** MATERIAL HANDLER (FORKLIFT OPERATOR)**

**Department of the Treasury**

This position is located in the Cash Division of the Philadelphia MINT. This position is to provide the full scope of material handling duties associated with warehousing, vault security, shipping and receiving activities and all miscellaneous material movement. These material handlers are to sign for coins, transport coins and coinage metal, store supplies and equipment and move other material to storage staging areas, and on and off armored and commercial carriers.

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

** Clarification from the agency**

U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.

**Duties**

As a **MATERIAL HANDLER (FORKLIFT OPERATOR),** you will:

* Receive coinage materials for storage and or transfer. Examine materials to verify identity and routing documents. Check for discrepancies or unreported damaged materials.

* Insure that all previous processing has been completed by observing condition and appearance, and checking routing documents for inspection sign-off from each process.

* Monitor conveyor lines to assure that when cycle is complete an empty tank or box is available and the line is reset for continuous operation. Assure that a supply of tanks or tubs is available, weighed, and recorded when scrap condemned is shipped. Calculate total weight of scrap condemned shipment.

* Receive all finished coins from the Coining Division; inspect and count bags, verify each pallet for accuracy of label, and denomination, prior to shipment. Inspect and count bags that will be transported to the vaults for segregation and stacking by value and following proper warehousing procedures.

* Prepare transfer slip, designating load, tub, weight, denomination, manufacturer, and alloy prior to transfer of scrap condemned to storage staging area.

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

**This opportunity is also open to** **under Announcement 22-MINT-175. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.**

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or .

**Physical Requirement:**

Regularly handles weights up to fifty (50) pounds unassisted. Material handling devices and assistance of other workers is available for handling especially heavy items. Heavy exertion is frequent. Constant kneeling, crouching, stooping, and walking are required. Moderate physical effort is used in operating hand and foot controls while driving, turning, starting, and stopping the fork lift truck and raising, lowering, and tilting the loads being involved.

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."

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- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National

** Qualifications**

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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. 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), Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints), Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic), Knowledge of Materials, Dexterity and Safety.**

**Additional information**

**OTHER INFORMATION:**

* We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

* This is a bargaining unit position.

* We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:**

* **All employees are required to wear face masks while on MINT property.**

* **To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on *Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees.* Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.**

**Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework (if the position is applicable for telework), even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within 30 days. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the Mint's telework policy.**

A one year probationary period may be required.

* Must successfully complete a background investigation.

* Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.

* Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.

* Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.

* If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the or are exempt from having to do so.

* Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.

* Shift Work: This facility operates on a 24 hour per day, three-shift basis. Assignment to a specific shift cannot be guaranteed. The successful applicant must be able to work all shifts on a rotational basis.

* May be required to wear safety clothing and/or equipment required by the position. This may include safety shoes, hard hats, hearing protection, gloves, masks, etc.

* Pass a pre-employment physical examination.

* A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your rsum, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your rsum includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.

**Rating**: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: **Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (screen-out), Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints), Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic), Knowledge of Materials, Dexterity and Safety.** Category rating wil