Cemetery Services Specialist

Sci Corp; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Sci Corp in Abilene, TX seeks a Cemetery Services Specialist to perform openings/closings for burials, install memorials, and maintain grounds and equipment. You will handle family service requests, conduct interment verification, and ensure safety standards are met.

Qualifications include a high school diploma and at least six months operating standard cemetery equipment, plus a valid driver’s license. This is a full-time on-site position in Abilene, Texas.

Qualifications

• High School degree or equivalent.
• Six months of experience operating standard cemetery equipment.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.

Responsibilities

• Performs openings and closings for burials, entombments and inurnments.
• Sets and installs foundations, memorials, and markers.
• Installs outer burial containers and handles related work orders.
• Responds to service requests from families and completes work orders.
• Performs interment verification procedures.
• Maintains site with housekeeping and safety practices.
• Completes preventive maintenance on machines and facilities.
• Follows Dignity Memorial safety standards and training.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Shovels & hand tools

Equipment operation

Measuring devices

Safety awareness

Communication

Weather adaptability

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Dump truck

tractor

Backhoe

Job description

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

Participates in openings and closings for interments, entombments, inurnments, and disinterment as well as the installation of memorials and markers. Performs grounds and facilities maintenance.

Cemetery Services Specialist

JOB 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

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

• High School degree or equivalent

Experience

• Minimum of six (6) months experience operating standard equipment

Licenses

• Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment/vehicles

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 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

Postal Code: 79606

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-TX - Abilene