3rd Shift Press Operator

Illinois Tool Works; Gallatin (TN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated individuals to join their manufacturing team. This role involves assisting press operators with quality checks and material handling in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should possess a high school diploma and experience operating forklifts. The company values attention to detail and effective communication skills, ensuring a safe and organized workplace. Join a team that emphasizes continuous improvement and contributes to the overall success of the organization. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to grow in a dynamic manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience with operating a forklift is essential.
• Basic computer skills and attention to detail are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist press operators with quality checks and material handling.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment.
• Perform various tasks including loading steel and data entry.

Skills

Forklift Operation

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Basic Computer Knowledge

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Job 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 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.

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 Description

Assists the press operators by performing quality checks, 5s, and material handling duties.

Primary Key Responsibilities

• Loading steel on payoff wheel
• Staging steel
• Dumping scrap hoppers
• Printing labels
• Uses a variety of gauges to ensure quality
• Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work environment at all times.
• Label, scan, and move product per specifications
• Enters data into Measurlink
• Follow all rules, regulations and work processes set forth by the company
• 5s Responsibilities
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with operating a forklift
• Basic computer knowledge
• Great organizational and time management abilities.
• Attention to detail.
• 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 demand 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.