<p>Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.</p> <p>Consider the possibilities of joining a Great Place to Work!</p> <p>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.</p> <p>JOB RESPONSIBILITIES</p> <ul> <li>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 </li><li>Operates lawn and grounds equipment including push and power mowers, snow blowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers and other related power equipment </li><li>Removes debris and trash from grounds. May include turning down vases and removing wilted flowers </li><li>Participates on teams for openings and closings for interments, entombments and inurnments </li><li>Assists in determining the location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures </li><li>May perform minor repairs to the cemetery, building systems or equipment </li><li>May perform some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations under supervision </li><li>May assist in moving and installing burial vaults </li><li>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 </li><li>This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the essential functions or duties related to this job </li></ul> <p>MINIMUM Requirements</p> <p>Education</p> <ul> <li>High school diploma or equivalent required </li></ul> <p>Certification/License</p> <p>Experience</p> <ul> <li>Minimum (6) months relevant experience in landscaping, general construction, warehouse, physical labor demonstrating steady employment </li><li>Funeral industry experience preferred </li></ul> <p>Knowledge, Skills and Abilities</p> <ul> <li>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 </li><li>Ability to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard-stick, etc.) </li><li>Ability to work in extreme weather conditions </li><li>Physically agile and dexterous </li><li>Ability to operate equipment in a safe and careful manner </li><li>Ability to effectively work with others to accomplish tasks </li><li>Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel and client families </li><li>Basic computer skills to enable retrieving and responding to email communications </li></ul> <p>Work CONDITIONS</p> <p>Work Environment</p> <ul> <li>Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions </li><li>Comply with Field dress code policy </li></ul> <p>Work Postures</p> <ul> <li>Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day </li><li>Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently </li></ul> <p>Physical Demands</p> <ul> <li>Lifting, pushing, pulling up to 50 pounds </li></ul> <p>Work Hours</p> <ul> <li>Working beyond "standard" hours as the need arises </li><li>Schedule may fluctuate, if a need arises, to an earlier or a later shift </li></ul> <p>Compensation:</p> <p>Salary: $20.00/Hr</p> <p>Benefits:</p> <p>Medical<em>Dental</em>Vision<em>Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care) </em>Health Savings Account with Company Contribution<em>Sick Leave</em>Short-Term Disability<em>Long-Term Disability</em>Life Insurance<em>Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance</em>Dependent Life Insurance<em>SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match</em>Employee Assistance Program</p> <p>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 and/or handling deceased and working around 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.</p> <p>Postal Code: 91740</p> <p>Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance</p> <p>Job Location: US-CA - Glendora</p>