• Grounds Specialist

    SCI Shared Resources, LLC (Lancaster, CA)


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    Manages the grounds provided at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs all grounds keeping and maintenance matters on the properties and maintains the overall appearance of a cemetery, mausoleum or funeral home location.

    JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

    + 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

    + May perform disinterment

    + May determine the location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures

    + May perform minor repairs to the cemetery and or building systems

    + May perform some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations

    + 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

    + May assist in moving and installing burial vaults

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

    Education

    + High school diploma or equivalent

    Experience

    + Minimum 6 months 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 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

    Compensation:

    Salary: $18.00/Hr - $25.00/Hr

    Benefits:

    Medical*Dental*Vision*Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)*Health Savings Account with Company Contribution*Sick Leave*Short-Term Disability*Long-Term Disability*Life Insurance*Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance*Dependent Life Insurance*SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match*Employee Assistance Program

    As part of your pre-employment background check, your criminal conviction history will be verified given that this role requires the following material job duties:

    Working around client families and colleagues

     

    Convictions creating a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with the identified job duties may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.

     

    Postal Code: 93535

     

    Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

     

    Job Location: US-CA - Lancaster

     

    Job Profile ID: F00230

     

    Time Type: Full time

     

    Location Name: Joshua Memorial Park & Mortuary