Cemetery Groundskeeper

Bell Road near 64th Street, Phoenix AZ

Description

CEMETERY GROUNDSKEEPER DUTIES • Mow and trim lawns throughout cemetery including around monuments, head stones, curbs, and trees • Maintain and repair automatic sprinkler systems and lines • Irrigate cemetery grounds using automatic and manual systems • Prepare for burial services • Prepare graves for burial (including, assisting in digging graves, setting-up lowering device, set-up chairs and tent, lower caskets, etc.) at gravesites • Provide additional assistance to service attendants, mortuary directors, and families as needed • Install headstones and floral vases • Cultivate, prune, and edge lawns and flowers • Trim trees and shrubs • Weed landscaped area and pick up litter • Operate light and heavy equipment including backhoe and riding mower • Clean and perform basic custodial tasks in cemetery and facilities as assigned KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES • Education: At least some high school education. High school diploma or equivalent preferred • Experience: At least six months of groundskeeping or landscaping experience required • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and frequently required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds The employee is occasionally required to sit, reach with hands and arms, climb ladders, stoop, kneel and crouch • Employees are required to work onsite Monday – Friday (hours change seasonally) with occasional weekend work when necessary COMPENSATION $17 - $20 DOE, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401K, paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid vacation