Cemetery Worker Job at City of Mesa - Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, Mesa, AZ

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  • City of Mesa - Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities
  • Mesa, AZ

Job Description

First review of applications will be Monday, May 5, 2025; and weekly thereafter as needed.

A Cemetery Worker performs unskilled, semiskilled, and skilled tasks related to interment and marker installation work at the City’s cemetery.  Duties range from skilled operation of a backhoe for precision digging of grave sites, including:  grave layout and burial site preparation (example:  hauling and placing lowering devices), setting markers, pouring concrete borders and pads, and constructing in-ground urn units; covering graves with boards for safety purposes; to semiskilled activities such as:  irrigation repair work, maintaining berms to ensure proper water control, maintaining straps and tires on lowering devices, and using a motorized cart to transport lowering devices and canopies to and from grave sites; adjusting and aligning lowering devices over graves and installing side curtains; and tree care, maintenance, and planting of donated trees.  An important component of tasks performed by this class is the public contact work involving dealing with grieving individuals.  Other cemetery duties include:  mowing; trimming; flower removal; cleaning around grave site locations; assisting with special event set ups; and special projects such as exploratory digging in the cemetery expansion area to remove unwanted materials, and excavating and back filling for an archeological dig in the expansion area.  This class performs related duties as required.

Work is often done independently under the general supervision of the Cemetery Crew Leader, who reviews work through conferences, spot checking, and results achieved. Some work requires prolonged heavy physical exertion under adverse weather conditions.  Work may require weekend work to accommodate burial schedules.  This class is FLSA nonexempt.

Please refer to the link below for the full job description and additional information regarding assignments, preferred qualifications, and essential functions.

Qualifications & Requirements

Employee ValuesAll employees of the City of Mesa are expected to uphold and exhibit the City’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.Minimum Qualifications Required.  Any combination of training, education, or experience equivalent to graduation from high school or GED.  Good (1 – 3 years) experience in cemetery or parks ground maintenance, landscaping, golf course, athletic field, or related facilities maintenance; and some (6 months-1 year) backhoe operation experience.

Substance Abuse Testing.  Due to the safety and/or security sensitive nature of this classification, individuals shall be subject to pre-employment or pre-placement alcohol, drug and/or controlled substance testing as outlined in City policy and procedures.

Preferred/Desirable Qualifications.  Previous cemetery operations experience is preferred.  Experience in public contact work involving face-to-face communication is highly desirable.

Link to Job Description

http://apps.mesaaz.gov/JobDescriptions/Documents/JobDescriptions/cs3744.pdf

Employer
City of Mesa

Address
PO Box 1466Mesa, Arizona, 85211-1466

Phone
480-644-2758
480-644-3240

Website
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mesaaz

Application Link

Job Tags

Full time, Gangs, Weekend work,

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