Grounds Heavy Equipment Operator

Service Corporation International; Groves (TX); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dignity University courses

Job summary

Service Corporation International (TX - Groves) seeks a Grounds Heavy Equipment Operator to operate a range of heavy equipment, support cemetery maintenance, and assist with interments and memorial installations. The role requires at least 6 months of heavy equipment experience and a High School diploma or GED.

Work is outdoors year-round, with adherence to safety rules and training requirements. Responsibilities include operating backhoes, loaders, dump trucks, and associated tools, preparing

Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum 6 months working with heavy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operates trucks and/or tractors of various sizes and weights for loading, hauling, and unloading equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Operates heavy equipment such as backhoe, bulldozer, front-end loader, and other listed machinery.
• Maintains cemetery grounds and roads, assists in digging trenches, and sets memorials or markers.
• Inspects equipment, reports defects, and follows safety procedures.
• Works outdoors in various weather conditions and lifts up to 50 lbs.

Skills

Operate heavy equipment

Safety awareness

Communication skills

Lift 50 lbs

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

## Grounds Heavy Equipment OperatorApply: TX - Groves: Full time: Posted Yesterday: Req.167305Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.Operates a variety of equipment and trucks used in cemetery operation, construction, maintenance and repair. Performs a variety of semi-skilled tasks in the maintenance of grounds equipment and cemetery roads. Securely opens and closes interments, entombments and inurnments; installs memorials and markers. Prepares graves and maintains cemetery grounds. Locates grave site according to section, lot, and plot numbers and marks area to be excavated.**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES*** Operates trucks and/or tractors of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling, and unloading of various equipment, materials, and supplies* Operates trucks or heavy equipment, such as mechanized broom, bulldozer, backhoe, man-lift, dump truck, road grader, front-end loader, hydraulic excavators, skid steers, and jetter/inductor truck* Operates jackhammers, mowers, brush chippers and other small equipment and tools to maintain cemetery and streets* Supports cemetery operations in digging ditches and trenches, hoisting material, tools, equipment, and any related work with heavy equipment such as a backhoe, road grader or front-end loader* Informs supervisor of equipment defects or need for repair* Ensures burials, entombments and inurnments are securely and carefully opened and closed* Sets and/or installs memorials and markers* Installs outer burial containers* Follows Interment Verification Procedures* Conducts 25 foot radius preparation for burials* 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* Performs other duties as assigned or needed **EDUCATIONAL/Experience/MINIMUM Requirements** **Education*** High School degree or GED equivalent **Experience*** Minimum 6 months working with heavy equipment **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 and leaf blower* 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, yard stick, etc.)* Ability to communicate effectively with fellow associates, contractor personnel and client families* Ability to troubleshoot mechanical equipment problems **Work CONDITIONS**## ## Work Environment* Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions## ## Work Postures* Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day* Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently## ## Physical Demands* Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, includes paperwork, calculators, computers and phone usage* Ability to lift 50 lbs.## ## Work Hours* Working beyond “standard” hours as the need arisesPostal Code: 77619Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery MaintenanceJob Location: US-TX - Groves