**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** This position will be a trainee who learns to perform basic maintenance and repair tasks on industrial machinery under the close supervision of a skilled journeyman machinist. While gaining hands-on experience with various machine tools like lathes, mills, and grinders. Also studying theory and safety procedures to eventually become a fully qualified maintenance machinist. Responsibilities include assisting with machine disassembly, cleaning, part replacement, basic machining operations, and following detailed instructions to ensure proper equipment. **Key Responsibilities** + Follow all established safety, health and company policies, procedures, housekeeping and recognized practices + Help disassemble, clean, and reassemble machinery, including removing and replacing worn parts under guidance from a journeyman machinist + Learn to operate manual and potentially CNC machine tools like lathes, mills, drills, and grinders to perform basic machining operations like cutting, turning, and drilling. + Interpret blueprints and schematics to understand machine components and repair requirements. + Diagnose machine failures and other mechanical problems. Take necessary corrective repair action in a timely manner + Keep track of spare parts and tools needed for maintenance tasks + Operate production equipment as required + Ensuring products meet quality standards and make necessary adjustments + All other duties as assigned by manager **Minimum Qualifications/Requirements** + 3-5 years of industrial experience or enrollment in the Apprenticeship Program from an accredited vocational/technical institute + Strong understanding of basic mechanical principles and ability to visualize how machines work + Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices + Effectively communicate in a professional demeanor when dealing with any level of employees + Demonstrate good problem-solving skills and possess communication skills + Ability to perform basic calculations related to measurements and dimensions. + Ability to work overtime **Physical Demands** **& Work Environment** + 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. + Safety toed with slip resistant shoes, safety glasses and earplugs are required on the plant floor **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._ **Compensation Information:** $20.00-$28.00 an hour _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._