Cemetery Services Specialist

Service Corporation International; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Service Corporation International in Columbia, MO, seeks a Cemetery Maintenance Associate to perform openings and closings for burials, install memorials, maintain grounds and facilities, and respond to service requests.

You will operate hand tools and heavy equipment, follow safety rules, complete preventive maintenance, and participate in training. Requires a High School diploma and six months of equipment experience; valid license highly preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum six months experience operating standard equipment.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record.

Responsibilities

• Performs openings & closings for burials and related tasks.
• Sets, installs, and assembles foundations, memorials, and markers.
• Installs outer burial containers.
• Handles work orders from families for grave and marker maintenance.
• Responds to service requests and completes work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures and safety checks.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area and follows safety rules.
• Completes Dignity University courses and assigned training.

Skills

Equipment operation

Hand tools

Safety awareness

Communication

Physical stamina

Mechanical aptitude

Weather resilience

Measuring devices

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Dump truck

Tractor

Backhoe

Tamper

Chain saw

Lawn mower

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: 65202

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-MO - Columbia

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.