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Type of Position:
Apprentice OR licensee
Date Position Available:
2025-01-13
Business Name:
Shoemaker Funeral Home, Inc.
Street Address:
49 N. Walnut St.
City:
Blairsville
State:
PA
Zip Code:
15717
Business Contact Name:
Rick Shoemaker
Business Contact Phone:
7244599115
Business Contact Email:
rick@shoemakerblairsville.com
Is this position part-time or full-time?:
Full-time
Is housing available for this position?:
Yes
On-Call Required?:
Yes
Compensation Range:
Negotiable
Job responsibilities:
• Must possess a high degree of concentration and attention to detail • Possess a valid driver’s license • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills • Ability to interact and collaborate effectively with others in a team atmosphere • Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Meeting with clients to make funeral arrangements, explain service options, assist in casket selection, provides pricing information, and prepares standardized contracts for services • Performing technical and cosmological embalming services • Finalizing details discussed during arrangement conferences with appropriate tracking & compliance documents • Directing funeral services and visitation, including greeting family members, opening funeral home, coordinating, and instructing pallbearers, greeting, and escorting clergy • May assist with funerals while not acting as primary director or act as hearse or limousine driver when needed • Preparing or coordinates preparation and issuance of permits and documents associated with funerals and embalming • Maintaining cleanliness of preparation room and equipment • Assist with general property maintenance • Assist with upkeep of cremation units and devices used with cremation • Performing all other related functions as assigned
How should applicants apply?:
Email resume
Additional notes:
Salary/Wages: We are willing to discuss a salary/benefits package that will result in long term satisfaction for both employee and employer. Benefits Offered: • Competitive salary based on experience • Health Insurance which includes, dental and vision • 401K • Bonus opportunities • Housing Available Our Blairsville Funeral Home is located about 40 miles east of Pittsburgh, in a lovely rural town at the foot of the Laurel Highlands and bordering the Conemaugh River with many amenities available year-round. Our Indiana location (Robinson-Lytle-Shoemaker Funeral Home) is in the heart of Indiana, PA, near the Indiana University of Pennsylvania for over 100 years. This is a great family area with exceptional schools and many year-round activities such as skiing, hunting, fishing, and canoeing. Our funeral home is a 3rd generation family owned and operated since 1951. We are searching for a long-term, enthusiastic, experienced, and detail-oriented Licensed Funeral Director who will complement our family’s business. This individual must be neat in appearance, very driven, reliable, dependable, teachable, and passionate about their work. The candidate should have the ability to work independently, value other team members and their contributions and maintain a high level of commitment to the families we serve. We would like to add someone to our team that would be willing to build relationships within our small, tight-knit community and our staff. Our two funeral homes serve approximately 180 families per year. We offer monuments, on-site cremation and pet cremations serving approximately 475 families per year.
Email:
rick@shoemakerblairsville.com
Job Title:
Funeral Director or Intern