Join our team and play a vital role ensuring our cemeteries remain welcoming and well‑maintained. As a Cemetery Operator, you’ll be involved in all day‑to‑day operations, including grounds and facility upkeep, crematorium duties and assisting with interment services. This meaningful role allows you to make a real difference by creating a respectful and comforting environment for families.
The Role:
- Perform the operational functions of Council’s cemeteries including, ground and garden maintenance facility and equipment maintenance, interments support and crematorium operations
- Carries out regular facility and amenity cleaning and maintenance
- Undertake cremations, receiving cremation paperwork, cremation insertion, ash crushing, packaging and labelling of ashes
- Provide information to visitors to the cemeteries, funeral directors, Council’s cemetery operations foreman, council’s cemeteries administrator and other units within Council’s organisation.
What's on offer:
- a base salary ranging from $59,040 per annum with competency-based increments up to $67,436 per annum, plus 12% super
- 76 hour, 9 day fortnight
- training and development opportunities
- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).
We are seeking:
- General Construction Induction Card (White Card)
- 'Hands-on' experience with computer-based business systems
- Current Vehicle licence - medium rigid
- Chemical users certificate - (Chemcert certificate)
- Communication skills in a sensitive environment for handling public enquiries, complaints and minor conflicts
- Competence in reading and understanding plans/drawings.
About us:
- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
- Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.
Where it's located:
This position is based at Tweed Valley Lawn Cemetery and Crematorium, Eviron, and can be directed to work from any Council work site.
Position closes:
Friday 27 March 2026 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.
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