Cemetery Services Specialist

sci; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

SCI in Knoxville, TN is seeking a Cemetery Maintenance Associate to perform openings and closings for burials and related tasks. The role includes setting foundations, memorials, and markers, installing burial containers, and handling client family work orders.

Responsibilities cover Interment Verification, site preparation within a 25-foot radius, and soil work like tamping and seeding. Must follow safety rules and complete training courses; occasional other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Minimum six months of experience operating standard equipment.
• Acceptable driving record and valid license 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 client family work orders for grave/marker maintenance.
• Responds to and completes service/work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepares a 25 ft radius around burial sites and maintains area cleanliness.
• Fills grave, tamp, seeds, or sods.
• Adheres to all safety rules and Universal Precautions.
• Maintains assets with regular preventive maintenance on machines and facilities.
• Keeps a clean and orderly work area.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other assigned training.
• Adheres to the Dignity Memorial Promise standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Hand tools operation

Mechanical aptitude

Safety awareness

Communication

Lift up to 30 lbs

Weather resilience

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, 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: 37920

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-TN - Knoxville