Cemetery Services Specialist

Sci Corp; Humacao (PR); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Sci Corp is seeking a cemetery maintenance associate to perform openings and closings for burials, install memorials, and respond to service requests. The role includes operating hand tools and heavy machinery, maintaining safety standards, and completing required training and preventive maintenance.

The position requires a High School diploma or equivalent and at least six months’ experience operating standard equipment, with a valid license to operate applicable vehicles.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum six months experience operating standard equipment.

Responsibilities

• Performs openings & closings for burials, entombments and inurnments.
• Sets, installs and assembles foundations, memorials and markers.
• Installs outer burial containers.
• Completes work orders from client families related to grave and marker maintenance.
• Responds to service/work order requests and conducts interment verification.
• Performs 25 foot radius prep for burials and maintains a clean area.
• Fills grave, tamps, seeds or sods and adheres to safety rules.
• Maintains assets via preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other training as assigned.

Skills

Tool operation

Heavy machinery

Measuring devices

Communication

Safety awareness

Mechanical aptitude

Lifting up to 30 lbs

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Shovel

Chainsaw

Tamping tool

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: 00791

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-PR - Humacao