Fast-paced and team-focused! Join our team as a Monument Installer!
Des Moines-Winterset Memorials is seeking a hardworking, enthusiastic, and dependable full-time Monument Installer to handle the preparation and installation of granite memorial monuments in cemeteries.
This role includes digging foundations, placing finished monuments, and ensuring each installation meets high-quality standards. This is a hands-on, physical position that involves working outdoors in all weather conditions and requires a strong commitment to completing tasks with precision and care.
What You’ll Do (including but not limited to):
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Drive to cemetery gravesites to install monuments, follow maps, diagrams, and written specifications
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Dig trench for foundation using mini-excavator and/or hand tools
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Mix and pour concrete/mortar
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Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure the surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface
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Remove the monument from the truck bed and guide it onto the foundation using skids, hoist, or truck crane
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Set monument in place, according to layout or pattern
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Hand-polish and/or machine-polish memorials
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Clean and repair memorials as required
What We’re Looking For (including but not limited to):
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High school diploma or equivalent (GED) and minimum of one year related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
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Ability to operate work-related machinery including excavator, truck-mounted crane, and hand tools
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Able to work in various weather conditions
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Ability to lift to 70 lbs.
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Must possess current CDL and be insurable
Des Moines-Winterset Memorials is an Employee-Owned Company, that offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits and is an Equal Opportunity Employer!
