Cemetery Groundskeeper

**The Louisville Cemetery Association Inc.** The Louisville Cemetery Association cemetery sexton manages daily operations, maintenance, and burial services for private, church\-affiliated, or memorial park cemeteries. Key duties include groundskeeping (mowing, landscaping), digging/filling graves, equipment maintenance, provides compassionate service to grieving families, and manage cemetery records, plot sales, and vendor coordination. **Key Responsibilities \& Job Description Components** * **Grounds Maintenance:** Ensuring the cemetery is well\-kept, including mowing, trimming, landscaping, snow removal, and maintaining roads and trees. * **Burial Operations:** Coordinating with funeral homes, locating/measuring grave sites, and performing or supervising grave digging, including closing graves. * **Family/Visitor Services:** Assisting bereaved families, escorting visitors, and enforcing cemetery rules and regulations. * **Administration \& Sales:** Maintaining accurate burial records, assisting with the sale of burial plots, and coordinating with monument companies for headstone installation. * **Equipment \& Facilities:** Repairing and maintaining tools, tractors, and mowers, as well as maintaining on\-site buildings or mausoleums. * **Security:** Securing the grounds and preventing unauthorized burials or violations of cemetery policies. **Common Requirements** * **Experience:** Groundskeeping, landscaping, or maintenance experience. * **Skills:** Ability to operate heavy machinery (backhoes, mowers) and work in outdoor, physical conditions. * **Attributes:** Compassion, professionalism, and organizational skills are highly valued. **Other:** Ability to work weekends or flexible hours to accommodate funeral schedules. Provide 24\-hour cemetery oversite, as on\-site housing is provided as a benefit. Pay: Up to $35,000\.00 per year Work Location: In person