Maintenance Worker.

About the role

This is a full-performance Maintenance Worker position responsible for maintaining a large and complex cemetery irrigation system and all associated buildings, structures, and infrastructure across a 113-acre site.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain cemetery irrigation systems, including lines, valves, solenoids, and heads; temporarily cap heads to avoid interference with burial operations.
• Maintain and repair cemetery buildings and structures: HVAC, electrical, plumbing, water, sewage, sidewalks, and roads.
• Construct and repair tents, platforms, cremation and reopener boards, grave covers, shelf units, sawhorses, barricades, ramps, cable protection, and other special projects.
• Repair fences, door walls, woodwork, sidewalks, steps, floors, walls, tuck-point brick walls, curbs, concrete slabs, and concrete control markers.
• Paint interior and exterior building surfaces.
• Operate small motorized vehicles and equipment (pickups, mini excavators, dumpers, vans, utility equipment) to transport tools and materials.
• Operate tractors, rototillers, skid-steer vehicles, forklifts, and other equipment to support grounds maintenance and interment operations.

Work schedule

• Monday through Friday with occasional weekends.
• Cemetery cannot close for more than two consecutive days; holidays falling on Monday or Friday may require work on the holiday or a Saturday.
• All staff must work Memorial Day each year.
• Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required to meet operational needs; emergency overtime may be required.

Requirements

• Demonstrate potential to perform a broad range of building and maintenance trades: carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, masonry, pest control, asphalt repairs, and related tasks.
• Proficiency in at least two of these trades through work, training, or other relevant activities.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must possess and maintain a valid REAL ID–compliant state driver’s license.
• Pass a pre-employment medical examination and a background/security investigation; may be subject to random drug testing.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Evidence of training or experience sufficient to perform the duties must be supported by detailed descriptions on your resume.
• Screen-out element: ability to do the job without more than normal supervision.
• Job elements evaluated include: use and maintenance of tools and equipment, technical practices, and ability to interpret instructions and specifications (including blueprint reading).

Physical Requirements

• Extended periods of walking, kneeling, crouching, stooping, and ladder climbing while inspecting grounds.
• Ability to lift objects over fifty pounds and maintain full range of upper and lower extremities.
• Moderate effort required to operate vehicles and tools; stamina, dexterity, and perseverance required.
• Mandatory participation in the cemetery safety and hearing program; hearing protection required when operating equipment louder than 85 dBA.

Working Conditions

• Work performed inside and outside in heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, dampness, poor ventilation, and over uneven terrain.
• Exposure to dirt, dust, mud, water, noise, and fumes from vehicles and equipment.
• Required to use safety-protective clothing and devices.