Cemetery Services Specialist

sci; Haughton (LA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

SCI’s Dignity Memorial team in Louisiana seeks a hands-on Cemetery Maintenance Associate to perform openings and closings for burials, entombments and inurnments, and to install memorials, foundations and markers.

You will handle service requests from client families, operate a range of equipment, follow safety rules, complete preventive maintenance, participate in Dignity University training, and contribute to a clean, respectful work environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of six (6) months experience operating standard equipment.
• 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 grave and marker maintenance.
• Responds to and completes requests for service/work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
• Follows Company safety rules and Universal Precautions.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other training as assigned.

Skills

Operate hand-held tools

Operate heavy machinery

Mechanical aptitude

Safety awareness

Communication skills

Lifting up to 30 lbs

Education

High School diploma 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, tamp, seed 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: 71037

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-LA - Haughton