Serve Those Who Have Served - Join the Team at the State Veterans Cemetery

The State of Connecticut, Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) is seeking a Maintainer (Driver/Equipment Operator) to help care for and preserve the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. This is meaningful, hands-on work supporting the mission of honoring Connecticut's veterans with dignity and respect.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:
Schedule: Monday - Friday
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Shift: First shift, 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: State Veterans Cemetery, 317 Bow Lane, Middletown, CT

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
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Professional growth and development opportunities.
A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:
As a Maintainer at the State Veterans Cemetery, you will support daily operations that ensure a dignified resting place for veterans and their families, including:
Meeting and greeting visitors and funeral directors, setting up and breaking down for special events, and assisting with traffic control.
Assisting with funerals through operations such as: digging cremation graves, opening, interring and closing of columbarium niches, closing of graves, removal and resetting of federal markers, and installation and removal of ground protection devices.
Maintaining the grounds through: mowing, string trimming, fertilizing and weed control, growing plants, maintaining the various trees, snow removal, maintenance of buildings and cleaning restrooms.
Operating various equipment and vehicles, including: dump tucks of less than 5-tons, complex mowers, tractors and skid steers.

MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY AND FACILITIES:
For over 140 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been caring for its Veterans and their dependents. As a Department, we believe in "serving those who have served." This is accomplished through our: Office of Advocacy and Assistance, Residential Facility, Healthcare Center, and Cemetery and Burial Services.

The State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown is the largest state-operated veterans cemetery in Connecticut. It is under the administrative control of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and its Commissioner. Burial in the State Veterans Cemetery is reserved for eligible veterans and their spouses. The cemetery averages 17 to 23 burials a week and can conduct as many as 28 per week.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
Skillsinterpersonal skills;
oral and written communication skills;
Ability tofollow oral and written instructions;
operate equipment and vehicles used in daily work;
learn policies and procedures;
operate, care for and perform minor maintenance on tools and equipment used in daily work;
record keep.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any experience and training which provide the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience working in a cemetery setting
Experience in groundskeeping.
Experience in snowplow operation and snowblower operation.
Experience in the operation and maintenance of skid steer loaders and zero turn lawn mowers.
Experience operating excavators and utilizing attachments associated with the excavators.
Experience in setting federal grave markers.