Cemetery Groundsman

Location: All Souls Cemetery and Funeral Center

Position Status: Full-Time, Non-Exempt

Schedule

Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm, Weekends as needed

Pay

$21.67 - $24.08 per hour

About the role

The Cemetery Grounds Crew maintains cemetery grounds and prepares graves, grave areas including 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; and cemetery cleanup.

Responsibilities

• Perform opening and closing for burials, entombments, and inurnments
• Set, install, and assemble foundations, memorials, and markers
• Install outer burial containers
• Handle and complete client family work orders pertaining to individual grave and marker maintenance
• Respond to and complete service request work orders
• Perform interment verification procedures
• Prepare the 25-foot burial radius area to ensure it is clean and well-ordered
• Fill grave, tamp, and maintain grounds vegetation
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area
• Pressure wash vehicles and equipment as requested
• Perform other ground duties as assigned by management
• Operate hand-held tools and equipment including but not limited to shovels, picks, rakes, sledgehammers, lawn mowers, weed trimmers, leaf blowers, chain saws, and pumps
• Operate mechanical equipment including dump trucks, tractors, utility vehicles, marker trailers, dump trailers, jackhammers, tampers, and backhoes
• Use measuring devices accurately (e.g., tape measure, yardstick)
• Communicate effectively with fellow workers, contractor personnel, and client families
• Follow all company safety rules and report safety concerns to the direct supervisor
• Maintain and protect company assets by performing regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and facilities

Requirements

• Minimum six months' experience operating standard cemetery equipment
• High school degree or equivalent
• Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment/vehicles
• Ability to lift heavy objects up to 30 lbs
• This job requires a background check