Cemetery Maintenance

DENVER ROLLER INC • Searcy, AR

46d • Onsite

About The Position

Assists in all aspects of the cemetery grounds operation including, equipment upkeep, opening and closing of the graves, installation of memorials and markers and general clean-up of cemetery grounds.

Requirements

• High school diploma plus additional experience in mechanical and maintenance tasks.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general technical procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from the manager, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
• Knowledge of all aspects of maintenance and groundkeeping.
• Basic knowledge of operation of maintenance equipment.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Acceptable verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Valid drivers license.
• Occasional very heavy work requiring exertion of more than three hundred (300) pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Employee uses hands to grasp, finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee reaches with arms and hands, and is frequently required to walk, stand, bend or stoop, and is occasionally required to kneel, climb, balance, crouch or crawl.
• Ability to clearly express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, and to receive detailed information through verbal communications with or without correction.
• Clarity of vision at distances of 20 inches or less, more than 20 inches, and less than 20 feet, and more than 20 feet, with or without correction; color vision, depth perception, and peripheral vision.
• Moderately undesirable conditions due to frequent exposure to one or more disagreeable elements, such as dirt, dust, temperature extremes, weather fluctuations, and equipment movement hazards.

Responsibilities

• Assists with grave set ups and opening and closing of graves.
• Installs markers and benches
• General grounds clean-up including but not limited to mowing, weed eating, blowing off driveways and sidewalks, watering plants around niches and mausoleums and spraying approved chemicals when needed.
• Assists with flower van at cemetery.
• Assists with general upkeep activities such as painting, cleaning out gutters, cleaning driveways, parking areas, etc.
• Assist with set ups in outside cemeteries where no outside container is used or a Vantage vault is used.
• Clean cars at the funeral home, mow, weed eat and general grounds maintenance at the funeral home.
• Assist other company locations when workload demands more help.
• Other duties and responsibilities under the direction of funeral home manager and cemetery supervisor

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees