Ground Specialist Job at Service Corporation International, Huntingdon, PA

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  • Service Corporation International
  • Huntingdon, PA

Job Description

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

Entry-level role maintaining the grounds provided at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs all groundskeeping and maintenance matters on the properties and maintains the overall appearance of a cemetery, mausoleum or funeral home location. Incumbent gains an understanding of how a cemetery operates.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Mows grass, plows snow, waters lawns, fertilizes and trims shrubs, tends flower beds and regularly inspects assigned work areas to ensure 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
  • Assists in determining the location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures
  • May perform minor repairs to the cemetery, building systems or equipment
  • May perform some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations under supervision
  • May assist 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
  • This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the essential functions or duties related to this job
MINIMUM Requirements

Education
  • High school diploma or equivalent required
Certification/License

Experience
  • Minimum (6) months relevant experience in landscaping, general construction, warehouse, physical labor demonstrating steady employment
  • Funeral industry experience preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledgehammer, 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 CONDITIONS

Work Environment
  • Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions
  • Comply with Field dress code policy
Work Postures
  • Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day
  • Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently
Physical Demands
  • Lifting, pushing, pulling up to 50 pounds
Work Hours
  • Working beyond "standard" hours as the need arises
  • Schedule may fluctuate, if a need arises, to an earlier or a later shift

Postal Code: 19006

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-PA - Huntingdon Valley

Job Tags

For contractors, Local area, Afternoon shift, Early shift,

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