Cemetery Specialist

124 Phoenixville Pike near RT 401, Prospect Park PA

Description

CEMETERY MAINTENANCE Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates. Consider the possibilities of joining a Great Place to Work! Participates in openings and closings for interments, entombments, inurnments and disinterment as well as the installation of memorials and grave markers. Performs grounds and facilities maintenance. JOB 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 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 and sods • Adheres to Company safety rules and Universal Precautions 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 trailer, 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 80 lbs. • Ability to work in adverse weather conditions • Ability to work weekends if needed • Understands safety and security issues and implications • Mechanical aptitude Position Type • Full Time (Monday-Friday) Who we are and what we do. *We are North America’s largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services. We are more than 20,000 dedicated individuals, who proudly serve our community, providing caring assistance to families in need, and honor veterans and public servants.