Cemetery Caretaker
National Cemetery Administration • Natchez, MS5d • Onsite
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Cemetery Caretaker
National Cemetery Administration•Natchez, MS
•Onsite
About The Position
This position is located at the Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi. The Cemetery Caretaker Technician performs manual and physically demanding cemetery maintenance and interment work, along with administrative duties and Cemetery Representative functions. The role includes maintaining cemetery grounds and facilities; preparing graves and supporting interments; operating groundskeeping machinery and equipment; assisting with committal services; communicating with visitors and next of kin; and preparing interment paperwork and records. Work is performed outdoors in all types of weather and also indoors in an office setting for administrative tasks. The full performance level is WG-06. The position requires a valid state driver's license and the ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision. The work involves heavy physical effort, including lifting weights up to 50 pounds, frequent walking, stooping, kneeling, and pushing wheelbarrows. Occasional lifts over 50 pounds are performed with assistance. Employees may be exposed to noise, equipment vibration, weather extremes, dirt, dust, fumes, mud, water, and areas where pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers are applied; appropriate protective equipment is worn. The schedule may include Monday through Friday, occasional weekends, holidays, and overtime. All staff are required to work Memorial Day each year. Staff may be called back for emergency overtime. A compressed or flexible schedule is not available.
Requirements
- Demonstrate potential to perform landscaping, groundskeeping, or related trade duties, including using hand tools and power tools and safely operating machinery and equipment used in cemetery caretaking.
- Demonstrate potential to perform administrative tasks in an office environment, including gathering data, coordinating meetings, maintaining filing systems, using automated data-processing tools to generate reports, and managing priorities to meet deadlines.
- Ability to do the job without more than normal supervision.
- Possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.
- Meet the requirements by the announcement closing date of 11/09/2026.
- Be a U.S. citizen.
- Pass a background/suitability investigation; designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
- Pass a pre-employment medical examination.
- Register for Selective Service if required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Complete the application package, including required resume and transcripts, and complete online onboarding if selected.
- Provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements; beginning May 7, 2025, a driver's license or state ID that is not REAL ID compliant cannot be used as acceptable identification for employment.
- Serve a one-year probationary period, subject to written certification that continued employment advances the public interest.
- Meet job-element evaluations for technical practices; interpreting instructions, specifications, and directives; using and maintaining tools and equipment; computer skills; oral communication; and writing.
- Meet the physical demands of the position, including lifting up to 50 pounds, walking on varied terrain, and frequent walking, stooping, kneeling, and pushing wheelbarrows.
- Wear appropriate protective equipment when working in areas where pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers are applied.
Responsibilities
- Operate small tractors, riding lawn mowers, and other grounds-maintenance equipment.
- Transplant shrubs; weed, mulch, and apply fertilizer; prune shrubs and low-level dead branches; and remove snow and ice.
- Dig graves to the proper level; cut and remove sod; tamp and level dirt using hand and power tools; and dig and square graves using pneumatic equipment, picks, and shovels.
- Assist in lifting and placing caskets on lowering devices and load and unload materials.
- Align and clean headstones, using a sprayer and hand brush for cleaning.
- Clean and clear cemetery grounds of debris using equipment such as power trimmers, chainsaws, axes, shovels, rakes, blowers, and vacuums.
- Clean service and administrative areas.
- Greet visitors, respond to requests, and answer questions.
- Prepare paperwork related to the interment process.
- Meet with next of kin, oversee committal services, and enter data to generate interment records.
- Work overtime, weekends, or holidays as needed to meet cemetery needs, including Memorial Day; respond to emergency overtime call-backs when required.
Benefits
- Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
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