Cemetery Services Specialist

Service Corporation International

Greensboro, NC

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Backhoe Loader, Blowers, Communication Skills, Driver's License, Dump Truck/Tipper, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Facilities and Maintenance, Groundskeeping, Hand Tools, Heavy Lifting, Internet Search, Lift/Move 30 Pounds, Mobile Devices, Preventative Maintenance, Pumps, Safety/Work Safety, Well Installation
LOCATION
Greensboro, NC
POSTED
30+ days ago

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

Participates in openings and closings for interments, entombments, inurnments, and disinterment as well as the installation of memorials and markers. Performs grounds and facilities maintenance.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs openings & closings for burials, entombments and inurnments • Sets, installs, and assembles foundations, memorials, and markers • Installs outer burial containers • Handles and completes work orders from client families as it pertains to individual grave and marker maintenance • Responds to and completes requests for service/work orders • Conducts Interment Verification Procedures • Conducts 25 foot radius preparation for burials and ensures the area is clean and neat • Fills grave, tamps, seeds or sods • Adheres to all Company safety rules and Universal Precautions

Maintains and protects Company assets by performing regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities. Maintains a clean and orderly work area. Completes Dignity University courses and other training as assigned. Adheres to all standards of the Dignity Memorial Promise. Performs all other duties as assigned by management.

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

  • High School degree or equivalent

Experience

  • Minimum of six (6) months experience operating standard equipment

Licenses

  • Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment/vehicles

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower, chain saw and pump • Ability to operate mechanical equipment including, but not limited to, a dump truck, tractor, utility vehicle, marker trailed, dump trailer, jack hammer, tamper and backhoe • Ability to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yardstick, etc.) • Ability to communicate effectively with fellow associates, contractor personnel and client families • Ability to lift heavy objects up to 30 lbs. • Ability to work in various adverse weather conditions • Understands safety and security issues and implications • Mechanical aptitude

Postal Code: 27410 Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance Job Location: US-NC - Greensboro

About the Company

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Service Corporation International

We're more than North America's largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services. We are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters who are devoted to the communities where we live and work. We are more than 20,000 dedicated individuals who provide caring assistance to families in need, honor veterans and public servants and deliver lifesaving programs to help keep children and seniors safe. We operate under the umbrella of the Dignity Memorial network of 1,800 funeral homes and cemeteries. Dignity Memorial providers care for more than 300,000 families each year and understand the importance of thoughtful, personalized arrangements. We believe creating meaningful ways to pay tribute to a loved one begins with compassion and is shaped by the understanding that each life is truly unique. For us, there is no greater responsibility than honoring and preserving the story of one's life.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Health Care and Social Assistance
FOUNDED
1962