3rd Shift Heat Treat Maintenance

ITW; Illinois; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) is seeking a Maintenance Technician for the StampTech Fasteners Division in the North American automotive market.

The role involves supporting heat treat furnaces, performing preventive and corrective maintenance, and ensuring production meets technical specifications and quality standards. Work is conducted in an environment with extreme heat, moving mechanical parts, and the need for precise documentation.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Great organizational and time management abilities.
• Effectively communicate in a professional demeanor when dealing with the public or any level of employees.
• Ability to work overtime.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Weighing totes and creating and scanning labels.
• Keep barrels and totes free of parts, foreign material and oil.
• Start machine, engage feed, keep probes clean to maintain an even product load.
• Maintain machine controls and guides to remain in compliance.
• Obtain samples and complete testing such as hardness and titration as specified.
• Replace or repair worn machine accessories and assist HT maintenance when needed.
• Maintain process documentation consistently.
• Operate overhead crane.
• Daily 5S duties and LPA completion.
• Adjusts flow of chemicals to machine reservoir and start flow.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment.
• Study blueprints and machine parts to determine material needs.
• Measure and mark dimensions on metal stock.
• Replace defective parts and test heat treat lines.
• Maintain inventory for heat treat maintenance parts.

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Communication

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift operation

Basic computer knowledge

Job description

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.

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.

Job Summary

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.

Primary Key Responsibilities

• 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

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

• 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.
• Ability to work in a team environment or independently
• Ability to work overtime

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands 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.

ITW is an Equal Opportunity / Affimative 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.

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.