BURIAL OPERATIONS OFFICER

Personnel Area: Customer Services

Branch: Cemetries

Salary Range: Grade 6 at $1423.20 per week plus superannuation

(Remuneration stated is for a full-time position)

Work type:  2 x temporary full-time

Duration: Up to 2 years

Location: Mt Gravatt with flexibility to operate across multiple cemetery sites

Our Business

Brisbane City Council (Council) is one of the largest local governments in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the biggest employers in Queensland. We have more than 300 job types across a broad range of service areas, with roles that serve our community. We employ an inclusive and diverse workforce, with great benefits and flexible work options. A job with us offers skill development, career mobility and access to benefits that matter.

Our Team

Council’s Cemeteries and Crematoria team provides burial and cremation services to the community and is responsible for the maintenance of 12 cemeteries across Brisbane. Our dedicated team of professional and operational staff maintain cemetery grounds, graves and memorials across our cemeteries and provide vital funerary services at each of the sites.         We have cemeteries at Hemmant, Toowong, Mt Gravatt and Pinnaroo (Bridgeman Downs).

The Role

As a Burial Operations Officer, you will be undertaking a manual labour role, including excavating burial sites with machinery, setting-up and consolidate burials and memorialisation of ashes, undertake grounds maintenance and landscaping projects. Working amongst a highly motivated team, your strong work ethic, collaborative attitude and personal initiative will be a great asset to fulfil daily operations.         

This role operates outdoors and encounters cemetery visitors. It is important that you can interact sensitively and respectfully with the public and maintain a customer focus during any interactions with visitors to the cemetery. 

We have positions available at Mt Gravatt Cemetery; however, we do require operators to be flexible in working from any one of our Council cemeteries on a business needs basis. This role is also rostered between 7:30am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday and works a 9-day fortnight. 

To be successful for this role you will have:

• relevant experience in the conduct and coordination of burial activities, assisting in other operational activities including exhumations, garden and grounds care, maintenance, and other activities
• experience in operating minor and major plant and small hand tools, such as backhoes, mini excavators, buggies, kanga diggers, ride-on mowers, and whipper snippers in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions
• demonstrated verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to complete customer service activities associated with cemetery field work
• knowledge of Workplace Health & Safety Management Systems and experience in applying Workplace Health & Safety procedures.

Mandatory qualifications

• criminal History Check
• ‘C’ class drivers’ licence
• possession or ability to obtain a current ‘MR’ Class Driver Licence.

Note: this role requires a pre-employment medical assessment, to assess your ability to perform the occupational requirements of the role.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• award winning superannuation fund
• generous leave provisions
• competitive salary.

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How to apply: Click on the 'I’m interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position.

For more information: Please call Larissa Robl on 07 3178 4280

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team.

Closing Date: Sunday 22 February 2026 at 11:55pm AEST

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.