Tire Installer
Costco Wholesale · Kennewick, WA · 6 days ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
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. Provides a high level of member service.
Job Duties
- Locates member cars in the tire shop area of the lot.
- Lists body damage on service order.
- Drives member vehicle into install bay and onto hydraulic hoist. Raises auto.
- Removes the wheel using an 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 a weight hammer.
- Mounts wheels to auto using the impact gun according to Tire Shop procedures.
- Repairs flat tires for members and non-members.
- Assists members in determining tire and battery needs, answers questions, makes product recommendations, sells tires.
- Invoices tire purchase and service invoice.
- Loads tires on dolly or rolls tires to install area.
- 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.
- Cleans the installation area by sweeping, mopping, spraying, and wiping.
- Stocks tires and batteries in the sales area in accordance with Tire Shop Manager's merchandising plan.
- 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.
- Ensures proper cleanup and disposal of potentially hazardous materials spills.
- Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
- Assists with department duties as necessary.
- Assists in other departments of the warehouse as necessary.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Health benefits – medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance
- Health care reimbursement account
- Dependent care assistance plan
- Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase plan
Schedule
Open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business.