Highlights
Duties include but not limited to, installing outer burial containers; lowering device set up; burial, entombment, interment openings and closings procedures; properly hand digging graves and disinterment, and; maintaining tools and equipment. Ability to use power and electrical equipment; ability to use manual hand tools such as clippers, loppers, and hedgers; ability to drive all-terrain quad vehicles with hitched trailers.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | St. Louis, MO |
| Industry | Health Care and Social Assistance |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1962 |
Description
Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.
Job Description Summary
Guides and coaches coworkers completing cemetery operations maintenance work assignments ensuring compliance with regulations and safety.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Reviews and discusses daily work schedule with supervisor/manager.
Implements work schedule and guides coworkers with responsibilities ensuring gravesites are properly prepared and set up prior to services. Being considerate of ongoing services, may adjust assignments to different areas of the Park.
Proficiently performs cemetery maintenance responsibilities along with staff. Duties include but not limited to, installing outer burial containers; lowering device set up; burial, entombment, interment openings and closings procedures; properly hand digging graves and disinterment, and; maintaining tools and equipment.
Guides, trains, and provides constructive feedback to staff. Ensures work is performed to company standards and complies with regulations.
Identifies and recommends efficiencies; implements approved efficiencies.
Supports change initiatives; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements or cultures.
MINIMUM Requirements
Education
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Certification/License
- Valid State driver's license with an acceptable driving record to operate company vehicles
Experience
At least two (2) years industry experience
Interment layout, memorial setting, and operating cemetery maintenance equipment preferred
Experience operating heavy equipment preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Leadership and coaching skills
Ability to use power and electrical equipment; ability to use manual hand tools such as clippers, loppers, and hedgers; ability to drive all-terrain quad vehicles with hitched trailers
Professional verbal and written communication skills
Basic computer skills preferred
Work CONDITIONS
Work Environment
- Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions
Work Postures
- Frequent continuous kneeling, or standing up to 6 hours per day; frequent bending and stooping
Physical Demands
- Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required to dig using manual tools; lift, carry, or haul to 50 lbs.
Work Hours
- May work beyond standard hours or schedule as business needs arise
Postal Code: 63125
Category (Portal Searching): Operations
Job Location: US-MO - St. Louis
About Company
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.