Manuel Velazquez Email & Phone Number

Grounds Specialist with over 12 years of Facilities Management and Grounds Specialist experience at Dignity Memorial's Oak Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park in San Jose, CA.

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  Grounds Specialist

  Dignity Memorial

  Jan 2010 - Present - San Jose, California, United States

  Working at Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park:- Effectively and quickly completes assigned projects, including many special projects that may require learning new electronics, tools, or machinery through technical manuals, etc. - Performs repairs to the cemetery and/or building systems (i.e., painting walls/doors, finishing floors, cleaning carpets, etc.) - Manages vendors from selection through management and close-out- Removes debris and trash from grounds, including turning down vases and removing wilted flowers- Mows grass, waters lawns, fertilizes and trims shrubs, tends flower beds and regularly inspects assigned work areas to ensure proper standards are maintained- Operates lawn and grounds equipment including push and power mowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers and other related power equipment- Participates on teams for openings and closings for interments, entombments, and disinterment- Determines location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures- Performs some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations- Assists in moving and installing burial vaults