Cemetery Groundskeeper

3 weeks ago

Epping, Essex, United Kingdom Get Staffed Online Recruitment Full time
Cemetery Groundskeeper

We are offering a competitive salary of £28,000 - £35,000 per annum for this Cemetery Groundskeeper position.

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the grounds of our cemetery in Epping, Essex.

This includes digging ash interments and ash scatterings, maintenance of plots, placing of memorials and digging of plots for burials.

The key responsibilities of this role include:

  • CUSTOMER SERVICE DELIVERY:
    • Ensure you consistently promote the highest standard of professional customer service.
    • Customers are greeted and acknowledged in a warm and friendly manner and all questions are answered.
    • Parking management for large funerals / multiple funerals or events (park specific).
    • Complete all funeral duties including the supervising / digging (and backfilling) of graves, ash interments and ash scatterings.
    • Work with the wider park team to assist with building set up for services and events if required.
  • WOODLAND / GROUNDS / FACILITIES MAINTENANCE:
    • Complete tree felling /maintenance; climbing, coppicing, pruning, and chipping (training provided).
    • Deliver Woodlands Maintenance tasks to the company's WOW' standards for maintenance.
    • Complete all grounds maintenance tasks and implement the Company Standard for the Maintenance of Burial Circles and Graves and the Landscape Maintenance Framework, including the surveying of plots and burial trees.
    • Ensure all landscaping is completed, including the planting, tree management, hedges, shrubs etc.
    • Placing and cleaning of memorial posts, wildlife boxes and topping up bird feeders.
    • Maintenance of buildings, facilities, equipment, site furniture and boiler (where applicable).
    • Delivery of Woodland / Grounds projects, such as for key events, seasonal planting, coppicing, creation of prestige areas etc.
  • ADMINISTRATION:
    • Maintain stocks of materials and products required for the grounds.
    • Collect/deliver all delivery notes, invoices, digging tickets or any other administrative documents, safely between the ground team cabin and the office.