Posted 4 months ago
Grounds Specialist - Union
@ Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC
Surrey, British Columbia
Overview
Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC is hiring a full-time Grounds Specialist at a cemetery or funeral home location in Surrey, BC. The role manages and maintains the grounds, including mowing, snow plowing, planting care, debris removal and participation in interment openings and closings. The posting states a pay rate of $25.24 per hour.
Pay:
$25.24 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Mow, water, fertilize and trim grounds and shrubs
- Operate lawn and grounds equipment
- Remove debris and maintain flower areas
- Take part in interment, entombment and inurnment openings and closings
- Perform minor repairs and assist with vault installation
Requirements summary:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum 6 months relevant experience
- Ability to operate hand tools and power equipment safely
- Ability to work in extreme weather
- Effective communication with colleagues and client families
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · workday
- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-16
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | General labour |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Client sites |
| Position | On the move |
| Physical demands | physical high · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC
| Field | Value |
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| Open jobs on Jobsy | 68 |
Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.
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
Pay Rate
- $25.24/hr
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