptions for specialty tooling and draw or sketch design of the product.
• Operate overhead crane.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment at all times.

• Cross‑train with department co‑workers to increase knowledge, flexibility, and efficiency of the overall ITW team.
• Maintain equipment including daily inspections.
• 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.
• Contribute 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 other reasons as needed necessary by management.

• Five years of tool and die experience.
• Must have own tools.
• Ability to comply with all company procedures, policies, and work instructions.
• Experience operating a forklift.
• Ability to weld (MIG/TIG).
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Great organizational and time‑management abilities.
• Attention to detail.
• Effective communication 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.
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