Cemetery Services Specialist

Sci Corp; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Sci Corp in Green Bay, WI seeks a Cemetery Maintenance Associate to perform openings and closings for burials, install memorials and markers, and complete client work orders with care and precision.

Responsibilities include grounds and facilities maintenance, operating hand tools and machinery, preparing burial sites, and following all safety rules. A high school diploma and at least six months of equipment experience are required.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment including shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower, chain saw and pump.
• Ability to operate mechanical equipment including dump truck, tractor, utility vehicle, marker trailer, dump trailer, jack hammer, tamper and backhoe.
• Ability to measure accurately with tape measure, yardstick, etc.
• Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractors and client families.
• Ability to lift up to 30 lbs and work in various weather conditions.
• Understand safety and security issues and implications.
• Mechanical aptitude.

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.
• Responds to and completes requests for service/work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepares burial area within 25 ft radius and keeps area clean and neat.
• Fills grave, tamps, seeds or sods.
• Adheres to safety rules and universal precautions.
• Maintains and protects company assets via preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other training.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Dump truck

Tractor

Backhoe

Tamper

Lawn mower

Chain saw

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: 54311

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-WI - Green Bay