Production Controller (Supervisory Production Controller - UNICOR)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
FreshPosted Mar 25
✓ Fresh Listing
Posted: April 1, 2026 (0 days ago)
This job was posted recently. Fresh listings typically have less competition.
Die Finishing Specialist Leader
U.S. Mint
Department of the Treasury
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Salary
$34.99 - $40.81
per hour
Type
Full-Time
More Other jobs →Closes
April 15, 2026More Treasury jobs →
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team in setting up, operating, and maintaining automated machines to finish metal dies used for making high-quality proof coins at the U.S. Mint.
You'll plan daily work, assign tasks, train others, and ensure smooth production while hands-on with the tools.
It's a great fit for someone with machine shop experience, leadership skills, and a passion for precise metalwork in a manufacturing environment.
Key Requirements
- Ability to lead or supervise, including planning schedules, training others, guiding work, and motivating team for quality results
- Experience using hand tools in a machine shop setting
- Knowledge of metals and their properties
- Skill in operating machine tools for precise and artistic finishing
- Familiarity with technical practices in die preparation for numismatic production
- Ability to coordinate assignments, priorities, and equipment use to maintain operational continuity
Full Job Description
This position is located at US Mint,Manufacturing Directorate - Philadelphia - Safety and Health Division.
As a Die Finishing Specialist Leader, you will be a working leader in which the employee is responsible for the set-up, operation and to maintain a number of automated machine tools to prepare numismatic dies in the production of proof coins..
You must meet the following requirements within 14 days of the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service.
You must meet the screen-out element Ability to Lead or Supervise, normally addressed at the beginning of the online questions.
To meet the screen-out element, applicants must have: planned and adhered to established daily, weekly or monthly work assignment schedules, deadlines, priorities, methods and policies; trained others in work procedures; explained work procedures and manuals; instructed, guided and reviewed the work of others; communicated changes in priorities and procedures; motivated employees to perform accurate and efficient work to produce a quality result; and tracked goals and targets to ensure they are met.
In addition, you must also obtain an average score of two (2) for the following elements for this position as addressed through the online question in order to be considered minimally qualified.
Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Ability to Lead or Supervise (Screen-out), Ability to Use Hand Tools for Machine Shop, Knowledge of Metals, Operation of Machine Tools and Technical Practices(Theoretical, Precise, Artistic).
Major Duties:
As a Die Finishing Specialist Leader, you will: Assure that assignments, as directed by the supervisor, are made to other workers in such a manner that the continuity of operations is maintained.
Plan daily work schedules, determine priorities, and coordinate assignments concerning material and equipment. Pass on to other workers the instructions received from supervisor.
Check your resume before applying to catch common mistakes