Maintenance Superintendent

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates. This working hands\-on Foreman position plans, directs and supervises maintenance staff to maintain the overall appearance of cemetery, mausoleum and/or funeral home locations, which may include maintenance and grounds keeping, locating grave sites, digging graves, installing crypt faces, conducting interments, entombments and inurnments, and simple repairs and maintenance tasks.**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES** * Organizes and supervises the work of the grounds staff which includes laying out grave sites and preparing them for burials, setting memorials and markers. * Trains staff on cemetery maintenance and grounds keeping procedures, safety, and environmental regulations. Demonstrates proper operation of machinery and equipment. Recommends procedure revisions. * Develops a strong, trusting, and reliable team. Understands team members career aspirations and provide assignments to develop skills and close gaps. * Assures that the grounds crews’ uniforms, personal appearance, actions and demeanor present an appropriate image to client families. * Leads team for openings and closings for above or below ground interments, entombments and inurnments. Performs disinterment as needed. * Leads tent setups for cemetery services ensuring frames and probes are safely and accurately installed in the correct location. * Approves locations of all interments, entombments or inurnments are accurate, complying with verification procedures. * Considers location of markers and nearby coping. Assesses whether temporary movement of the coping is needed and ensures materials are not damaged. * Sets, installs, and assembles foundations, memorials, and markers including granite and bronze markers. * Perform backfill and tamping duties for interments and cremains safely using tools to create a tidy appearance at the site. * Operate heavy machinery such as backhoe and other grounds equipment. * Maintains and protects Company assets by performing regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities. * May assist in moving and installing burial vaults. * Must follow safety rules and ensure compliance with the operating procedures of corporate, federal, state and local regulations, including OSHA regulations and Safety and Environmental guidelines. **MINIMUM Requirements** **Education** * High school diploma or equivalent required. **Certification/License** * Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record to operate company vehicles. **Experience** * Minimum 3 years relevant experience in maintenance required. * Funeral industry experience preferred. * Foreman experience preferred. * Maintenance Foreman must be able to demonstrate all proficiencies of Cemetery Maintenance Worker roles. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** * Ability to operate heavy machinery such as a backhoe. * Ability to operate hand\-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, tamper, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer and leaf blower. * Ability to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard\-stick, etc.). * Ability to work in extreme weather conditions. * Physically agile and dexterous. * Ability to operate equipment in a safe and careful manner. * Ability to effectively work with others to accomplish tasks. * Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel and client families. * Basic computer skills to enable retrieving and responding to email communications. **Work CONDITIONS** **Work Environment** -------------------- * Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions. * Comply with Field dress code policy. **Work Postures** ----------------- * Frequent, continuous periods of time walking and standing, up 6 hours per day. * Frequent bending and stooping. * Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently. **Physical Demands** -------------------- * Lifting up to 50 pounds. * Ability to lift up to 150 pounds with equipment assistance. * Ability to push and pull up to 300 pounds. **Work Hours** -------------- * Working beyond “standard” hours as the need arises. * Schedule may fluctuate, if a need arises, to an earlier or a later shift. Postal Code: 23150 Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance Job Location: US\-VA \- Sandston