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Repair and Tool Technician
Home Depot • Hammond, LA 70402 • Posted 30+ days ago
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In-person • Full-time • Mid Level
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The Repair and Tool Technician in the Tool Rental department at Home Depot is responsible for providing outstanding service to ensure efficient day-to-day operation and maintenance of equipment. This includes performing preventive maintenance on tools, diagnosing and repairing problems, maintaining inventory of parts, and training sales associates on tool operation and repair. The role requires handling merchandise and tools with sharp edges, and working in a dusty and noisy warehouse environment.
Responsibilities
- Performing preventive maintenance on tools.
- Diagnosing problems with tools and making necessary repairs.
- Keeping work area clean and organized
- Forecasting and maintaining an adequate inventory of parts for repair.
- Using information from manuals, vendors, etc., to help diagnose problems and restore equipment
- Returning returned tools by cleaning, inspecting, and preparing tools for rental by other customers
- Ensuring tools are repaired and available for rental in a timely manner while keeping costs to a minimum
- Processing tool rental transactions (logging repairs and work orders, generating contracts, taking deposits, turning contracts into invoices upon equipment return, etc.)
- Training Tool Rental Sales Associates on turning, operation, and minor repair of new and existing tools
About Home Depot
The Home Depot, Inc., often simply referred to as Home Depot, is an American multinational home improvement retail corporation that sells tools, construction products, appliances, and services, including fuel and transportation rentals. Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States. In 2021, the company had 490,600 employees and more than $151 billion in revenue. The company is headquartered in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, with an Atlanta mailing address. It operates many big-box format stores across the United States (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands); all 10 provinces of Canada; and all 32 Mexican states and Mexico City. MRO company Interline Brands (now The Home Depot Pro) is also owned by The Home Depot, with 70 distribution centers across the United States. It is the sixth largest United States–based employer globally.
Full Job Description
**Position Purpose:**
Provide outstanding service to ensure efficient day-to-day operation and maintenance of equipment in the Tool Rental department, making sure that available equipment is reliable and properly maintained.
**Major Tasks, Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities:**
+ Performing preventive maintenance on tools. Diagnosing problems with tools and making necessary repairs. Keeping work area clean and organized
+ Forecasting and maintaining an adequate inventory of parts for repair. Using information from manuals, vendors, etc., to help diagnose problems and restore equipment
+ Returning returned tools by cleaning, inspecting, and preparing tools for rental by other customers
+ Ensuring tools are repaired and available for rental in a timely manner while keeping costs to a minimum
+ Processing tool rental transactions (logging repairs and work orders, generating contracts, taking deposits, turning contracts into invoices upon equipment return, etc.)
+ Training Tool Rental Sales Associates on turning, operation, and minor repair of new and existing tools
+ Acting as Sales Associate on the floor **Nature and Scope:**
+ Due to forklifts and other heavy equipment traveling through the store, temporary cracks may appear in the floor, causing an uneven walking surface
+ The warehouse environment can be dusty and noisy
+ Doors are frequently open, causing drafts and interior temperature changes
+ Floors around work area may become slippery during wet weather conditions
+ May have to handle merchandise and work with tools with sharp edges
+ Passing forklifts emit gas fumes
+ Tools, supplies and related merchandise may contain hazardous materials **Environmental Job Requirements:**
**Environment:**
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable
**Travel:**
Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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