Grounds Person / Relief Cremator Technician – Entry Level Opportunity

Grounds Person / Relief Cremator Technician – Entry Level Opportunity 
Exeter, Devon 

Are you looking to embark on a rewarding and engaging career with a well-established business? Want to increase your knowledge and help to deliver an integral service to your community? If so, we would love to hear from you. 

Who am I working for? 

Part of the Dignity Group, Exeter & Devon Crematorium have helped our community to say goodbye to their loved ones for over 50 years. Based in 14 acres of beautiful grounds, we treat every family with dignity and respect, supporting them every step of the way during a difficult time in their lives. 

Dignity has 45 crematoria and 900 Funeral Directors throughout the UK, as well as a pre-need funeral sales division and manufacturing division. 

We are now looking for a Grounds Person / Relief Cremator Technician to join our team and help to maintain a welcoming and peaceful environment where families can remember their loved ones. 

What are the benefits? 

- Competitive salary  
- Overtime paid at time and a half 
- Workplace pension scheme 
- Long service awards 
- Company sick pay 
- Employee assistance programme 
- Company share save scheme 
- Company legal services - free basic will writing, free legal advice (not including employment law) and 15% off legal services and saving on funeral plans 
- Childcare vouchers - an employee may receive vouchers in addition or in lieu of standard pay, if using a registered or approved childcare 
- Company discounts 
- Uniform and PPE provided 
- Designated smoking area 
- 22 days’ holiday (rising with service) 

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a highly rewarding career with a long-established business with a rich history. 

Our employees have access to a welfare trust, which provides grants or loans to support your ongoing learning, as well as medical, convalescent and compassionate or hardship loans, if required. 

We will provide you with full training and ongoing support to increase your horticultural skills and enable you to maintain our grounds to the highest standards. 

What’s more, we will also support you to achieve your Certificate of Crematory Proficiency, making this an excellent opportunity to gain valuable qualifications that are recognised throughout the industry. 

What will I be doing? 

As a Grounds Person / Relief Cremator Technician, you will help to maintain our grounds, ensuring that we continue to provide a tranquil and pleasant environment for those remembering their loved ones. 

When required, you will also operate our cremators and ancillary equipment to ensure that a high quality funeral service is delivered. 

Specifically, your duties will involve: 

- Performing general grounds maintenance tasks 
- Carrying out general repairs 
- Building private gardens 
- Assisting visitors with any enquiries 
- Remaining sensitive to the needs of bereaved individuals 
- Acting as an ambassador for our business at all times 
- Suggesting ways to improve our service to the Manager 
- Carrying out cremations and preparing ashes 
- Ensuring the safe custody of cremated remains left in our care 

What do I need? 

- A full, valid driving licence 
- The willingness to learn 
- A commitment to delivering a first-class service 
- Excellent communication skills 
- An empathetic approach 

Ideally, you will have previous grounds maintenance and general repair experience, but this is by no means essential. 

We’re eager to hear from individuals who have experience as, or would like to become a, Grounds Person, Assistant Grounds Person, Gardener, Assistant Cremator Technician, Crematorium Assistant or Crematorium Technician. 

Please note, candidates who are progressed to the next stage will be sent a company application form by Exeter & Devon Crematorium. Candidates must complete this application form in full in order to be progressed any further. 

DBS and reference checks will be carried for the successful candidate upon offer of employment. 

Webrecruit and Exeter & Devon Crematorium are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. 

So, if you’re looking to take your next step as a Grounds Person / Relief Cremator Technician, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Working hours: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8:00 – 17:00, with a 1 hour lunch break and two 20 minute breaks, plus overtime