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Cemetery Grounds

Foundation Partners Group · Edmonds, WA · Posted 1 week ago
$20 – $23 / hourly

Job Description

The Cemetery Grounds assists with maintenance and care for grounds equipment.

**Overview & Responsibilities:**

* Cuts grass, maintains lawn, trims around trees, walkways, and memorial markers, lays sod, moves, and removes flowers to and from chapel and graveside
* Clears debris and maintains drives and walkways in a safe condition, snow removal depending on the location
* Prepares minor repairs to grave markers
* Erects tents, canopies and arranges chairs for graveside ceremony
* Prepares crypts for entombments
* Installs grave markers, bronze memorials, crypt faces, etc.
* Maintains and repairs existing markers and other cemetery features
* Assists with setup for openings and closings for interments, entombments, and inurnments
* Operates backhoe to dig graves without damage to surrounding vaults, markers, or monuments as needed
* Operates equipment safely and carefully to avoid damage to cemetery property
* Maintains, services, cleans, and properly stores equipment
* Preforms general maintenance of facilities and vehicles
* Cleans and maintains facility to include performing minor repairs, painting, etc.
* Arranges chapel for services
* Washes and cleans all funeral home vehicles as-needed
* Assists in loading and unloading caskets, moving and installing vaults
* Observes safety rules and ensure compliance with the operating procedures of corporate, federal, state, and local regulations, including OSHA regulations and safety and environmental guidelines
* Performs other duties as assigned

**Requirements & Qualifications:**

* High school diploma or equivalent
* One year of relevant experience is preferred
* Availability to work overtime and long hours as needed
* Capability to perform various duties such as watering, cutting, weeding, trimming, etc.
* Valid state-issued driver's license with a clear driving record

Shift: On-Call

Additional Details :

Every life tells a story worth honoring. At Foundation Partners Group, we are privileged to help families create meaningful goodbyes during their most vulnerable moments.

Since 2010, our team of nearly 1,600 compassionate professionals has served communities across 21 states, delivering funeral, cremation, and cemetery services with care, respect, and personalization. We're not just a network of locations-we're a team united by purpose, a community committed to ensuring every farewell reflects the individuality of the life it celebrates.

Beck's - Restlawn Memorial Park
Pay Transparency In order to support the Fair Compensation Strategy by the US Govt., HR Dept., clients are required to adhere to "Pay Transparency Law"; in the impacted states; that have mandated the employers to list the salary ranges in Job advertisements or postings for job opportunities and Job promotions.

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Foundation Partners Group

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