Extruder Operator Nights

ITW • Manteno, IL

4d • $20 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1912, Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a diversified Fortune 500 manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries. Ranked among Fortune Magazine’s most admired companies, the company focuses on solid growth, improving profitability and strong returns across its worldwide platforms and divisions. Zip-Pak, Manteno, we need Extruder Machine Operators to operate plastic extrusion lines. This is a night shift position working 12.25-hour shifts (6:45pm-7am), working a 2-2-3 schedule with alternating weekends off. Clean, safe, temperature-controlled work environment. The Extruder Operator is responsible for running and maintaining a quality product. The operator must be proficient in making necessary adjustments and judgements to consistently produce products within quality specifications at or above productivity targets: line speed, uptime, and yield.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Stable work history
• Demonstrates willingness to accept or seek new assignments
• Mechanical aptitude/good troubleshooting skills
• Able to lift and carry 50 pounds
• Able to stand for long periods of time
• Able to walk, bend, squat and twist

Nice To Haves

• Extrusion experience desirable

Responsibilities

• Utilizes judgment in acceptable variance from specifications
• Ensure proper equipment set-up
• Properly performs and records quality checks
• Communicates troubleshooting efforts with team members, supervision, maintenance
• Assures proper quantities are run (no significant over/under runs)
• Performs line changeovers
• Performs line cleaning
• Performs some preventative maintenance as required
• Properly boxes product
• Ensure product is identified correctly and legibly
• Utilizes correct pallet configuration
• Assures pallet is secure and identified correctly and legibly.
• Understands and observes all safety precautions, rules and regulations
• Understands and observes all HACCP and SQF regulations
• Keeps the area around line clean
• Reports all safety hazards to supervisor
• Completes all required paperwork properly and legibly
• Assists other operators with spool handling
• Assists other operators with changeovers
• Assists other operators with line cleaning

Benefits

• 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. At ITW, we think and act like entrepreneurs. We embrace autonomy, make decisions and take ownership to create innovative solutions for our customers all over the world. ITW is a Fortune 200 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader. Our seven industry-leading business segments offer career development and learning opportunities in more than 50 countries across the globe. We’re committed to investing in our people and supporting their growth through unique and relevant development opportunities at each stage throughout the employee life cycle. Our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner. We aspire for everyone to perform to their full potential and value the unique and diverse perspectives, experiences and ideas that make us better together. The ITW Business Model gives us the tools to focus on what’s most important, and we’re grounded in our values of Integrity, Simplicity, Trust, Respect and Shared Risk.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED