JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Cemetery Grounds Crew

Position Status: Full-Time

Schedule: Varies; Weekdays and some Weekends as needed

Category: Non-Exempt

Pay Range: $19.55-21.73 per hour

Supervisor: Reports to the Cemetery Grounds Working Foreman

Job Description
The Cemetery Grounds Crew maintains cemetery grounds and prepares graves, grave areas including and not limited to grave excavation; burial functions (opening/closing for interments, entombments, inurnments, disinterment); lawn sodding, seeding, fertilizing; monument and marker setting; manual and mechanical earth moving and lawn care equipment operation; cemetery cleanup.

Position Components Requisites

Reports to the Cemetery Grounds Working Foreman
Operate hand-held tools and equipment including but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower, chain saw and pump
Operate mechanical equipment including and not limited to a dump truck, tractor, utility vehicle, marker trailer, dump trailer, jack hammer, tamper and backhoe
Use accurately measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard stick, etc.)
Communicate effectively with fellow workers, contractor personnel and client families
Lift heavy objects up to 30 lbs.
Minimum six months’ experience operating standard cemetery equipment

Certification / license

Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment /vehicles
High School degree or equivalent

Job Duties

Perform opening & closing for burials, entombments and inurnments
Set, installs and assemble foundations, memorials, and markers
Install outer burial containers
Handle and complete Client Family work orders that pertain to individual grave and marker maintenance
Respond to and complete service request work orders
Perform interment verification procedures
Prepares the 25-foot burial radius area to ensure clean and well-ordered
Fill grave, tamps, grounds vegetation
Maintain a clean and orderly work area
Pressure washes vehicles and equipment as requested
Perform other ground duties as assigned by Management Rules & Regulations
Follow all Company safety rules
Bring safety concerns to the direct supervisor
Maintain and protect Company assets by performing regular preventive maintenance including machines, equipment and facilities

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.55 - $21.73 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

Dental insurance
Employee discount
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Monday to Friday
Weekends as needed

Experience:

Maintenance: 2 years (Required)
Grounds Maintenance & Landscaping Occupations: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person

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