Cemetery Services Specialist

Service Corporation International; Carolina (PR); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Service Corporation International is seeking a maintenance associate for cemetery grounds and facilities in the Carolina, US-PR area. The role involves performing openings and closings for burials, setting memorials, and handling maintenance requests with a focus on safety and precision.

Responsibilities include preparing sites, operating tools and heavy equipment, and ensuring a clean, secure work area while completing training and company programs as required.

Qualifications

• Education: High School degree or equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum of six (6) months operating standard equipment.
• Licenses: Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) 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, tamp s, seeds or sods.
• Adheres to all Company safety rules and Universal Precautions.

Skills

Hand tools

Heavy equipment operation

Measurements

Communication

Physical strength

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Dump truck

Tractor

Backhoe

Tamper

Jack hammer

Marker trailer

Dump trailer

Utility vehicle

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

Postal Code: 00984

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-PR - Carolina

Who we are. What we do.

We are a company committed to supporting families at difficult times. Nowhere will you find a group of caregivers and teams more passionate about the work they do or more invested in 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, we're dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of every loved one with professionalism, compassion and attention to detail that is second to none. “SCI” refers to Service Corporation International and its affiliates.

Equal Opportunity Employer

M/F/D/V SCI Shared Resources, LLC is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. On request, we will seek to provide appropriate accessibility options to all applicants with disabilities.