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Team/Shift Lead or Supervisor V

ITW
Des Plaines, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 6/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/1/2026
Job Description

Responsibilities and Authority:

  • Manage performance and develop talent across all three production shifts
    • Develop plans to skill up and cover knowledge gaps across shifts
    • Ensure that policies and procedures are adhered to and administer progressive disciplinary action when required
    • Write and administer performance reviews and set annual goals for hourly production team
    • Coaching and team building
  • Responsibility for Quality on the assigned shift.
    • Interact with Cell Members to diagnose and repair issues.
    • Work with QA to write intelligent corrective actions/response plans.
    • Follow QA documentation, Control Plan, Print, Visual Aids, Alerts, In-Process Inspections, & DR’s.
    • Important role in the LPA (Layered Process Audit) process
  • Act as the technical authority in the Des Plaines injection molding manufacturing operation
    • Understand and correct processing issues. There are many of these on the floor currently that are impacting our profitability and quality.
    • Understand machine capabilities and run calculations to understand which components and tools can run on different presses
    • Understand different types of resigns and the processing considerations associated with each
  • Manage operational execution and continuity
    • Set production schedule, maintain press matrix
    • Translate production priorities into an efficient and effective production schedule including startups and tool changes that is distributed and communicated
    • Understand and react to staffing issues on the shift. Call-ins, vacations, mandated OT
    • Communicate effectively across shifts
  • Good verbal skills are required. This is needed so that coherent information can be passed between the shifts.
  • Ability to understand and follow ITW core philosophies
  • Understand the MRP provided and how it relates to the production scheduling.
  • Needs to be Proactive not Reactive with issues as they are presented
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.

Required

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Five or more years of experience in the Injection Molding Industry.
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
  • High level of competence in scientific molding
  • High level of competence in Yushin Robot programing
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft sweet including Excel

Preferred

  • Experience with ISO9001 requirements.
  • Certification in Scientific molding
  • Certifications in Yushin Robot programing

Compensation Information

75,000-95,000

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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