CEMETERY WORKER 2

Lehi City; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Lehi City's Cemetery department is seeking a skilled cemetery worker to perform a range of maintenance, beautification, and facility tasks. You will assist with funerals, guide processions, help visitors locate graves, and supervise crews when the Cemetery Supervisor is unavailable.

Qualifications include a high school diploma and two years of cemetery/turf experience, with the ability to lift 50 pounds and operate standard cemetery equipment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required
• Two years cemetery/turf maintenance experience
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Knowledge of landscape and sprinkler systems
• Ability to identify and apply pesticides
• Excellent verbal and written communication

Responsibilities

• Perform cemetery operations and turf management
• Assist funerals and direct processions
• Assist visitors with locating graves
• Supervise head stone and vault crews
• May act as lead worker when supervisor absent

Skills

Lifting 50 lbs

Cemetery equipment knowledge

Sprinkler systems know-how

Pesticide knowledge

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Backhoe

Mowers

Tractors

Aerators

Trimmers

Job description

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled

PAY RATE: $20.99 - $29.38 per hour, depending on qualifications & experience, with starting wage not typically above the mid-point of the range ($25.18).

SCHEDULE: 6:30 am - 5:00 pm (Wednesday - Saturday), some holidays required.

DEPARTMENT: Cemetery

Job Summary

Performs a variety of general skilled and semi-skilled duties related to cemetery operations, cemetery turf management and beautification, facilities maintenance, construction and repair; responds to public questions, explains cemetery procedures and policies; assists with funerals by directing processions and coordinating cemetery activities; assists people in locating graves; supervises the work of head stone and vault companies. May act as lead worker in the absence of Cemetery Supervisor or Cemetery Sexton.

Responsiblities And Qualifications

Graduation from high school and two (2) years of experience in the maintenance, upkeep, and beautification of turf and cemeteries or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Must have a working knowledge of cemetery maintenance equipment such as backhoe, mowers, tractors, aerators and trimmers.
• Knowledge and application of landscape and sprinkler systems.
• Understanding of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and pesticides.
• Ability to recognize, identify, and apply chemicals for the abatement and eradication of noxious weeds and insects.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with supervisor, subordinates, and the public.

Employment in this position is conditional upon passing a pre-employment background and drug test. The City's drug test and background check policy can be found in its entirety here: https://www.lehi-ut.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Employee-Policy-Manual-July-1-2024.pdf - https://www.lehi-ut.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Employee-Policy-Manual-July-1-2024.pdf