Toolmaker

Full Job Description

This position is located at US Mint,Manufacturing Directorate - Philadelphia - Production Maintenance Division.

As a Toolmaker, you will be responsible for the fabrication and repair of jigs, fixtures, special tooling, and blanking dies required in the machine shop and production operations.

You must meet the following requirements by 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 Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision normally addressed at the beginning of the online questions.

To meet the screen-out element, applicants must have: I have experience fabricating jigs and fixtures and overhauling and repairing die sets under normal direction of a supervisor.

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 Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision (screen-out), Operation of Machine Tools, Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic), Ability to Use Shop Drawings, Measurement and Layout.

PHYSICAL EFFORT: Position involves standing, stooping, bending and reaching. Handles dies weighing approximately 200 pounds with hoists.

Works in cramped quarters while repairing or studying problems of tools and dies.

Subject to considerable eye strain due to extensive use of delicate instruments and magnifying glasses and the closeness of the work.

AND You must show in your experience in the online application that you possess the knowledge, skill and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Key Requirements: Please refer to "Conditions of Employment." Click "Print Preview" to review the entire announcement before applying. Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S.

National Major Duties:

As a/an Toolmaker, you will: -Fabricate jigs, fixtures, and special tooling, and constructs metal blanking dies.

-Maintain carbide and tool steel dies for domestic and foreign coinage and medal dies-by repairing and regrinding -Set up and operate a variety of machine tools working to very close tolerances (i.e., turret and engine lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, external and internal cylindrical grinders, planners, shapers, drill presses, jig boring machines, horizontal boring machines, jig grinder, radial and bench drill presses and other related shop equipment) -Plan and lay out work according to blueprints, sketches, specifications, or samples to exact and very close tolerances (0.0001) -Heat treat tool steel items by hardening and tempering to specified hardness.

-Use precision instruments such as optical comparator, vernier calipers, micrometers, Johannson blocks and dial bore gauges.