Service Corporation International

Provides funeral services, cemeteries, & cremation

Maintenance Worker

Landscaping & Grounds MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeWilmington, NC, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

High school education or equivalent or relevant work experience.
Minimum 6 months of relevant experience.
Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including a shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, and leaf blower.
Ability to accurately use measuring devices such as a tape measure and yardstick.
Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time.
Ability to lift up to 150 pounds with equipment assistance.
Ability to push and pull up to 300 pounds.
Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel, and client families.
Ability to work in extreme weather conditions.
Ability to adapt to changing work schedules and multitask.
Basic computer skills to retrieve and respond to email communications.

Responsibilities

Maintain the overall appearance of cemetery, mausoleum, and/or funeral home locations, including maintenance and groundskeeping, locating grave sites, digging graves, installing crypt faces, conducting interments, entombments, and inurnments, and performing simple repairs and maintenance tasks.
Cut grass, maintain lawns, trim around trees, walkways, and memorial markers, lay sod, and move flowers to and from chapels and gravesides.
Clear debris and maintain drives and walkways, including snow removal when required by the location.
Erect tents and canopies and arrange chairs for graveside ceremonies.
Assist with setup for openings and closings for interments, entombments, and inurnments.
Arrange chapels for services.
Prepare crypts for entombments.
Operate a backhoe under supervision to dig graves without damaging surrounding vaults, markers, or monuments.
Install grave markers, bronze memorials, crypt faces, and related features.
Maintain and repair existing markers and other cemetery features.
Maintain, service, clean, and properly store equipment.
Perform general maintenance on vehicles.
Clean and maintain facilities, including minor repairs and painting.
Observe safety rules and ensure compliance with corporate, federal, state, and local regulations, including Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and safety and environmental guidelines.

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Maintains the overall appearance of cemetery, mausoleum and/or funeral home locations, which may include: maintenance and grounds keeping, locating grave sites, digging graves, installing crypt faces, conducting interments, entombments and inurnments, and simple repairs and maintenance tasks.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Cuts grass, maintains lawn, trims around trees, walkways and memorial markers, lays sod, moves and removes flowers to and from chapel and graveside
Clears debris and maintains drives and walkways which may require snow removal depending on location
Erects tents, canopies and arranges chairs for graveside ceremony
Assists with setup for openings and closings for interments, entombments and inurnments
Arranges chapel for services
Prepares crypts for entombments
Under supervision, may operate backhoe to dig graves without damage to surrounding vaults, markers or monuments
Installs grave markers, bronze memorials, crypt faces, etc.
Maintains and repairs existing markers and other cemetery features
Maintains, services, cleans and properly stores equipment
General maintenance of vehicles
Cleans and maintains facility to include performing minor repairs, painting, etc.
Observe safety rules and ensure compliance with the operating procedures of corporate, federal, state and local regulations, including OSHA regulations and Safety and Environmental guidelines.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education

High school education or equivalent or relevant work experience

Experience

Minimum 6 months of relevant experience

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 and leaf blower
Ability to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard-stick, etc.)
Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time
Ability to lift up to 150 with equipment assistance
Ability to push and pull up to 300 lbs.
Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel and client families
Ability to work in extreme weather conditions
Ability to adapt to changing work schedules and multi-tasking
Basic computer skills to enable retrieving and responding to email communications

Postal Code: 28409Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery MaintenanceJob Location: US-NC - Wilmington

About the Company

Service Corporation International

Provides funeral services, cemeteries, & cremation

SCI is the leading provider of death care products and services in North America, operating funeral homes and cemeteries under the Dignity Memorial brand. It offers end-of-life services such as funeral planning, cremation, and cemetery property and services, delivering a consistent experience under Dignity Memorial. Its large, geographically diverse footprint with a mix of standalone and combined funeral-home/cemetery locations gives broad access and a standardized service offering. Its goal is to serve families with comprehensive, value-based death care and maintain market leadership in North America.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Founded: 1962

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