Cemetery Services Specialist

Service Corporation International•Thornton, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cemetery Services Specialist participates in cemetery interment services and memorial installations, and performs grounds and facilities maintenance. The role includes preparing gravesites, installing foundations and markers, completing maintenance requests from client families, and maintaining cemetery equipment, facilities, and work areas. The position requires operating hand tools and mechanical equipment, following safety procedures, and communicating with associates, contractors, and client families.

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 handheld 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 accurately use measuring devices such as a tape measure or yardstick.
Ability to communicate effectively with fellow associates, contractor personnel, and client families.
Ability to lift objects weighing up to 30 pounds.
Ability to work in various adverse weather conditions.
Understanding of safety and security issues and implications.
Mechanical aptitude.

Responsibilities

Performs openings and 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 related to individual grave and marker maintenance.
Responds to and completes service requests and work orders.
Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
Prepares a 25-foot radius for burials and ensures the area is clean and neat.
Fills graves, tamps, seeds, or installs sod.
Adheres to company safety rules and Universal Precautions.
Performs regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and facilities to maintain and protect company assets.
Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
Completes Dignity University courses and other assigned training.
Adheres to all standards of the Dignity Memorial Promise.
Performs other duties as assigned by management.