Cemetery Gardener EFZ Cemetery Rosenberg (100%)
Stadt Winterthur
Winterthur
Key information
- Publication date:05 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Winterthur
Job summary
Stadtgrün Winterthur manages green spaces and forests in Winterthur. Join a team dedicated to enhancing the quality of this beautiful city.
Tasks
- Create seasonal grave plantings and perform necessary maintenance tasks.
- Independently execute diverse maintenance work on cemetery grounds.
- Assist in burial operations and maintain machinery and tools.
Skills
- Completed gardener training (EFZ) with a focus on horticulture and maintenance.
- Experience in cemetery work and strong knowledge of local flora.
- Team player with a service-oriented work ethic and attention to detail.
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Your Tasks
- Create seasonal grave plantings and perform the necessary maintenance work
- Independently carry out various maintenance and upkeep tasks of the park-like cemetery facility (plants, meadows & lawn work, care of perennial beds & shrubs, plant usage)
- Assist with burial work
- Operate, handle, and maintain machines and work equipment
- Assist in the training of apprentices
Your Profile
- Completed training as a gardener EFZ with a specialization in horticulture and maintenance
- Cemetery experience, ideally completed further training as a cemetery specialist and several years of experience in garden maintenance as well as good plant knowledge, especially of native flora and seasonal plants
- Driver's license category B as well as the professional exam for operating machines and technical understanding for working with machines
- Good physical condition, mental balance, empathetic handling of mourners
- Team player, joy in the profession, high sense of responsibility, precise and careful work, service-oriented working style, German spoken and written
What We Offer
- At least 5 weeks of vacation
- Regular working hours (seasonal)
- Diverse internal course offerings
- Equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Further benefits can be found on our website.
Contact
Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Claudia Walter, Head of Cemetery Operations, phone +41 79 687 25 33. Learn more? https://stadt.winterthur.ch/We look forward to your online application.
