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Manufacturing Engineer

ITW
Gallatin, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 3/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/5/2025
Job Description

Company 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 Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer will report to the Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor and will be responsible for continuous improvement project planning and execution throughout the facility. The Manufacturing Engineer will play a key role in driving operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing factory layouts and leading corrective action processes. Continuous improvement initiatives will revolve around safety, quality and production. This engineer will also function as a supporting resource for the maintenance and operations team.

Responsibilities

  • Develops drawings and other engineering documentation to improve manufacturing processes and product quality for fasteners.
  • Reviews specifications and drawings to ensure that products are manufactured to the customer’s requirements, and reviews statistical process control data to recommend appropriate actions.
  • Works with product engineering in the design phase of new products and redesign of existing products to ensure product manufacturability & poka-yoke at stamping process.
  • Drafts and designs layout of equipment, material, and workspace to illustrate maximum efficiency using drafting tools and computers.
  • Identify and act on continuous improvement initiatives with emphasis on metal stamping, Heat Treat and vision inspection process improvements.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and increase productivity.
  • Design and implementation of sensor processing algorithms for signal processing, sensor control, feature detection and matching, motion estimation.
  • Provides technical support for cost-saving projects.
  • Manage multiple cross functional projects using solid project management standards, coupled with a sense of urgency for our customers and our employees.
  • Creation and execution of capital expenditure projects of varying sizes.
  • Plan estimates, production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
  • Investigate and recommend alternative equipment and manufacturers for benchmarking.
  • Applying knowledge of process design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors and soliciting observations from operators.
  • Develop standardized work instruction, setup procedures and support documentation.
  • Comply with all environmentally safe practices and regulations.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Position Skills And Experience Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/industrial engineering or related field (graduate degree preferred)
  • Previous 1-3 years of automotive manufacturing experience preferred.
  • Previous experience working with CAD.
  • Excellent analytical skills and proficiency with computers.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to persuade others to change existing practices.
  • Strong attention to detail & ability to manage projects.
  • Familiarity with Six Sigma, and Lean Manufacturing Principles.
  • Experience with Data Analysis, Visualization and Presentation; statistical process control.
  • Maintain a positive “can-do” attitude when facing challenging situations, coupled with a willingness to challenge the status quo.
  • Hands-on with the ability to come up with creative design solutions and fabricate/install them.
  • Seeks and recognizes the expertise of other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate successful projects.
  • Familiar with metal stamping & vision inspection process.

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.

Additional Information

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.

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.

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