Grounds Maintenance Laborer - National Cemetery
Job Description
Vet-Blue LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, is hiring two full-time Grounds Maintenance Laborers at Crown Hill National Cemetery, a VA national cemetery in Indianapolis. You'll help care for the final resting place of our nation's veterans by mowing, trimming, edging, removing leaves, mulching, cleaning and aligning headstones, setting up for interments and events, placing urns in the columbarium, and removing snow and applying ice melt in winter.
**Requirements**
* Reliable transportation
* Ability to do physical outdoor work all day in any weather and lift 50 lbs
* Follow instructions and safety rules
* Ability to pass a background check and get a VA contractor badge
* A driver's license is preferred
**Pluses**
* Landscaping or grounds experience
* Experience with ride-on mowers or snow equipment
* Military background
Veterans strongly encouraged to apply.
**Pay and benefits**
* $18.36/hr plus $5.42/hr Health & Welfare paid in cash on every check
* 11 paid holidays
* Paid sick leave (1 hour per 30 hours worked)
* Paid vacation after 1 year
* Overtime at 1.5x
**Schedule:** Monday–Friday, 7:30 am–4:00 pm, plus some weekends and holidays, and snow call-outs. Work covers both the Historic Cemetery and the Annex. Start in mid-to-late October; operations begin November 2.
Pay: $18.36 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
* Paid time off
Application Question(s):
* Can you pass a background check for a federal (VA) contractor badge?
* Are you able to lift 50 lbs and work outdoors in all weather?
Work Location: In person
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