3rd Shift Press Operator

ITW; Gallatin (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated individuals to join their team in a dynamic manufacturing environment. This role involves assembling and aligning dies, operating press machines, and ensuring quality control in a fast-paced setting. The company values innovation and accountability, providing a culture that encourages collaboration and personal growth. If you have a mechanical aptitude and thrive in a team-oriented atmosphere, this opportunity offers a chance to contribute to a leading manufacturing division while enhancing your skills and career. Join a company that values safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of industrial experience preferred.
• Ability to work in a team environment or independently.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, install, and align dies in press according to specifications.
• Inspect work pieces for conformance to specifications.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Forklift operation

Organizational skills

Time management

Basic computer knowledge

Communication skills

Mathematical skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Press machines

Gauges

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.

The ITW StampTech 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, 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.

Primary Key Responsibilities

• Assembles, installs, and aligns dies in press according to specifications.
• Adjusts ram stroke to specified height.
• Positions work piece against fixtures or stops on machine bed or on die.
• Starts press and observes operation to detect misalignment or malfunction.
• Inspects work pieces for conformance to specifications and adjusts machine to correct errors.
• Positions and clamps feed guide.
• Thread metal strip from payout reel through pinch rollers or loads hopper or conveyor with metal blanks.
• Changeovers.
• 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.
• Completes all paperwork as required.
• Cross-train with department co-workers to increase the knowledge, flexibility, and efficiency of the overall ITW team.
• Maintains equipment including daily inspections.
• 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.
• Cleans and lubricates machines and maintains work area in a neat and orderly fashion.
• 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.
• 2-3 years of industrial experience preferred.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with operating a forklift.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• 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.

ITW Culture & Leadership Expectations:

• Exemplify and embody the ITW Leadership expectations.
• Able to thrive and collaborate in a decentralized and entrepreneurial culture.
• Able to take a high level of accountability and ownership for personal and company performance.
• Able to communicate both verbal and written with clarity and simplicity.
• Exemplifies a strategic-thinking approach and process to product management.
• Able to make decisions and use critical thinking and analytical approaches when weighing options.

ITW is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.