Cemetery Grounds Crew

Job Description

Position: Cemetery Grounds Crew

Location: All Souls Cemetery and Funeral Center

Position Status: Full-Time

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

Category: Non-Exempt

Pay Range: $21.67 - $24.08 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, sledgehammer, 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

This job requires a background check.