Interment Services Specialist II

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

Maintains overall grounds care at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs basic tasks associated with setting up funeral services, helping to open/close burials, install memorials, and perform maintenance duties.

• Determines if location of interments, entombments or inurnments are accurate, complying with verification procedures.
• Considers location of markers and nearby coping.
• Assesses whether temporary movement of the coping is needed and ensures materials are not damaged.
• Sets, installs, and assembles foundations, memorials, and markers including granite and bronze markers.
• Able to perform backfill and tamping duties for interments and cremains safely using tools to create a tidy appearance at the site
• Mows grass, plows snow, waters lawns, fertilizes and trims shrubs, tends flower beds and regularly inspects assigned work areas to insure proper standards are maintained
• Operates lawn and grounds equipment including push and power mowers, snow blowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers and other related power equipment
• Removes debris and trash from grounds. May include turning down vases and removing wilted flowers
• Participates on teams for openings and closings for interments, entombments and inurnments
• Performs minor repairs to the cemetery, building systems or equipment.
• Performs some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations under minimal supervision
• Assists in moving and installing burial vaults
• Must follow safety rules and ensure compliance with the operating procedures of corporate, federal, state and local regulations, including OSHA regulations and Safety and Environmental guidelines

Education High school diploma or equivalent required

Experience Minimum 1 year relevant experience in landscaping, general construction, warehouse, physical labor demonstrating steady employment required

Funeral industry experience preferred

Expert Grounds Specialist must be able to demonstrate all proficiencies of a Grounds Specialist

• Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, tamper, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer and leaf blower
• Ability to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard-stick, etc.)
• Ability to work in extreme weather conditions
• Physically agile and dexterous
• Ability to operate equipment in a safe and careful manner
• Ability to effectively work with others to accomplish tasks
• Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel and client families
• Basic computer skills to enable retrieving and responding to email communications

Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions. Comply with Field dress code policy. Work

Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day. Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently

Lifting, pushing, pulling up to 50 pounds

Working beyond “standard” hours as the need arises

Schedule may fluctuate, if a need arises, to an earlier or a later shift

We are a company committed to supporting families at difficult times. Nowhere will you find a group of caregivers and teams more passionate about the work they do or more invested in the well-being of the families they serve.

The Dignity Memorial name is a symbol of trust and a mark of excellence. As the largest provider of funeral, cemetery and cremation services in North America, we’re dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of every loved one with professionalism, compassion and attention to detail that is second to none.

“SCI” refers to Service Corporation International and its affiliates.

Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V SCI Shared Resources, LLC is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. On request, we will seek to provide appropriate accessibility options to all applicants with disabilities.