Backhoe/ Heavy Equipment Operator - Calvary Cemetery (Santa Barbara)

**Location: Calvary Cemetery \- Santa Barbara****Status: Non \- Exempt, Full Time** **POSITION SUMMARY** Backhoe/Heavy Equipment operator operates tractor driven hydraulic digging machine, making all necessary working adjustments and minor maintenance and repairs and operates heavier equipment and does a variety of other cemetery tasks as assigned. **ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS** Because all Archdiocesan employees represent the Roman Catholic Church, they are expected to conduct themselves according to the goals and mission of the Church in performing their work. * Safely operate heavy equipment, the backhoe, mower, sweeper, trimmer, dump truck or other cemetery equipment. * Makes certain that equipment is clean and maintained in good operating condition to ensure safety. * Sets up graves for interment services, seals vault, backfills and tamps graves, replaces sod; trims all memorials and monuments on cemetery grounds. * Sets up tents as necessary; handles and stores dirt sheets and greens. * Mow, edges, sweeps lawns. * Removes flowers, cares for vases. * Prunes, fertilizes, and waters the grounds. * Cares for flowerbeds and areas around buildings. * Raises graves and memorials, levels lawn. * Cleans office and performs janitorial maintenance. * Gathers and removes trash. * Acts as funeral attendant; assists priests, patrons and funeral directors as necessary. * May train other ground workers and is responsible for safe and careful handling of all cemetery property and equipment; makes certain of its proper use and security. * Inform Manager/Supervisor of needed maintenance or repairs to equipment, or buildings and submits monthly inspection reports. * Performs other minor maintenance work. Evaluates and recommends the need for equipment and sprinkler system maintenance and repairs. * Maintains accurate records and reports and inventories of all supplies and submits them to Manager/Supervisor monthly. * Maintains good personal appearance; conducts self in a manner befitting funerals and respect for the dead. * Follows, enforces, and maintain safety rules and regulations. May instruct other grounds personnel in cemetery safety procedures and policies; maintains accurate records and a safe work environment. * Maintains cooperative and positive work relationships with management and co\-workers. * May assist a Manager/Supervisor in the reviewing and evaluation of other grounds personnel. * Works with management to accommodate special circumstances with patrons. * Performs other related duties as assigned. Requirements: **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS** **Education and Experience** Any combination of experience and education likely to provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, typically: * Class “A” License required for driving heavy duty equipment * General education sufficient to understand and observe written and oral instructions, directions, and safety rules. * Two years' experience in cemetery grounds care, operation. * Courses or training in operation of heavy equipment, lawn maintenance, landscaping, basic mechanics, and equipment operation. **Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities** *Knowledge of:* * Basic English language usage. * Application of training in procedures and safety practices relative to interments/entombments and disinterment's/disentombments. * Excavating, hauling, dumping, edging and trimming equipment operation and repair. * Lawn, grounds, and equipment maintenance. *Skill in:* * Interpersonal relations. * Training, coaching, and directing the work of others * Maintaining positive public relations with patrons, funeral directors, priests, and vendors. * Safe and efficient use of required machinery and equipment. *Ability to:* * Understand and follow written and oral instructions. * Plan and complete job on own initiative. * Train, assign and delegate workload, as needed. * Lift heavy objects and equipment's. * Handle grave set\-ups, tins and sod carefully. * Dig and Backfill graves, transport vaults and layout graves on own after initial instruction from supervisor/Assistant Supervisor. **Physical and Environmental Requirements:** * Lift objects weighing a minimum of 50 pounds unassisted and be able to lift heavier objects with the aid of other grounds workers. * Sit for sustained periods of time on a daily basis. * Perform tasks requiring intermittent bending, stooping and walking. * Sustain frequent movement of the fingers, wrists, hands, waist and arms. Compensation: $20\.49\-$24\.10