Are you ready to walk through the door of opportunity? You are on the right path towards a new and exciting opportunity to embrace a new beginning!

If you are up for the challenge and are seeking a rewarding career in a fast-paced work environment, career progression and the chance to learn from the best, then we want you! Get ready to join our awesome Cemeteries team, supporting the City of Savannah historical cemeteries.

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Performs architectural conservation; leads conservation crew in masonry architectural restoration and conservation, ferrous and non-ferrous metal architectural restoration and conservation, and bronze sculpture restoration and conservation.
• Surveys, analyzes, and documents architectural conditions; completes condition assessments, measured drawings, and photographical documentation; prioritizes projects according to cultural significance and danger of loss.
• Manages monument conservation contract, coordinates and evaluates work performed by contractors performing conservation treatments.
• Prepares estimates of preservation treatments; purchases and maintains inventory.
• Establishes and implements plans, policies, and standards relating to the conservation program; participates in departmental planning activities.
• Develops third party work agreements, leads projects involving volunteers, local universities, and other organizations performing conservation in the cemeteries.
• Prepares oral and written reports. Takes information gathered from documentation and assessments and create technical conservation reports.
• Repairs and maintains broken or damaged equipment and other cemetery property. Includes facilities maintenance repair such as spigots, fencing, and debris pickup.
• Conducts safety meetings and enforces safety guidelines.
• Updates and manages the conservation files database.
• Performs cemetery services, including lot sales, lot diagrams, interments, and on-call duties; responds to after-hours emergencies and prepares cemetery services on weekends and holidays, as needed; resolves customer complaints.
• Assists in emergency response during disaster incidents.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Bachelor's Degree in Historic Preservation, Architectural Conservation or related field, supplemented by four (4) years of progressively responsible experience working with historic sites, masonry, metalwork or other advanced conservation treatments; or possession of any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.

Work Location: 802 W. Anderson St. Work Hours: 7 am - 4 pm

Additional Requirements
Background investigation, including supervised drug screen, post offer/pre-employment medical screen; and verification of education, certifications, and licenses required prior to employment.

• Knowledge of historic preservation standards and procedures.
• Knowledge of past and present construction materials and methods.
• Knowledge of city, bureau, and department policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of archaeological standards and procedures.
• Knowledge of landscaping for identification and restoration purposes.
• Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of computers and other modern office equipment.
• Skill in the production of technical drawings.
• Skill in building trades including masonry, ironworking, and carpentry.
• Skill in the operation of hand and power tools.
• Skill in developing short- and long-range plans.
• Skill in establishing priorities and organizing work.
• Skill in the training and supervision of personnel.
• Skill in the operation of computers and other modern office equipment.
• Skill in public and interpersonal relations.
• Skill in oral and written communication.