Groundskeeper - SCI Shared Resources, LLC

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 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: 70124 Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance Job Location: US-LA - New Orleans Job Profile ID: F00205 Time Type: Full time Location Name: Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home - Metairie Cemetery Assoc & Crematory - Heavens Pets Cremation Center - New Orleans Care Center - OH MKT New Orleans