Cemetery Caretaker

Job Description

Job Description

NorthStar Memorial Group is seeking a Cemetery Caretaker at Chapel of the Chimes Oakland, CA. Our maintenance teams take pride in maintaining our buildings and grounds with attention to detail and tradition, ensuring every family’s unique experience is honored. As integral parts of our community, our maintenance workers have a strong sense of ownership in our grounds and locations, reflecting the highest standards of quality and comfort in this stable role. In this role, the facilities maintenance crew gains transferable skills fostering even more of a sense of purpose.

The Cemetery Caretaker is responsible for the overall appearance of the columbarium, mausoleum, and funeral home locations, including general cleaning, maintenance and groundskeeping, installing crypt faces, memorials, monuments, conducting interments, entombments and inurnments, and repairs and maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Facilities Cleaning:
  • Maintains overall appearance and cleanliness of funeral home, columbarium, and mausoleum facilities.
  • Daily duties include janitorial tasks such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, and cobweb removal
  • Cleans and maintains the facility, dispose of trash, performs minor repairs, painting, etc.
  • Assists in loading and unloading deliveries.
• Grounds Keeping:
  • Maintains lawn and trims around trees, walkways, and memorial markers
  • Weed and debris removal from gardens
  • Moves and removes flowers to and from the chapel and graveside.
  • Blows leaf and grass
  • Clears debris and maintains drives and walkways in a safe condition.
  • Cleans fountains
• Interment Services
  • Assist team with entombments and inurnments
  • Help with preparation and setup for opening and closing interments, entombments, and inurnments
  • Assist team with installation of memorial markers for crypts and niches

Compensation

$21-$23/hr.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Matching

Qualifications

• Valid driver’s license
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 6 + months of experience in grounds keeping and/or maintenance

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.