Cemetery Services Specialist
SCI Shared Resources•Ponce, PR
About The Position
The Cemetery Services Specialist participates in openings and closings for interments, entombments, inurnments, and disinterments, and installs memorials and markers. The role also performs grounds and facilities maintenance, responds to service and work-order requests, and maintains grave sites and company equipment and facilities. The specialist follows company safety rules, Universal Precautions, and the standards of the Dignity Memorial Promise, and completes assigned training.
Requirements
- High school degree or equivalent.
- At least six months of experience operating standard equipment.
- Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment and vehicles.
- Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including a shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower, chain saw, and pump.
- Ability to operate mechanical equipment, including a dump truck, tractor, utility vehicle, marker trailer, dump trailer, jack hammer, tamper, and backhoe.
- Ability to use measuring devices accurately, such as a tape measure or yardstick.
- Ability to communicate effectively with fellow associates, contractor personnel, and client families.
- Ability to lift heavy objects up to 30 pounds.
- Ability to work in various adverse weather conditions.
- Understanding of safety and security issues and implications.
- Mechanical aptitude.
Responsibilities
- Perform openings and closings for burials, entombments, and inurnments.
- Set, install, and assemble foundations, memorials, and markers.
- Install outer burial containers.
- Handle and complete work orders from client families concerning individual grave and marker maintenance.
- Respond to and complete service and work-order requests.
- Conduct Interment Verification Procedures.
- Prepare the 25-foot radius around burial areas and ensure the area is clean and neat.
- Fill graves, tamp soil, and seed or install sod.
- Follow company safety rules and Universal Precautions.
- Maintain and protect company assets by performing regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and facilities.
- Maintain a clean and orderly work area.
- Complete Dignity University courses and other assigned training.
- Follow the standards of the Dignity Memorial Promise.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
