Interment & Cemetery Grounds Technician

sci; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Memorial is seeking a cemetery maintenance associate in Tucson, AZ. The role involves openings and closings for burials, installing foundations, foundations, and markers, and performing routine maintenance of equipment and grounds.

Responsibilities include handling service orders, maintaining safety standards, and completing required training. The position requires physical effort and the ability to work in varying weather conditions at the Tucson location.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment such as shovel, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower and weed trimmer.
• Ability to operate mechanical equipment including dump trucks, tractors, utility vehicles, tampers and backhoes.
• Must understand safety and universal precautions in a cemetery environment.

Responsibilities

• Performs openings and closings for burials, entombments and inurnments.
• Sets, installs, and assembles foundations, memorials, and markers.
• Installs outer burial containers.
• Handles and completes work orders for grave and marker maintenance.
• Responds to and completes service/work orders.
• Conducts Interment Verification Procedures.
• Prepares a 25 ft radius around burials and keeps area clean.
• Fills grave, tamps, seeds or sods.
• Adheres to safety rules and Universal Precautions.
• Maintains assets by preventive maintenance on machines and equipment.
• Keeps work area clean and orderly.
• Completes Dignity University courses and other training as assigned.
• Adheres to Dignity Memorial Promise standards.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Heavy lifting

Equipment operation

Safety compliance

Measuring devices

Communication

Weather adaptability

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Dignity Memorial is seeking a cemetery maintenance associate in Tucson, AZ. The role involves openings and closings for burials, installing foundations, foundations, and markers, and performing routine maintenance of equipment and grounds.

Responsibilities include handling service orders, maintaining safety standards, and completing required training. The position requires physical effort and the ability to work in varying weather conditions at the Tucson location.