Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates. Job Profile Summary Maintains overall grounds care at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs basic tasks associated with setting up funeral services, helping to open/close burials, install memorials, and perform maintenance duties. **JOB RESPONSIBILITIES** + Determines if location of interments, entombments or inurnments are accurate, complying with verification procedures. + Considers location of markers and nearby coping. Assesses whether temporary movement of the coping is needed and ensures materials are not damaged. + Sets, installs, and assembles foundations, memorials, and markers including granite and bronze markers. + Able to perform backfill and tamping duties for interments and cremains safely using tools to create a tidy appearance at the site + 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 + Performs minor repairs to the cemetery, building systems or equipment. + Performs some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations under minimal supervision + Assists 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 **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** **Education** + High school diploma or equivalent required **Experience** + Minimum 1 year relevant experience in landscaping, general construction, warehouse, physical labor demonstrating steady employment required + Funeral industry experience preferred + Expert Grounds Specialist must be able to demonstrate all proficiencies of a Grounds Specialist **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** + Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, tamper, 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 **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: 78415 Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance Job Location: US-TX - Corpus Christi Job Profile ID: F00391 Time Type: Full time Location Name: Memory Gardens Funeral Home and Embalming