Maintenance Foreman

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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: 85248

Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance

Job Location: US-AZ - Chandler