Maintenance Helper

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a dependable, hands-on person to assist our Maintenance Manager with the care and upkeep of our cemetery. This is an outdoor role with varied work throughout the year. The right person takes pride in keeping the grounds safe, orderly, and welcoming for families and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Assist with setting, leveling, and maintaining monuments and markers.
• Help prepare and restore gravesites, including placing and removing equipment and cleaning up after services.
• Maintain cemetery grounds by trimming, edging, weeding, raking, removing debris, and caring for planting beds. Routine mowing is generally not part of this position.
• Clean and maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment; report needed repairs.
• Help maintain roads, paths, fences, drainage areas, and other cemetery features.
• Assist with seasonal work, including leaf removal and snow or ice cleanup as needed.
• Carry out other maintenance tasks assigned by the Maintenance Manager.

Qualifications

• Reliable, punctual, and willing to work outdoors in changing weather.
• Able to perform physical work, including lifting, carrying, bending, digging, and working on uneven ground, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Comfortable using hand tools and learning to operate maintenance equipment safely.
• Able to follow directions, work well with others, and treat families and visitors with respect.
• Cemetery, landscaping, groundskeeping, construction, or equipment maintenance experience is helpful, but we are willing to train the right person.
• Valid driver’s license required.

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