Quality Auditor - 3rd Shift

Company Overview

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.

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 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.

Responsibilities

• This position is based in our Portland, TN facility
• Perform first article inspections, in-process testing, final and receiving inspections
• Use and maintain knowledge of hand gages used for inspection such as calipers, micrometers, thickness gages, and thread gages
• Operate optical comparators, vision measurement systems, and CMM
• Use testing equipment for torque, force, and Rockwell hardness
• Use Measurlink software (SPC charts, X-Bar R Charts, Histograms, Control limits, etc.)
• Perform basic computer tasks (Microsoft Excel, Word, Email, etc.)
• Read blueprints and understand GD&T
• Maintain familiarity with ISO/TS16949 & ISO/IEC 17025 requirements
• Participate in training of production employees as needed
• Perform 5S responsibilities
• Document defects and recommendations for improvement (Rejection control report)
• Follow all rules, regulations and work processes set forth by the company
• 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
• Contribute to team effort by focusing on continuous improvement and success for the entire team
• From time to time, be assigned other duties for the purpose of training, additional assistance or for other reasons as needed necessary by management
• Cross-train with department co-workers to increase the knowledge, flexibility, and efficiency of the overall ITW team

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• ASQ certification preferred
• Ability to use calipers, micrometers, indicators, thickness gages, thread gages, optical comparator, vision measurement system, torque testers, force testers, and Rockwell hardness tester
• 1-2 years in manufacturing environment with preference of quality assurance experience
• Technical school preferred
• Experience with operating a forklift
• Experience with quality management software preferred
• 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 convert measurements between units preferred
• 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 & Work Environment

• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to fingers, handle, or feel; talk or hear; and smell
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to sit and stoop or crouch
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 45 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration
• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• May be exposed to extreme heat and risk of electrical shock
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud