Cemetery Groundskeeper & Maintenance Lead

National Cemetery Administration; Newtown (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

National Cemetery Administration is seeking a Cemetery Caretaker to perform landscaping and grave-keeping duties at the Newtown, PA site. The role involves outdoor work, manual labor, and operation of equipment such as tractors, mowers, and power tools.

Responsibilities include digging graves, leveling, edging headstones, and maintaining grounds throughout the year. The position requires handling heavy physical work, adherence to safety protocols, and willingness to work a schedule that may

Qualifications

• Experience in landscaping, groundskeeping, or related trades including use of hand tools and/or power tools, and safe operation of related machinery and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operate small tractors and riding lawn mowers.
• Transplant shrubs, dig graves to proper level, cut and remove sod.
• Align headstones and maintain cemetery grounds using power trimmers, chainsaws, and other tools.
• Assist in lifting and placing caskets on lowering devices, and perform outdoor grounds maintenance.

Skills

Landscaping

Grounds maintenance

Tool operation

Physical strength

Tools

Lawn mowers

Chainsaws

Power tools

Job description

National Cemetery Administration is seeking a Cemetery Caretaker to perform landscaping and grave-keeping duties at the Newtown, PA site. The role involves outdoor work, manual labor, and operation of equipment such as tractors, mowers, and power tools.

Responsibilities include digging graves, leveling, edging headstones, and maintaining grounds throughout the year. The position requires handling heavy physical work, adherence to safety protocols, and willingness to work a schedule that may