Cemetery Operations Lead – Interments & Grounds

Northstar-Memorial-Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthStar Memorial Group in Houston, TX, is seeking a Superintendent for San Jacinto Funeral Home & Memorial Park to oversee cemetery operations with a focus on safety, dignity, and service to families. The role requires coordinating with funeral home and cemetery teams to maintain a respectful, well-kept environment.

The Superintendent will lead grounds staff, operate heavy machinery, and ensure compliance with cemetery standards, while upholding the company’s commitment to ethical leadership

Qualifications

• Experience operating large machinery including backhoes.
• Ability to move, install, and set burial vaults safely and accurately.
• Ability to interpret cemetery maps, grave layouts, and plot documentation.
• Ability to lead grounds staff in caretaking and maintenance responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain memorials, markers, and crypts to keep a well-kept and respectful environment.
• Verify all interment, entombment, and inurnment locations using cemetery maps and layout documentation.
• Perform grave opening and closing with safety, accuracy, and reverence.
• Install markers and memorials according to specifications and cemetery standards.
• Operate large mechanical equipment, including backhoes, for burial vault placement and grounds tasks.
• Ensure grounds crew uniforms, appearance, and conduct reflect professionalism and respect toward client families.
• Maintain inventories, clean facilities, and conduct daily policing of the grounds to remove debris, trash, limbs, and other items that detract from a dignified setting.
• Support any role required within groundskeeping or facilities maintenance.

Skills

Machinery operation

Backhoe experience

Map interpretation

Team leadership

Caretaking responsibilities

Job description

NorthStar Memorial Group in Houston, TX, is seeking a Superintendent for San Jacinto Funeral Home & Memorial Park to oversee cemetery operations with a focus on safety, dignity, and service to families. The role requires coordinating with funeral home and cemetery teams to maintain a respectful, well-kept environment.

The Superintendent will lead grounds staff, operate heavy machinery, and ensure compliance with cemetery standards, while upholding the company’s commitment to ethical leadership