Cemetery Services Specialist

sci; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

SCI Augusta seeks a groundskeeping technician to perform openings and closings for interments, install memorials and markers, and handle maintenance of grounds and facilities. You will follow safety rules, operate hand-held tools and heavy equipment, and complete work orders from client families with attention to detail.

The role requires a High School diploma or equivalent, at least six months of equipment operation experience, and a valid driving record.

Qualifications

• Education: High School degree or equivalent.
• Experience: at least 6 months operating standard equipment.
• Licenses: valid driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment/vehicles.
• Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment safely; lift up to 30 lbs.

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 related to grave and marker maintenance.
• Responds to and completes service/work order requests.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepares 25-foot radius around burials; keeps area clean and neat.
• Fills grave, tamps, seeds or sods.
• Adheres to safety rules and Universal Precautions.
• Performs preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities.
• Maintains a clean, orderly work area.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other training as assigned.
• Adheres to Dignity Memorial Promise standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Hand tools operation

Heavy equipment operation

Measuring devices

Effective communication

Safety awareness

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High School degree or equivalent

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.

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: 30906

Job Location: US-GA - Augusta