🔎 At a glance

Company: Lusk Quality Machine Products
Location: Palmdale, CA
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience: 1+ Years
Primary Focus: Tool Crib Management • CNC Tooling Support • Inventory Control
Equipment Supported: Citizen • Miyano • Nakamura • Eurotech CNC Machines

👍 Why join Lusk Quality Machine Products?

Lusk Quality Machine Products has been manufacturing precision machined components since 1976 and has built a reputation for quality, reliability, and long-term customer relationships. As a family-owned company, we continue to invest in modern CNC equipment, skilled employees, and manufacturing technology to support customers across the semiconductor, aerospace, defense, and other high-precision industries.

We're looking for an organized and motivated Tool Crib Attendant / Tooling Technician to help keep production running efficiently. This position plays an important role in supporting our machinists by ensuring tooling is organized, available, and ready before every job begins.

If you enjoy working in a manufacturing environment and want an opportunity to grow your machining knowledge while supporting a busy CNC shop, we'd love to hear from you.

⚙️ What you'll be doing

As our Tool Crib Attendant / Tooling Technician, you'll help manage the tooling that keeps production moving.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain and organize the tool crib
• Issue and receive cutting tools, inserts, holders, collets, and shop supplies
• Maintain tooling inventory and reorder consumables
• Assemble and preset tooling for upcoming machine setups
• Verify tooling is complete, clean, and production ready
• Coordinate with setup machinists and supervisors to prepare upcoming jobs
• Receive, inspect, and stock incoming tooling and supplies
• Label and organize tooling for quick identification and retrieval
• Monitor tooling wear and identify damaged tooling
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area
• Support production with additional shop duties as needed

🛠️ Machines, controls & equipment

You'll support machining operations that include:

CNC Equipment

• Citizen Swiss Machines
• Miyano Turning Centers
• Nakamura CNC Lathes
• Eurotech CNC Machines

Tooling

• Cutting tools
• Tool holders
• Inserts
• Collets
• Drills
• End mills
• Taps
• Reamers
• Precision measuring equipment

⭐ Shop highlights

• Family-owned company since 1976
• Nearly 50 years of machining excellence
• Semiconductor, aerospace, and defense work
• Modern CNC Swiss and turning equipment
• Stable, growing precision machine shop
• ISO 9001 Certified manufacturer
• Opportunity to learn alongside experienced machinists
• Career growth within manufacturing

🔩 Materials you'll work with

You'll primarily support tooling used to machine:

• Aluminum
• Stainless Steel
• Heat-treated alloys
• Other precision machining materials

✅ What we're looking for

Required

• 1+ years of manufacturing or machine shop experience preferred
• Strong organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Comfortable using computers for inventory tracking
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Dependable with a strong work ethic

Preferred

• Experience working in a CNC machine shop
• Familiarity with cutting tools, inserts, holders, drills, end mills, taps, and reamers
• Ability to read tooling documentation and basic blueprints
• Mechanical aptitude
• Purchasing or inventory experience

Training is available for candidates with the right attitude and willingness to learn.

👍 Why you'll like working here

Lusk offers more than just a job—you'll become part of a team that supports precision manufacturing for some of today's most demanding industries.

You'll enjoy:

• Stable, family-owned company
• Modern machining environment
• Competitive pay based on experience
• Paid holidays
• Benefits package
• Opportunities for advancement
• Hands-on exposure to advanced CNC machining technology
• Supportive team environment

💰 Pay, benefits & schedule

Pay

Competitive hourly pay based on experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Benefits package
• Paid holidays
• Career advancement opportunities

Schedule

Full-Time

🏭 About Lusk Quality Machine Products

Founded in 1976, Lusk Quality Machine Products is a family-owned precision machining company located in Palmdale, California. For nearly 50 years, we've specialized in high-volume CNC turning, Swiss machining, multi-spindle screw machining, and precision manufacturing for customers across the United States and around the world.

Our investment in modern Citizen, Miyano, Nakamura, and other advanced CNC equipment, combined with our ISO 9001-certified quality system, allows us to deliver precision components for industries where quality and reliability matter most.

🚀 Apply today

Ready to join a growing precision machine shop and help keep production running at its best?

Apply today through hireCNC.