Cemetery Services Specialist

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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: 68106

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-NE – Omaha

Job Profile ID: F00205

Time Type: Full time

Location Name: Westlawn-Hillcrest Funeral Home Memorial Park and Crematory