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Company Overview

**ITW Description:** Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 300 global multi-industry manufacturing leader with revenue of $15.9 billion in 2024. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s approximately 44,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in the company’s decentralized and entrepreneurial culture.

**StampTech Fasteners™ Division Description:** The ITW StampTech Fasteners™ Division serves major OEMs and Tier suppliers in the North American automotive market. The division supplies stamped metal fasteners and engineered fastener assemblies using deep-draw stamping technologies. Annual revenue is approximately $160M, with locations in Gallatin, TN; Lexington, KY; and Naugatuck, CT.

The division drives profitability through innovative solutions and application engineering. In addition to ITW’s industry-leading research and development capabilities, StampTech Fasteners™ enhances customer 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, materials, and designs to ensure every product delivers value and meets customer expectations.

Primary Key Responsibilities

+ Ensure full compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and company policies by reviewing/updating programs, staying current on regulatory changes, conducting internal audits, managing required documentation, maintaining the OSHA 300/300A logs, and entering all injuries/incidents into SIMS.

+ Serve as the primary point of contact for all work-related injuries, illnesses, near-misses, and day-to-day employee health & safety concerns across all facilities, ensuring timely response, investigation, and resolution in a timely manner.

+ Lead the investigation, root cause analysis (RCA), corrective & preventive action (CAR/CAPA) process, and final closure of all safety incidents (injuries, near-misses, spills, property damage, etc.), including leadership reporting, system tracking/entry, remediation, and verification of effectiveness.

+ Oversee and drive year-over-year improvements in personnel health & safety performance, employee engagement, and division safety metrics through proactive programs, data analysis, and monthly recording and reporting of EHS KPIs.

+ Maintain and continuously improve the Health & Safety Management System to remain fully compliant with ISO 45001:2018.

+ Partner with local EMS representatives to ensure ongoing compliance with ISO 14001:2017 at all facilities and to streamline environmental processes.

+ Partner with local U.S. compliance and training representatives to ensure all required training initiatives are current, completed on time, and continuously improved/streamlined across facilities.

+ Lead, develop, and implement safety initiatives, strategic projects, and a continuous-improvement culture in EHS at each business unit.

+ Design, implement, administer, and advise the organization on hazard identification, risk assessment, and hazard control programs; anticipate, identify, evaluate, and mitigate hazardous conditions and practices.

+ Develop, deliver, create, and maintain all safety training programs for employees, including the creation of training materials and posters; specifically create, enter, and maintain all training records in current LMS platform.

+ Schedule, coordinate, and ensure completion of all employee safety and health requirements (e.g., hearing conservation tests, hazmat physicals, first-responder training, respiratory fit testing, etc.).

+ Issue safety alerts, communications, and lessons-learned bulletins as needed following incidents or identification of new risks.

+ Foster a strong safety culture by building employee and leadership engagement through safety teams, committees, training programs, communications, recognition programs, and other employee-facing activities.

+ Enable data-driven safety decision-making through incident analysis, trend reporting, risk assessments, environmental impact tracking, and other EHS data management activities.

+ Identify opportunities and provide recommendations to support ITW’s renewable energy and sustainability initiatives.

Skills Required:

+ Thorough understanding of operational processes and associated safety risks.

+ Strong knowledge of customer requirements and government regulations (OSHA, EPA, process safety, emergency response, hazardous materials transportation, air/water permitting, NFPA/fire codes, ergonomics, and workers’ compensation).

+ Demonstrated leadership qualities, including initiative, influence, communication, training, coaching, and mentoring to foster a safety-first mindset.

+ Strong project management, written, and verbal communication skills.

+ Ability to drive meaningful metrics and support urgent customer/company needs with sound judgment and credibility.

Education/Experience Requirements:

+ Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, health, or a related discipline.

+ 5+ years of health, and safety responsibility.

+ Proven experience in root cause analysis, ISO audit certification, and compliance.

+ Ability to travel 30%–40% to other facilities to support projects, audits, training, incident investigations, and initiative roll-outs.

_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._