Utilityperson (Cemetery)

**Section**: Cemetery Services
**Division**: Leisure Services
**Department**: Community Development
**Initial Reporting Location**: Civic Memorial Cemetery

**Job Status**: Limited position
**Estimated Probable Duration**: until November 21, 2025

**Affiliation**:CUPE 4705 Outside Unit
**Hours of Work**: 80 hours bi-weekly
**Shift Work Required**: Some evenings and weekends may be required
**Rate of Pay**: $29.48 per hour

**The start date will follow the selection process.**

**Characteristic Duties**: Under the general supervision of the Manager of Cemetery Services and the day to day direction of the Cemetery Sub-Foreperson.
- Assist with casket earth interments.
- Perform all cremation earth interments, casket entombments and cremation entombments in the mausoleum and niche walls.
- Assist with disinterment and transfer of remains as directed.
- Determine the correct location of an interment; ensure foundations and grave markers are installed properly and are in their correct locations.
- Ability to ensure all grave sites are prepared properly.
- Perform routine grave and grounds maintenance.
- Maintain turf by watering, top soiling, seeding, re-sodding and cutting.
- Operate various pieces of small equipment such as riding mowers and turf trucks, e.g. all-terrain vehicles.
- Load and unload trucks as required.
- Transport personnel, materials, supplies, equipment and refuse.
- Perform routine labour work when not engaged in Utilityperson duties.
- Develop and maintain a thorough working knowledge of CGS's Safety Manual and the applicable Provincial Legislation listed therein.
- Perform other related duties as required.

**Qualifications**:

- Successful completion of Secondary School (Grade XII) Education.
- One (1) year of related cemetery experience an asset.
- Ability to read and understand equipment manuals, prepare work reports and perform routine maintenance on equipment when required.
- Proven ability to operate equipment used for turf maintenance and snow removal, e.g. all-terrain vehicles with related attachments, one-ton 4x4 truck with plow and sander, tractors with grass cutting attachments.
- Develop and maintain a thorough working knowledge of cemetery operations and burial procedures.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs individually and over 50 lbs with a two person lift.
- Demonstrate ability to work co-operatively, efficiently and effectively alongside peers and superiors.
- Ability to maintain pleasant and effective interpersonal relations under difficult circumstances.
- Ability to communicate effectively with CGS Employees, Funeral Home staff, suppliers and the public.
- Fork lift operator certification is an asset.
- Excellent use of English; verbally and in writing.
- Satisfactory health, attendance and former employment history.
- May require the use of a CGS vehicle on CGS business. Must be physically capable of operating a vehicle safely, possess a valid driver's licence, and have an acceptable driving record.

**How To Apply**:
We must receive your resume **before 11:59 p.m. on Monday, June 30, 2025**. For those providing a French language resume, please also include an English version.
- Ensure you attached a cover letter and resume. Acceptable file types are:

.doc
- .docx
- .txt
- .pdf
- .rtf

All applicants are thanked for their interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If contacted, and you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process you must advise the Hiring Manager.

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