Equipment Operator Craftsman

Job Title : Cemetery Operator

Under direction of the Cemetery Operations Manager, serve as an operator of heavy and light motorized equipment. Scope of duties to include; maintain cemetery grounds and grave areas including, but not limited to irrigation and grave excavation; burial functions (opening / closing for interments, entombments, inurnments, disinterment); lawn sodding, seeding, fertilizing; monument and marker setting; manual and mechanical earth moving and lawn care equipment operation. Facilitates special events, services, and programs for Veteran's Cemetery.

Essential Functions :

• Determines workloads and schedules, interpreting, implementing policies and procedures.
• Plan, coordinate, conduct, a wide variety of services provided by the Veterans Cemetery, including the maintenance and landscaping of grounds, safety, irrigation repair / efficiency, facilities and cemetery medians.
• Make daily / periodic inspections of heavy / maintenance equipment to ensure proper operation and employee safety.
• Prepare a variety of reports such as operational, activity, and equipment maintenance reports, recommend purchase requisitions, purchase orders, check requests, invoices, and other reports as requested.
• Communicate effectively with fellow workers, contractor personnel and client families, ensure that procedures and rules are followed at the facility.
• Additional duties assigned.

Qualifications :

Experience : Two years of heavy equipment experience preferred. Previous heavy equipment experience in a cemetery field is preferred. Must be at least 18 years of age.

Education / Training : A high school diploma or a GED is required. A valid Texas driver's license; the ability to obtain one within ninety (90) days of employment, or a military waiver is required. Physical Exam is required.

Knowledge and Abilities :

Ability to :

Physical Requirements : Essential duties require the following physical skills and work environment : Heavy work. Exerting up to 100lbs. of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and / or fingers, knees, and back. Employee is required to have dexterity to perform kneeling, crouching, bending at the waist, and occasional over-head work; extensive physical labor.