Tool Room Attendant

VT Group (VTG); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG in San Diego, CA (NAS North Island) seeks a Tool Room Attendant to support precision machining operations and tool room activities.

You will operate multiple machine tools, set up cutting tools, determine feeds and speeds, and verify dimensions with precision measuring instruments. The job requires outdoor work, physical activity, and the ability to endure demanding conditions.

High school completion preferred; base pay is $21.98 per hour as a general guideline for the location.

Qualifications

• Education: Successful completion of high school is preferred.
• Experience: Experience in a tool and parts distribution role of similar scope is preferred.
• Other Qualifications: Ability to perform physical activities and outdoor work in various conditions.

Responsibilities

• Operate one or more machine tools to machine metal for jigs, fixtures, and dies.
• Plan and perform machining operations with precise setups and accuracy.
• Set up machines, adjust feeds/speeds, and use precision measuring instruments to ensure tight tolerances.
• Select appropriate coolants and dress tools as needed.

Skills

Physical fitness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Overview

VTG is currently seeking a Tool Room Attendant to join our team in San Diego, CA at NAS North Island.

What will you do?

• Someone in this position specializes in operating one or more than one type of machine tool (e.g., jig borer, grinding machine, engine lathe, milling machine) to machine metal for use in making or maintaining jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, or metal dies or molds used in shaping or forming metal or nonmetallic material (e.g., plastic, plaster, rubber, glass).
• Work typically involves: planning and performing difficult machining operations which require complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy, setting up machine tool or tools (e.g., installing cutting tools and adjusting guides, stops, working tables, and other controls to handle the size of stock to be machined.
• The Machine Tool Operator determines proper feeds, speeds, tooling, and operation sequence or selects those prescribed in drawings, blueprints, or layouts). Work also involves using a variety of precision measuring instruments, making necessary adjustments during machining operation to achieve requisite dimensions to very close tolerances.
• This worker may be required to select proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils to recognize when tools need dressing, and to dress tools.

Do you have what it takes?

• Education: Successful completion of high school is preferred.
• Experience: Experience working in a tool and parts distribution role of a similar scope and size is preferred.
• Other Qualifications: This position requires skills such as walking, running, climbing, crawling, jumping and other similar physical activities. The worker must be able to endure extreme climate conditions and be able to work in an outdoor setting
• In general, the work of a Machine-Tool Operator (Tool room) at the skill level called for in this classification, requires extensive knowledge of machine shop and tool room practice usually acquired through considerable on-the-job training and experience.

VTG’s base pay range is $21.98 per hour, which is a general guideline for the geographic location, work experience, education, skill level, and/or market considerations