What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tire Installer position at Costco Wholesale?
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Position Summary
Balances, installs, and rotates tires. Stocks tires and batteries, and repairs tires. Answers questions, makes recommendations, and assists members with purchasing/returning tires and batteries.
Job Duties/Essential Functions
- Essential Functions
- Locates member car in tire shop area of lot. Lists any body damage on service order. Drives member vehicle into install bay and onto hydraulic hoist. Raises auto.
- Removes wheel using impact gun. Rolls wheel to mounting machine, removes tire from wheel. Cleans hub and wheel rim with wire brush. Attaches new valve stem, mounts new tire on wheel, fills tire to appropriate air pressure.
- Operates automatic balance machine to get reading of proper weight and placement to balance wheel. Attaches weights (including tape weights) to rims with weight hammer.
- Mounts wheels to auto using impact gun according to Tire Shop procedures.
- Alerts supervisor or manager to complete torque check and 10-point check and authorize vehicle release. Parks member auto in lot, and returns invoice and keys to sales desk.
- Repairs flat tires for members and non-members.
- Cleans install area by sweeping, mopping, spraying, and wiping.
- Stocks tires and batteries in sales area in accordance with Tire Center Manager’s merchandising plan.
- Assists members in determining tire and battery needs, answers questions, makes product recommendations, and sells tires. Checks air pressure for members. Invoices tire purchase and service invoice. Loads tires on dolly or rolls tires to install area.
- Rings up orders. Receives accurate payment, makes change, processes checks, credit and debit charges, gives out receipt and submits order according to proper procedures. Calculates refund amount for certain warranty returns of tires and auto batteries.
- Communicates with Tire Shop Manager, Buyers, Receiving Departments, and Inventory Auditors regarding special orders, quantity, status, price, delivery, and promotion of merchandise.
- Follows safety and security procedures.
- Ensures proper cleanup and disposal of hazardous materials.
- Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery
- Computer, calculator, cash register, phone, fax, copier, member automobile, balancer, torque wrench, mounter, impact gun, drill, grinder, hydraulic hoist, power jack, dolly.
Non-Essential Functions
- Assists in other areas of the department as necessary.
- Assists in other areas of the company as necessary. Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery
- Cash register, tabletop/hand-held scanners, computer, calculator, phone, carts, flatbeds
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Apart from any religious or disability considerations, open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: From $17.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
Please ask about our Covid-19 Precautions as we update our protocols regularly.
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Work Location: One location