What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cemetery Grounds Foreman position at Life Remembered?
Cemetery Grounds Foreman - Westmoreland
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Job Description
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The Cemetery Grounds Foreman is responsible for supervising the grounds crew, maintaining the cemetery grounds and interacting with the administrative office.& The Foreman should know how to prepare grave areas including and not limited to grave excavation; burial functions (opening/closing for interments, entombments, inurnments, disinterments); lawn sodding, seeding, monument and marker setting; manual and mechanical earth moving and lawn care equipment operation; cemetery cleanup.
Position Requirements- Reports to the Regional Maintenance Supervisor and/or General Manager
- Operate hand-held tools and equipment including but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower, chain saw and pump
- Operate mechanical equipment including but not limited to a dump truck, tractor, utility vehicle, marker trailer, dump trailer, jack hammer, tamper and backhoe
- Use measuring devices accurately (i.e. tape measure, yard stick, etc.)
- Communicate effectively with fellow workers, contractor personnel and client families
- Lift heavy objects up to 60 lbs.
- Minimum six months’ experience operating standard cemetery equipment
- Certification/license: Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment/vehicles
- High School degree or equivalent
- Perform opening and closing for burials, entombments and inurnments
- Supervise grounds crew and perform safety meetings.
- Set, install and assemble foundations, memorials, and markers
- Install outer burial containers/vaults
- Handle and complete family work orders that pertain to individual grave and marker maintenance
- Respond to and complete service request work orders
- Perform interment verification procedures
- Prepares the 25-foot burial radius area to ensure proper clean up and no damage
- Fill grave, tamp, and seed area
- Maintain a clean and orderly work area
- Pressure wash vehicles and equipment as needed
- Perform other ground duties as assigned by Management
- Follow all Company safety rules
- Bring safety concerns to the direct supervisor
- Maintain and protect Company assets by performing regular preventive maintenance including machines, equipment and facilities.
Benefits
- This is a union position.& After one year of employment, full union rate.
- Vacation
- Sick Time
- Paid Holiday
- Medical, Dental, Vision
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Salary : $19