VETERANS CEMETERY FOREMAN - 66003

Executive Service

VETERANS CEMETERY FOREMAN

Department of Veterans Services

Cemeteries

Knoxville, TN

Salary: $4,017.00 per month

Closing Date: 03/10/2025

Who we are and what we do:

The TN Department of Veterans vision is to make Tennessee the national leader in serving veterans and their families. Our mission is to serve veterans of all eras through passionate advocacy, informative outreach, and an honorable final resting place.

The core values define who we are, our culture, and how we care for Veterans and eligible beneficiaries. Our values are more than just words ' they affect outcomes in our daily interactions with Veterans and eligible beneficiaries and with each other. Taking the first letter of each word 'TRUST, RESPECT, ADVOCACY, COMMITMENT, EXCELLENCE' creates a powerful acronym, TRACE. The acronym will remind each TDVS employee of the importance of their role to be laser-focused on finding those Veterans and their families who require our vital services. These core values come together as five promises we make as individuals and as a TEAM to those we serve.

Job Overview:

This position is responsible for supervisory work over a large Veterans Cemetery. An employee in this class develops and implements cemetery production plans and procedures for, supervises, and participates in the operation of light and heavy equipment in the construction of roads, interments, setting headstones and landscaping work for the cemetery.

Key Responsibilities:

Reviews the information for the burial schedule including specifications related to equipment availability and weather. Meets with the director daily to discuss the previous and current activities of the day including reviewing employee attendance and daily work schedules. Utilizes communication skills in maintaining effective internal and external working relationships.Encourages a team building environment. Attends relevant National Cemetery Administration training classes. Completes administrative duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of three years of full-time experience in either grounds maintenance or heavy equipment operation work.

Substitution of Education for Experience:

• Qualifying full-time grounds maintenance or heavy equipment operation experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Necessary Special Qualifications:

• Applicants for this class must possess a valid Tennessee Driver's License Operate both manual and automatic transmission vehicles Lift heavy materials and equipment up to 50 lbs.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.