Cemetery Caretaker (Backhoe Experience Required)

Job Description

Job Description

NorthStar Memorial Group’s maintenance teams take pride in preserving our grounds with precision, tradition, and care. As a Cemetery Caretaker, you play a vital role in ensuring every family’s experience is honored through safe, accurate, and respectful preparation of our cemetery and mausoleum spaces. This stable, year-round position offers meaningful work, transferable skills, and a strong sense of purpose.

The Cemetery Caretaker is responsible for maintaining the overall appearance, safety, and functionality of cemetery, mausoleum, and funeral home locations. This role requires hands-on backhoe operating experience for grave digging, trenching, and site preparation. Candidates without backhoe experience will NOT be considered.

Responsibilities

• Heavy Equipment Operation
  • Operates a backhoe confidently and safely for grave digging, trenching, and precise excavation
  • Uses practical excavation experience to ensure accurate depth, placement, and soil handling
  • Performs routine equipment inspections and basic maintenance
  • Follows all PPE requirements, safety protocols, and site procedures
• Grounds Keeping:
  • Cuts grass.
  • Maintains lawn and trims around trees, walkways, and memorial markers
  • Lays sod
  • Moves and removes flowers to and from the chapel and graveside.
  • Blows leaf and grass
  • Edges with stick edger
  • Clears debris and maintains drives and walkways in a safe condition.
  • Cleans ponds and fountains
  • Hand digs/trenching

• Facilities Cleaning:
  • Maintains overall appearance and cleanliness of funeral homes and/or mausoleum facilities.
  • Cleans and maintains the facility, performs minor repairs, painting, etc.
  • Assists in loading and unloading caskets.
  • Vehicle and golf cart washing/cleaning

Qualifications

• 6 + months of backhoe operating experience (grave digging, construction excavation, trenching, or similar work)Valid driver’s license
• Ability to lift 50+ lbs and perform physical outdoor labor in all weather conditions
• Valid driver’s license

We are an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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