Grounds Specialist - Union

Job summary

The Grounds Specialist manages the cemetery or funeral home grounds by performing maintenance tasks such as mowing, snow removal, and landscaping. They also assist with interment, entombment, and inurnment processes while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.

Job details

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates. Manages the grounds provided at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs all grounds keeping and maintenance matters on the properties and maintains the overall appearance of a cemetery, mausoleum or funeral home location. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Mows grass, plows snow, waters lawns, fertilizes and trims shrubs, tends flower beds and regularly inspects assigned work areas to insure proper standards are maintained Operates lawn and grounds equipment including push and power mowers, snow blowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers and other related power equipment Removes debris and trash from grounds. May include turning down vases and removing wilted flowers Participates on teams for openings and closings for interments, entombments and inurnments May perform disinterment May determine the location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures May perform minor repairs to the cemetery and or building systems May perform some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations 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 May assist in moving and installing burial vaults MINIMUM Requirements Education High school diploma or equivalent Experience Minimum 6 months relevant experience Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, 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 Pay Rate $25.24/hr Postal Code: V4P 1P3 Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance Job Location: CA-BC - Surrey

What you’ll do

The Grounds Specialist manages the cemetery or funeral home grounds by performing maintenance tasks such as mowing, snow removal, and landscaping. They also assist with interment, entombment, and inurnment processes while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.

Requirements

Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent and at least 6 months of relevant experience. The role requires the ability to operate power equipment, work in extreme weather conditions, and perform physically demanding tasks.

Listed skills

• Teamwork · Preferred
• Safety Compliance · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• basic computer skills · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Grounds maintenance
• Lawn mowing
• Snow removal
• Power equipment operation
• Landscaping
• Interment assistance
• Cremation regulation compliance
• Safety compliance
• OSHA regulations
• Hand tool operation
• Measuring devices
• Basic computer skills
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Sledgehammers
• Tape Measure
• Plowing
• Snow Blowers
• Weed Eaters
• Computer Literacy
• Inventory Management
• Mowing
• Cremation

Job areas

• Trades
• Environmental & Sustainability
• Security & Safety
• Grounds Specialist
• Landscaping / Groundskeeping Worker
• Gardeners, Horticultural and Nursery Growers
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers