Cemetery Services Specialist

sci; Roswell (GA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

sci in Roswell, GA seeks a Cemetery Maintenance Associate to perform openings and closings for burials, set foundations and markers, install outer burial containers, and manage service requests from client families related to grave and marker maintenance.

Responsibilities include interment verification, 25-foot radius preparation, tamping, seeding, safety compliance, and maintaining machines and work areas.

Qualifications

• High School degree or equivalent.
• Minimum six months experience operating standard equipment.
• Acceptable driving record and valid 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 for grave/marker maintenance.
• Responds to and completes service/work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepares 25-foot radius for burials and keeps area clean.
• Fills grave, tamp, seeds or sods.
• Adheres to safety rules and universal precautions.
• Maintains equipment and facilities; completes training as assigned.

Skills

Equipment operation

Mechanical aptitude

Measuring tools

Communication

Physical strength

Weather adaptability

Safety awareness

Education

High school degree

Tools

Dump truck operation

Backhoe

Job description

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

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: 30076

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-GA - Roswell