Recycle Operator Nights

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. This position is within ITW’s Zip-Pak division, the global leader in resealable solutions for the flexible packaging industry. Our expertise in zipper, application technology, and packaging systems makes Zip-Pak the primary choice of brand owners, OEM’s, and converters for innovative resealable solutions.

About the role

This is a night shift position working 12-hour shifts (7pm-7am) on a 2-2-3 schedule with alternating weekends off at our Manteno Plant. The role focuses on maintaining the highest level of safety, scrap collection, and a clean work environment throughout the warehouse and outside grounds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safety throughout the plant.
• Optimize baling efforts by continuing to segregate clear and color bale materials.
• Collect corrugated material and bale it.
• Collect paper in gaylords and cans/bottles from the breakroom.
• Keep collected materials in the supplied trailer whenever possible.
• Maintain a Bill of Lading for all material going onto the trailer, with copies sent to Accounting and Jadcore.
• Notify your team leader or shipping supervisor if a trailer or compactor needs to be removed.
• Clean areas used in the plant, including the scale area, compactor area, outside dock grounds, storage area, and equipment.
• Clean the plastics baler between bales to prevent cross-contamination.
• Follow the LOTO (Lock-out/Tag-out) procedure each time you enter the open side of the balers.
• Support the Manteno culture and be an active part of your assigned team.
• Communicate daily with your Team Leader regarding tasks or information.
• Remove plastic/garbage from the production floor several times a day.
• Sweep your area at least once daily and clean all equipment once a week.
• Maintain a clean and neat desk.
• Support Food Safety Culture activities and acknowledge the Zip-Pak policy on self-reporting illnesses or foodborne pathogens.
• Sort pallets and clean outside grounds.
• Perform weekly and monthly warehouse cleaning.
• Wrap finished pallets and remove dead pallets.
• Clean the production floor weekly and monthly.
• Remove ZT film from cores.
• Stock and organize vinyl supplies.
• Complete daily resin traceability sheets.

Pay

The hourly pay range for a Recycle Operator is $18.00 to $20.00 per hour for the Chicagoland area. The specific hiring rate within this range will depend on the candidate's qualifications and prior experience.

Schedule

Night shift: 12-hour shifts (7pm–7am) on a 2-2-3 schedule with alternating weekends off.