Cemetery Services Specialist

Service Corporation International; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Memorial in Knoxville, TN is seeking a Groundskeeper/Interment Associate to perform burial/marker maintenance and grounds care. The role supports interments, entombments, inurnments, and related memorial installations with strong attention to safety and customer families.

You will operate hand tools and equipment, follow universal precautions, and complete required training while working on varied weather days and ensuring a respectful, orderly site.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum six months experience operating standard equipment.
• Valid driving record and appropriate licenses to operate equipment.

Responsibilities

• Performs openings and closings for burials, entombments and inurnments.
• Sets, installs, and assembles foundations, memorials, and markers.
• Installs outer burial containers.
• Handles work orders from client families related to grave and marker maintenance.
• Responds to service/work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepares a 25 foot radius for burials and keeps the area clean.
• Fills grave, tamp, seeds or sods.
• Adheres to safety rules and Universal Precautions.
• Maintains and protects company assets via preventive maintenance.
• Keeps a clean and orderly work area.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other training.
• Adheres to Dignity Memorial Promise standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Hand-held tools operation

Mechanical equipment operation

Measuring devices

Effective communication

Lift up to 30 lbs

Safety awareness

Weather resilience

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High School degree 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, 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: 37919

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-TN - Knoxville