Cemetery Services Specialist (part-time)
About The Position
Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates. This role participates in openings and closings for interments, entombments, inurnments, and disinterment as well as the installation of memorials and markers. It also involves performing grounds and facilities maintenance. The company is committed to supporting families at difficult times, with a passionate group of caregivers dedicated to the well-being of the families they serve. The Dignity Memorial name is a symbol of trust and a mark of excellence. As the largest provider of funeral, cemetery and cremation services in North America, the company is dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of every loved one with professionalism, compassion and attention to detail that is second to none.
Requirements
- High School degree or equivalent
- Minimum of six (6) months experience operating standard equipment
- Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment/vehicles
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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
Benefits
- Part-time associates working an average of 20 hours a week may be eligible for 401(k)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
