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Sort Machine Operator - 2nd shift with 10% shift premium

ITW

Elgin, ILJob$22.4/hrSeen 2mo agoSeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$22.4/hr
Location
Elgin, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Forklift Certification

Job overview

ITW seeks a Sort Machine Operator to run multiple machines, perform daily checks and preventive maintenance, conduct camera verification, weigh and label finished goods, maintain a clean work environment, comply with procedures, and assist in business improvements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Reading ComprehensionSimple WritingPresentation SkillsBasic MathForklift Certification

Qualifications

High School Education or GEDForklift Certification

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Job Description:

ITW (Illinois Tool Works Inc.) is a Fortune 200 company and is one of the world’s leading diversified manufacturers of specialized industrial equipment, automotive components, consumables, and related service businesses. ITW businesses serve local customers and markets around the globe, with operations in 55 countries and an employee base of more than 46,000 women and men who adhere to the highest ethical standards. 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 17,000 granted and pending patents.

ITW Shakeproof supplies cold headed & metal stamped fasteners totaling approximately $200M in revenue annually. Manufacturing / warehouse locations include Watertown, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Machesney Park, IL, Broadview, IL, Elgin, IL, and Iron Ridge, WI. We serve major OEMs and their tier suppliers direct and through distribution channels in the industrial market. ITW Shakeproof Fasteners drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering, allowing us to enhance our customers’ competitive advantage.

Job Summary

The Sort Machine Operator will operate multiple machines to sort product meeting customer requirements. Ensures product is free of mixtures and defects by performing the following duties:

Primary Responsibilities

  • Starts machine and performs daily checks to detect malfunctions of machine. Reports malfunction to supervisor.

  • Performs daily preventive maintenance and simple setups to ensure good operation of machines.

  • Perform red rabbits (Camera Verification) after each machine changeover Label finished goods.

  • Prepares product to ship free of mixtures and product defects

  • Weigh and check finished goods

  • Maintains a safe, clean/sanitized and organized work environment always.

  • Performance to comply with all company Procedures, Policies, Work Instructions, knowledge of internal and external requirements.

  • Assist in making improvements to the overall business using ITW operating principles.

Position Skills & 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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • High school education or GED: Manufacturing experience or training a plus.

  • 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 add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

  • Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

  • Forklift Certification Required

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee frequently is required to walk and manipulate hands, wrist, and fingers to grasp tools and parts. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Compensation Information:

$22.40 per hour plus 10% shift premium

A full range of medical, dental, vision, 401K plus up-to-six percent (6%) match, wellness program, short- and long-term disability, education assistance, and gift & volunteer matching program are also available.

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 891 open Operator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$22.4/hr
  • Illinois median$22–26/hr34 hourly ranges
  • US median$22–25/hr380 hourly ranges

This rate, $22.40/hr, is 7% below the Illinois median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the middle half of Operator hourly ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 43 open Operator jobs in Illinois and 891 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
Operator postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (304 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 469 of the 891 open Operator jobs (53%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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