Cemetery Caretaker

National Cemetery Administration; Johnson City (TN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

National Cemetery Administration in Mountain Home, Tennessee, is seeking a Cemetery Caretaker at the WG-06 level. The role involves physical labor, cemetery maintenance, and operation of equipment to maintain headstones and grounds.

Responsibilities include digging graves, erecting and aligning markers, and performing routine groundskeeping, with overtime and weekend requirements as needed to support the cemetery’s mission.

Qualifications

• The Cemetery Caretaker performs jobs requiring mainly manual skills and physical strength.

Responsibilities

• Operate small tractors and riding lawn mowers and transplant shrubs.
• Dig graves to proper level and tamp/level dirt with hand and power tools.
• Align headstones and clean cemetery grounds; perform snow/ice removal as needed.

Job description

• Hiring Agency: National Cemetery Administration
• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is located at the Mountain Home National Cemetery in Mountain Home, Tennessee.

Key Responsibilities

The Cemetery Caretaker performs jobs requiring mainly manual skills and physical strength.

Performs a variety of tasks, such as operating small tractors and riding lawn mowers; transplanting shrubs; digging graves to the proper level; cutting and removing sod, tamping and leveling dirt using hand and power tools; digging and squaring graves using pneumatic equipment, picks and shovels; assisting in lifting and placing caskets on lowering devices; loading and unloading materials; aligning headstones; cleaning and clearing cemetery grounds of debris using power trimmers, chainsaws, axes, shovels, rakes, blowers, vacuums etc.; weeding, mulching, and applying fertilizer; pruning shrubs and low level dead branches; removing snow and ice; cleaning headstones using sprayer and hand brush; and cleaning service and administrative areas.

Work schedule: May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time. Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year.

Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery. Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Position Description Title/PD#:Cemetery Caretaker/PD136120 The full performance level of this position is WG-06.

Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $23.58 – $27.52/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-26.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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