Cemetery Services Specialist

Service Corporation International; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Sci Corp is seeking an associate to perform cemetery maintenance and operations in Charlotte, NC. The role includes openings/closings for burials, setting memorials, and maintaining grounds and facilities.

You will handle work orders, perform interment procedures, and ensure a safe, clean site in all weather conditions. Ideal candidates have at least six months of equipment operation experience, a high school degree, and a valid driving record.

Qualifications

• High School degree or equivalent required.
• Minimum of six months experience operating standard equipment.
• Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment/vehicles.
• Able to operate hand-held tools and mechanical equipment.

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 for grave and marker maintenance.
• Responds to and completes service/work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepares 25 foot radius for burials and maintains clean and neat area.
• Fills grave, tamps, seeds or sods.
• Adheres to safety rules and universal precautions.
• Maintains assets with preventive maintenance on machines/equipment/facilities.
• Keeps work area clean and orderly.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other training as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Mechanic aptitude

Safety awareness

Effective communication

Ability to lift up to 30 lbs

Ability to work in adverse weather

Education

High School degree or equivalent

Tools

Hand-held tools

Dump truck operation

Backhoe operation

Lawn care equipment

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: 28212

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-NC - Charlotte