Technical Services Lab Technician

Company Description

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 300 global multi‑industry manufacturing leader reaching 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.

ITW Performance Polymers is a Division within ITW’s Polymers & Fluids segment with headquarters in Massachusetts with additional operations in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Shannon, Ireland. Performance Polymers is a world leader in the research, development, and manufacturing of structural and semi‑structural adhesives, grouting and chocking compounds, sprayable syntactic materials and wear‑resistant coatings and repair compounds. Our products are designed to reduce customers’ costs by eliminating steps in their manufacturing processes, reducing the number of parts in an assembly or improving the quality of assembled finished goods.

These high‑quality, differentiated solutions are widely used in markets including wind, transportation, marine, electronics, mining, petrochemical, and other industrial OEM & MRO applications.

At ITW, our team develops innovative products with cutting‑edge technologies that help to shape the future. Our laboratory technicians are a key component to assisting in the development and testing of these products for the customer. In this role, you can apply your entrepreneurial spirit and continue to develop your critical thinking skills and lab experience in a variety of ways, whether it be through prepping materials for shows/demonstrations, or performing testing on coatings, adhesives and sealants.

This is an exciting opportunity to innovate with a team that is invested in your ongoing growth and development as a technician!

• We have an environment shaped by our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture that brings our exciting ideas to life. Our people thrive in our “flexibility within the framework” approach.
• We are committed to providing you with growth and development opportunities that maximize your unique potential.
• Our culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner – we want your entrepreneurial spirit to thrive!
• Be a part of One ITW/One Team, where everyone’s contribution matters in our quest to achieve our full potential.
• We live by our Core Values of Trust, Respect, Integrity, Shared Risk and Simplicity.

• You enjoy science and the industrial lab environment – being part of the innovation journey energizes you!
• You value organization both in cleanliness and in project workflow and are constantly looking for ways to improve your surroundings, methods, and processes.
• You hold yourself to high standards and seek to execute your tasks with perfection and confidence.
• You’re a wearer of many hats and you enjoy juggling multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.

• Prepare and perform testing of adhesives and bonded products, sealants, coatings and abrasion resistant materials.
• Order/maintain all lab supplies including reagents, chemicals, testing substrates, and instruments tools/supplies.
• Operate testing instruments to generate mechanical and analytical data as determined by industry standards.
• Schedule, coordinate, and maintain all lab preventative maintenance and calibrations.
• Work closely with other technical and non‑technical functions to define testing needs and present results.
• Follow standardized test methods (ASTM, ISO, SAE, etc.) and report data in a clear, concise format.
• Adjust and create standard and non‑standard test programs in mechanical and analytical laboratory instruments.
• Run experiments and record data performed on manufactured batches.
• Answer incoming calls seeking fundamental technical advice.
• Promote, support and adhere to all safety, environmental and quality related policies and procedures, including maintaining lab Safety Data Sheets and…