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Job Title: Groundskeeper / Cemetery Maintenance Technician
Pay: $22.00 per hour
Shift: Day Shift

Schedule:

• Monday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• 30-minute unpaid lunch

Job Summary

This position is responsible for maintaining the grounds and facilities of a funeral home and cemetery to ensure a clean, safe, and respectful environment. Duties include groundskeeping, equipment operation, interment support, chapel setup, and general facility maintenance.
Key Responsibilities

• Cut grass, trim around trees, walkways, and memorial markers
• Maintain lawns, lay sod, and move or remove flowers as needed
• Clear debris and maintain drives and walkways, including snow removal (location dependent)
• Perform minor repairs to grave markers and cemetery features
• Install and maintain grave markers, bronze memorials, crypt faces, and monuments
• Prepare crypts for entombments
• Assist with openings and closings for interments, entombments, and inurnments
• Operate backhoe to dig graves while avoiding damage to surrounding property
• Safely operate and maintain equipment to prevent damage to cemetery grounds
• Clean, service, and properly store all equipment
• Perform general maintenance on facilities and vehicles, including minor repairs and painting
• Arrange chapel and set up tents, canopies, and chairs for services and graveside ceremonies
• Wash and clean funeral home vehicles as needed
• Assist with loading and unloading caskets and moving/installing vaults
• Follow all safety rules and comply with OSHA, federal, state, local, and corporate regulations
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• One year of relevant experience preferred
• Ability to perform physical tasks such as watering, cutting, weeding, and trimming
• Availability to work overtime and extended hours as needed
• Valid state-issued driver's license

Equipment Used

• Lawn mowers
• Weed eaters
• Pressure washers
• Backhoe and related grounds equipment

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Oregon City, OR
1952
735 E Claredon Street
Suite 100
Gladstone, OR 97027