Cemetery Worker

Auxiliary

One of BC’s Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community. As the sixth largest city in BC, we are home to more than 150,000 residents. Our diverse municipality is a great place to work as it continues to grow through innovative urban design, inspiring arts, culture and recreation programs, and state-of-the-art transportation systems. Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner, while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre. We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you!

About You / What We Are Looking For

Seeking a skilled worker, ideally with past cemetery operations experience, who can help care for and upkeep the municipal cemetery. In this role, the Cemetery Worker will be responsible for assisting with and leading interments, maintaining the lawn, shrubs, flower beds, and pathways, as well as maintaining cleanliness of the washrooms and buildings.. You will perform a variety of grounds tasks, including manual gardening, and will utilize equipment of varying sizes and complexity such as backhoe, ride-on and push mowers, leaf blowers, line trimmers and other related hand and power tools to perform your daily work.

As an auxiliary position, the Cemetery worker can expect to work up-to 32-hours per week throughout the year with shift availability determined by operational demands. These positions will support and supplement the work of two full-time cemetery employees and will provide ongoing and occasional shift availability 7-days per week. The auxiliary cemetery worker will be an integral contributor to ensuring cemetery services and grounds maintenance practices meets established service standards and customer requirements.

If you would like to utilize your skills in cemetery operations and/or landscape maintenance operations, and would like to be an integral part of the maintenance and operations of the cemetery, we look forward to your application!

Minimum Qualifications

• The successful candidate will have completed some high school, and will have some related experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered.

• A Driver’s License for the Province of BC is required.

What We Offer

This CUPE position has an hourly rate of $34.41. The rate of pay is based on a variety of factors including qualifications, knowledge, experience and skills.

You will have the chance to join a rapidly growing and diverse team dedicated to supporting the local community, and be able to engage in variety of learning and development opportunities. This position is based in Coquitlam.

Accessibility / Equal Opportunity Employer

The City of Coquitlam is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer working towards enhancing equitable practices in our recruitment and retention processes. As an organization we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment to support our growing and diverse work force. To learn more about what equity, diversity, and inclusion means, and the City’s efforts in support of these principles, please visit coquitlam.ca/edi for more information.

If at any time during the application or recruitment process you require additional assistance or an accommodation, please contact our team for confidential support. Staff can also provide in-person support if required.

Applicants under consideration may be required to undergo and submit an acceptable police information check.

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Please apply online at www.coquitlam.ca/careers by 11:55 pm on July 27, 2026.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.