Cemetery Services Specialist

sci; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

SCI seeks a Cemetery Maintenance Associate in Winston-Salem, NC to perform openings/closings for burials, install memorials, and maintain grounds and facilities. You will operate various equipment, handle work orders, and ensure safety standards are met in all tasks.

The role requires at least a high school diploma and six months of equipment operation experience, with a valid driver’s license preferred. You’ll work outdoors in varying weather and support client families with respectful service.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Six months of experience operating standard equipment preferred.
• Demonstrates safety awareness and ability to follow universal precautions.

Responsibilities

• Perform openings/closings and grave/marker maintenance as directed.
• Set up and install foundations, memorials, and markers.
• Operate and maintain grounds equipment and machinery.
• Respond to service requests from client families and complete work orders.
• Maintain a clean, safe work area and follow safety rules.

Skills

Manual labor

Safety awareness

Effective communication

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Dump truck

Backhoe

Lawn and grounds equipment

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: 27106

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-NC - Winston-Salem