Supervisor I - Calvary Cemetery (Santa Barbara)

Location: Calvary Cemetery - Santa Barbara 

• Supervises overall cemetery grounds operations; assigns personnel to jobs.
• Lays out graves/crypts for opening; inspects for accuracy of location and proper depth and container; verifies attractiveness and safety of grave setup.
• Maintains accurate records of equipment and sprinkler system maintenance and repair
• Reviews and resolves problems and complaints pertaining to grounds personnel.
• Enforces safety rules and regulations, daily review of security of buildings, equipment and supplies.
• Instructs all grounds personnel in cemetery procedures and policies; maintains accurate records of issued boots and garments.
• Maintains accurate records and reports of inventories of all supplies and submits them to management monthly.
• Assigns work in order of priority; assists families, priests and funeral directors as required.
• Receives all deliveries and verifies accuracy of amounts; receives all permits required from outside vendors issued by the cemetery office.
• Schedules mowing, sweeping and trimming operation, as well as seasonal pruning, landscaping and repairs in advance.
• Evaluates the need for equipment replacement and repairs and submits recommendations.

• Active member of a Roman Catholic faith community.
• Five years in all phases of cemeteries grounds operations, including supervisory responsibilities.  
• Coursework to include basic horticultural maintenance, mechanics, and personnel relations.
• Seminars, workshops and courses in lawn maintenance, equipment maintenance and supervision and personnel management.

• Basic English language usage.
• Laws and application of training in procedures and safety practices relative to interments/entombments and disinterment/disentombments.
• Personnel management.
• Lawn, grounds, and equipment maintenance.
• Interment procedures.

• Interpersonal relations.
• Training, coaching and directing the work of others.
• Maintaining positive public relations with patrons, funeral directors, priests, and vendors.
• Safe and efficient use of required machinery and equipment.
• Settling problems or complaints.
• Performing tasks efficiently and economically.

• Understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Plan and assign workload.
• Train, assign and delegate authority, as needed.
• Handle unexpected problems.
• Lift heavy objects and equipment's.
• Lift objects weighing a minimum of 50 pounds unassisted and be able to lift heavier objects with the aid of other grounds workers.
• Handle grave set-ups, tins and sod carefully.

• Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Sit for sustained periods of time on a daily basis.
• Perform tasks requiring intermittent bending stooping, and walking.
• Sustain frequent movement of the fingers, wrists, hands and arms.