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Grounds Maintenance Landscaper - Funeral Home

(Fairview Heights, IL, 62208) | 09/29/26

Job Code :

JPC-93728

Job Description

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:

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.

Are there any additional details or special requests for this position? If position is filled, please specify temporary employee details here.

Job Title

Grounds Maintenance Landscaper - Funeral Home

States

3694

City

Fairview Heights

Tax Terms

W-2

Experience

2-15 years

Job Description

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:

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.

Are there any additional details or special requests for this position? If position is filled, please specify temporary employee details here.

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