Cemetery Services Specialist

Service Corporation International • Green Bay, WI

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About The Position

The Cemetery Services Specialist participates in cemetery services, including openings and closings for interments, entombments, inurnments, and disinterments, as well as installing memorials and markers. The role also performs grounds and facilities maintenance and responds to work orders from client families concerning graves and markers.

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 or vehicles.
• Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including shovels, picks, rakes, sledge hammers, lawn mowers, weed trimmers, leaf blowers, chain saws, and pumps.
• Ability to operate mechanical equipment, including dump trucks, tractors, utility vehicles, marker trailers, dump trailers, jack hammers, tampers, and backhoes.
• Ability to use measuring devices accurately, such as tape measures and yardsticks.
• 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

• 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 regarding individual grave and marker maintenance.
• Respond to and complete service requests and work orders.
• Conduct Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepare a 25-foot radius for burials and ensure the area is clean and neat.
• Fill graves, tamp soil, and seed or lay sod.
• Follow Company safety rules and Universal Precautions.
• Protect Company assets through regular preventive maintenance of machines, equipment, and facilities.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area.
• Complete Dignity University courses and other assigned training.
• Follow all standards of the Dignity Memorial Promise.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED