3rd Shift Heat Maintenance

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.

The ITW Stamp Tech 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.

Dual role to support one or more heat treat furnace machines and complete general maintenance, to harden the manufactured product to specifications on production basis by performing the following duties. Ability to work in extreme heat while maintaining quality.

• Ability to cover both sides of Heat Treat when needed for breaks and/or lunches
• Maneuver barrels with metal product manually or using barrel dollies and barrel dumpsters secures barrels and loads automatic feeding device.
• Weighing totes and creating and scanning labels
• Keep barrels and totes free of parts, foreign material, and oil.
• Starts machine, engages feed, keep probes clean to maintain an even consistent product load on furnace belt and observes operation.
• Maintain machine controls and guides to consistently adjust machine to remain in compliance
• Obtains samples and completes testing, such as hardness, soap concentration (upper), light oil & titration (lower) as specified.
• Replace or repair worn machine accessories such as tightening bolts, replacing phos straps, swapping motors, changing steam coils as well as assist HT maintenance when needed.
• Maintains process documentation consistently.
• Operate overhead crane
• Perform or assist in the salt reclaim process.
• Daily 5S duties and LPA completion
• Adjusts flow of chemicals to machine reservoir and turns valve to start flow of soaps, phos and light oil.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work environment at all times.
• Performance to comply with all company Procedures, Policies, Work Instructions, knowledge of internal and external requirements as well as TS16949 requirements.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, machine parts or specifications to determine type and dimensions of metal stock required.
• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on metal stock surfaces.
• Replaces defective parts with new part or repairs or reproduces part from various kinds of metal stock.
• Assembles and test operates heat treat lines to verify correction or malfunction.
• Maintain inventory of maintenance repair parts for heat treat process
• Maintain heat treat maintenance storage area at all times

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2-3 years of industrial experience
• Experience with operating a forklift
• Basic computer knowledge
• Ability to work in hot environments for long periods of time
• 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 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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