NorthStar Memorial Group is seeking a Cemetery Caretaker at Chapel of the Chimes Oakland, CA. Our maintenance teams take pride in maintaining our buildings and grounds with attention to detail and tradition, ensuring every family’s unique experience is honored. As integral parts of our community, our maintenance workers have a strong sense of ownership in our grounds and locations, reflecting the highest standards of quality and comfort in this stable role. In this role, the facilities maintenance crew gains transferable skills fostering even more of a sense of purpose.
The Cemetery Caretaker is responsible for the overall appearance of the columbarium, mausoleum, and funeral home locations, including general cleaning, maintenance and groundskeeping, installing crypt faces, memorials, monuments, conducting interments, entombments and inurnments, and repairs and maintenance tasks.
Responsibilities
- Facilities Cleaning:
- Maintains overall appearance and cleanliness of funeral home, columbarium, and mausoleum facilities.
- Daily duties include janitorial tasks such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, and cobweb removal
- Cleans and maintains the facility, dispose of trash, performs minor repairs, painting, etc.
- Assists in loading and unloading deliveries.
- Grounds Keeping:
- Maintains lawn and trims around trees, walkways, and memorial markers
- Weed and debris removal from gardens
- Moves and removes flowers to and from the chapel and graveside.
- Blows leaf and grass
- Clears debris and maintains drives and walkways in a safe condition.
- Cleans fountains
- Interment Services
- Assist team with entombments and inurnments
- Help with preparation and setup for opening and closing interments, entombments, and inurnments
- Assist team with installation of memorial markers for crypts and niches
Compensation
$21-$23/hr.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) with Employer Matching
Qualifications
- Valid driver’s license
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 6 + months of experience in grounds keeping and/or maintenance
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.
Skills Required
- Valid driver's license
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 6+ months of experience in grounds keeping and/or maintenance
What We Do
Passion. Professionalism. Personal growth. What we do is more than a job. It’s an opportunity to change lives and unleash your talent. Since 2004, NorthStar Memorial Group has grown, evolved and led the funeral and cemetery profession with a fresh perspective and without ever losing sight of what we do best: celebrating life and passionately supporting the families we serve. What began as a single property in Decatur, Illinois has now expanded to include more than 85 funeral, cremation and cemetery locations serving thousands of families across the United States. Here, we understand the power of legacies, and we’ve made it our life’s work to honor them. At NorthStar Memorial Group, we choose collaboration over bureaucracy. Here, everyone has a chance to lead. We encourage & empower our people at every level to speak up, be heard, and watch their ideas become realities. Degreed & non-degreed professionals, labor workers, industry experts – people from all career and experiential backgrounds have the opportunity to find a home here. Sound too good to be true? Apply today to see why our employees have voted NSMG one of the best companies to work for 8 years in a row and one of Selling Power's 2021 Top 50 Companies To Sell For! For more information about career opportunities with NorthStar, visit www.nsmg.com/careers/ or Join our Talent Network @ https://nsmg.jobs.net/en-US/ As a member of our Talent Network, you'll: - Receive alerts with new job opportunities that match your interests - Receive relevant communications and updates from our organization - Share job opportunities with family and friends through Social Media or email Whether you choose to apply or just leave your information, we look forward to staying connected with you
