Cemetery Groundsman

**Job Description** **Position:** Cemetery Grounds Crew **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