Grounds Maintenance

Forest Lawn Memorial Park • Candler, NC

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is seeking a Grounds Maintenance team member. The company values honesty, courage, integrity, ethical behavior, and personal growth, and is rooted in communities to provide a personal touch to every family served. They believe in the value of funeral and cemetery service, drawing on decades of experience. This role involves performing all grounds keeping and maintenance tasks on properties to maintain the overall appearance of a cemetery, mausoleum, or funeral home location.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent combination of education, training and experience preferred.
• Minimum of 1-year grounds experience.
• Valid state issued driver’s license in good standing and acceptable driving record.
• Ability to operate large and medium scale equipment to include but not limited to riding mowers, backhoes, hi-lows, tractors, Kubota’s riding machines, Gators, ditch diggers, power washers, golf carts, casket and granite power lifts, trucks and trucks with plows.
• Ability to read a cemetery map and correctly identify and locate the location of specified interment/entombment spaces within the cemetery.
• Ability to read, write and speak English.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Requires the ability to show respect and sensitivity toward families while working in a physically demanding environment.
• Knowledge of use and general maintenance of mechanized equipment.
• Ability to apply proper precautions concerning lifting and equipment use in a safe and careful manner.

Nice To Haves

• Cemetery grounds experience is strongly preferred.
• Bilingual is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Performs tasks of grounds maintenance requiring the knowledge of use and general maintenance of mechanized equipment including lawn equipment i.e. weed eaters, walk behind mowers, hedge trimmers and edger, pruners, leaf vacuums/blowers.
• Performs set-up and completion of interments and entombments to include but not limited to excavating of the grave to the proper level, assist with the lifting and placing casket on lowering device, removing, replacing and lifting crypt and niche fronts.
• Correctly identifies and locates the location of specified interment/entombment spaces within the cemetery on cemetery maps.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Financial assistant programs encouraging employees through education and development in industry related subjects.
• Robust Health and Welfare Plans, and savings account options, designed to support your personal needs, enhance well-being and help navigate life’s challenges.
• Rich 401k and Roth Retirement Plan options available for both Full Time and Part Time employees along with a Company Match.
• Variety of Vacation, Personal Days and Sick Days based on your role emphasizing the importance of physical and emotional replenishment for our team.
• Employee Discounts on services, merchandise, and property to help our team members in their time of need.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees