Must have a clean driving record and must be able to operate heavy equipment.
Job Title: Cemetery Grounds Maintenance Worker- Funeral
Work Location: Knoxville, TN 37919
Employment Type: Contract To Hire
Duration: 4+ Months
Hours per Week: 40 Hours
Shifts per week: 5
Timing: 8:00 AM 4:30 PM M-F
Key Experience:
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: 37919
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