Specialist Cemetery Services

Service Corporation International•Greensboro, NC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Specialist Cemetery Services role participates in openings and closings for interments, entombments, inurnments, and disinterments, as well as installing memorials and markers. The position also performs grounds and facilities maintenance, responds to service requests and work orders, and helps maintain cemetery equipment, facilities, and work areas.

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, sledgehammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower, chainsaw, and pump.
Ability to operate mechanical equipment, including a dump truck, tractor, utility vehicle, marker trailer, dump trailer, jackhammer, 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, and seeds or installs sod.
Follows Company safety rules and Universal Precautions.
Maintains and protects Company assets through regular preventive maintenance of machines, equipment, and facilities.
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.