Cemetery Groundskeeper

About the Employer

Everstory Partners focuses on creating compassionate spaces where families and individuals can find comfort, purpose, and support while coping with loss. The organization recognizes that grief is personal and deeply human, and it aims to offer steady guidance, kindness, and respect throughout that experience. Supported by a national network and local presence, the company’s role is to be a dependable partner in honoring a person’s life and legacy.

Role Summary

The Cemetery Groundskeeper plays a key role in maintaining the cemetery grounds, supporting funeral services, and helping keep the property safe, orderly, and welcoming for employees and visitors. This position calls for someone who is dependable, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering high-quality service.

Key Duties

• Carry out routine landscape care, including mowing, weed-whacking, and related outdoor upkeep.
• Keep tools and equipment in proper working condition.
• Assist with activities connected to funeral services.
• Use machinery carefully and in accordance with safety practices.
• Help install cemetery vaults when required.
• Install headstones or memorials as needed.
• Perform general daily maintenance tasks around the property.
• Manage snow removal duties when weather conditions require it.
• Take on additional responsibilities assigned by the Grounds Superintendent.

Core Competencies

• Compassion: Demonstrates genuine care for people and responds with empathy and support.
• Customer Focus: Works with internal and external customers in mind and builds trust through dependable service.
• Ethics and Values: Consistently acts in line with strong values and appropriate workplace standards.

Requirements

• High school equivalency is required.
• At least 2 years of experience in maintenance or a similar field.
• Ability to operate maintenance equipment and machinery.
• Capacity to read and follow memos and instructions from supervisors or management.
• Strong organization skills and the ability to juggle multiple tasks with frequent interruptions.
• Good customer service and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to lift up to 80 lbs.
• Valid state driver’s license required.
• Must be available to work some holidays, evenings, and weekends as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Anniversary award for each year of service.
• Career advancement and training through the Aspiring Managers Program.
• Employee assistance support through Everstory Cares.
• Legend Award Program.
• Funeral and cemetery benefits.
• Employee referral bonus.
• 401(k) plan with company match.

Equal Opportunity and Pay Details

Everstory Partners is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without discrimination based on race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. Compensation is set using several factors, including skills, experience, training, licensure, certification, and broader organizational needs. The stated pay range also reflects geographic differences tied to the job location, and final compensation depends on the circumstances of each hire.

Salary

The pay range for this role is $17.00 to $18.00 per hour.