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 NOTbe 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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