Cemetery Grounds Manager

**Job Title: Cemetery Field Operations Manager**

**Location**: Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

**Company**: Cataraqui Cemetery EST. 1850

**When**: As soon as possible.

**Status**: Full Time
- Permanent

**Work schedule**: Typically Monday - Frida, 8am to 5pm. But does require rotational weekends, overtime and also on call as needed to support operational and seasonal demands.

**Remuneration**: $60,000 + comprehensive benefits.

**About Us**:
Cataraqui Cemetery is a historic and revered 90+ acre garden cemetery located in Kingston, Ontario. As a not for profit corporation, we are dedicated to providing a serene and beautiful final resting place for the community, offering a range of cemetery services, funeral services, and cremation services with a focus on professionalism, care, respect, and heritage conservation

**Position Overview**:
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Field Operations Manager to lead our Grounds and Horticulture department. The Field Operations Manager will be a fill time employee and responsible for overseeing the maintenance and care of our cemetery grounds and field operations, physical assets/equipment, and outdoor grounds. This full-time position requires a performance-driven individual who can effectively communicate company and departmental tasks, schedules, and expectations to a team of subordinate personnel. The Filed Operations Manager report to and is responsible to the corporation's General Manager. The GM, our Funeral and Client Service s Manager and our Field Operations Manager, form the cemetery's management team.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Manage, organize, and supervise the grounds and horticulture department to ensure the timely completion of operational requirements and duties with a high degree of care, accuracy, and professionalism.
- Recruit, hire, schedule, train, coach, mentor, and evaluate department personnel.
- Maintain and care for company and department assets, including equipment, vehicles, hand tools, buildings, and physical features.
- Review, improve, and develop documented company and departmental methods, best practices, policies, and procedures.
- Ensure the timely delivery of cemetery and related interment services, including preparing sites for interment, ongoing care & maintenance of interment sites and cemetery features, and installing/restoring monuments and markers.
- Daily maintenance and presentation of the cemetery's historic and heritage designated grounds and landscaped features.
- Collaborate with other company departments, managers and staff to ensure the delivery of services while maintaining the highest commitment to client care.
- Manage departmental budget, expenses, and profitability.

**Required Skills**:

- Strong personal discipline and awareness to lead by example.
- Strong computer skills
- Strong problem solving skills
- Strong numeracy skills.
- Excellent communication skills in English (oral, written, and body language).
- Strong interpersonal skills to manage varying personalities, and skill levels.
- Strong knowledge of landscape maintenance techniques, and best practices.
- Proficiency with the safe and proper operation and maintenance of cemetery, landscaping, and task-appropriate equipment and hand tools.
- Strong knowledge and dedication to time management and scheduling.
- Attention to detail and pride in all tasks.
- Proactive problem-solving ability.
- Physical ability to labor when needed to support staff or tasks.

**Experience**:

- Post secondary education or degree in a relevant trade or business administration.
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a supervisory or managing role of at least 5 staff and departmental responsibilities.
- Experience in managing company assets.
- Preferably 2-5 years of experience in cemetery operations and services or comparable experience in property maintenance, landscape maintenance, golf course maintenance, agriculture, or silviculture.
- Valid Ontario Driver’s License (G class or better).
- Ability to pass a police background check and a Corrections Canada background check.

**How to Apply**:
If you have the skills and experience required for this position and are passionate about working outdoors and delivering meaningful services to our community, **please submit your resume in person or as an attachment to this post. Please include a covering letter highlighting your relevant experiences. We look forward to hearing from you**

Join Cataraqui Cemetery and be a part of creating beautiful landscapes and leaving a positive historical legacy for our community.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Kin