Grounds Specialist
- Location
- TX - Lubbock
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.
Manages the grounds provided at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs all grounds keeping and maintenance matters on the properties and maintains the overall appearance of a cemetery, mausoleum or funeral home location.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Mows grass, plows snow, waters lawns, fertilizes and trims shrubs, tends flower beds and regularly inspects assigned work areas to insure proper standards are maintained
- Operates lawn and grounds equipment including push and power mowers, snow blowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers and other related power equipment
- Removes debris and trash from grounds. May include turning down vases and removing wilted flowers
- Participates on teams for openings and closings for interments, entombments and inurnments
- May perform disinterment
- May determine the location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures
- May perform minor repairs to the cemetery and or building systems
- May perform some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations
- Must follow safety rules and ensure compliance with the operating procedures of corporate, federal, state and local regulations, including OSHA regulations and Safety and Environmental guidelines
- May assist in moving and installing burial vaults
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent
Experience
- Minimum 6 months relevant experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer and leaf blower
- Ability to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard-stick, etc.)
- Ability to work in extreme weather conditions
- Physically agile and dexterous
- Ability to operate equipment in a safe and careful manner
- Ability to effectively work with others to accomplish tasks
- Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel and client families
- Basic computer skills to enable retrieving and responding to email communications
Postal Code: 79407
Category (Portal Searching): Cemetery Maintenance
Job Location: US-TX - Lubbock
From SD4 California Cemetery and Funeral Services, LLC's careers page (Workday), checked 30 Oct 2026.
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Posted 22 Oct 2026 · checked 30 Oct 2026 · Report this job