Cemetery Caretaker

Northstar Memorial Group • Lakewood, WA

280d • $22 - $25

About The Position

NorthStar Memorial Group is seeking a Cemetery Caretaker at Mountain View Funeral Home. Our maintenance teams take pride in maintaining our grounds with attention to detail and tradition, ensuring every family's unique experience is honored. As integral parts of our community, our maintenance workers have a strong sense of ownership in our grounds and locations, reflecting the highest standards of quality and comfort in this stable role. In this role, the facilities maintenance crew gains transferable skills fostering even more of a sense of purpose.

Requirements

• Minimum of six months general labor experience preferred
• Valid driver's license
• Ability to lift and move heavy objects with assistance
• Experience operating lawn equipment and/or backhoe is a plus!

Responsibilities

• Cut grass, maintain the lawn, trim around trees, walkways, and memorial markers, lay sod, move and remove flowers to and from the chapel and graveside
• Clear debris and maintain drives and walkways in a safe condition
• Install vault face and prepare grave sites for interments
• Assemble tents/canopies and arrange chairs for the graveside ceremony
• Prepare crypts for entombment
• Install grave markers, bronze memorials, crypt faces, etc.

Benefits

• Compensation is set by union bargaining agreement which is as follows: $22.50/hr. for 180 days, then $23.75/hr. until 1 year anniversary, then $25.00/hr.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Personal and Laundry Services