Superintendent

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

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

We have been honored to deliver healing experiences to the Houston community. We exist to serve the unique needs of every family. NorthStar Memorial Group is seeking a Superintendent at San Jacinto Funeral Home & Memorial Park in Houston, Texas. This role is essential to maintaining a beautiful, safe, and dignified environment for the families we serve. Our Superintendents play a key part in cemetery operations, leading with professionalism, accuracy, and respect. We value dedication, recognize potential, and celebrate ethical leadership across our teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain memorials, markers, and crypts to ensure 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 precision, safety, 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.

Qualifications

• Experience operating large machinery; backhoe experience required.
• 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.
• Work cooperatively with funeral home and cemetery team members.

We are an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.