Cemetery Grounds & Memorials Technician

Service Corporation International; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Service Corporation International in Thornton, CO seeks a Cemetery Maintenance Associate to perform openings/closings for burials, set foundations and memorials, install burial containers, and handle client service work orders. The role requires operating hand tools and heavy equipment, following safety standards, and maintaining work areas.

Minimum six months of equipment operation experience is required, along with a high school diploma and a valid driving record.

Qualifications

• High School degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of six (6) months experience operating standard equipment.
• Acceptable driving record and licenses to operate equipment/vehicles

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

Skills

Communication

Safety awareness

Mechanical aptitude

Physically fit

Teamwork

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Hand tools

Dump truck operation

Backhoe operation

Measuring tools

Lawn equipment

Job description

Service Corporation International in Thornton, CO seeks a Cemetery Maintenance Associate to perform openings/closings for burials, set foundations and memorials, install burial containers, and handle client service work orders. The role requires operating hand tools and heavy equipment, following safety standards, and maintaining work areas.

Minimum six months of equipment operation experience is required, along with a high school diploma and a valid driving record.