Pet Care Specialist — Compassionate Cremation & Keepsakes

Ascending Pets; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly pay $19–$23

6 paid holidays and PTO

Free cremation for your own pets

Training from day one

Ground-floor opportunity

Meaningful work

Job summary

Ascending Pets is a Lehi-based pet cremation and keepsakes company serving Utah’s communities. We help families say goodbye with dignity, through in-home euthanasia partnerships and compassionate care. Our team handles pickups, gentle care, and keepsakes, returning ashes and mementos with respect.

Join a front-line role with training from day one, offering meaningful daily work, a path to growth, and the chance to be among our first hires as we expand in Utah.

Qualifications

• Must be warm, calm and kind with grieving people.
• Comfortable handling pets after death with care and dignity.
• Reliable and able to follow procedures exactly.
• 18 or older with a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Physically able to stand for long periods and perform occasional heavy lifting.
• Vet tech, kennel, shelter, or funeral service experience is a plus, not required.

Responsibilities

• Pickups: Drive our company vehicle to pet owner homes and partner clinics to bring pets into our care.
• The handoff: Explain to families what happens next in plain and kind words.
• Gentle care: Handle, tag, and identify each pet with dignity.
• Records: Keep careful records from pickup to return.
• Cremations: Run cremations following our procedures exactly.
• Keepsakes: Make ceramic paw prints and other keepsakes.
• Bringing them home: Return ashes and keepsakes to families and clinics with patience and care.

Skills

Warm demeanor

Comfortable with pet care

Steady under pressure

Careful and detail-oriented

Plainspoken communication

Road ready (18+)

Physically able (stand/lift)

Proven reliability

Job description

Ascending Pets is a Lehi-based pet cremation and keepsakes company serving Utah’s communities. We help families say goodbye with dignity, through in-home euthanasia partnerships and compassionate care. Our team handles pickups, gentle care, and keepsakes, returning ashes and mementos with respect.

Join a front-line role with training from day one, offering meaningful daily work, a path to growth, and the chance to be among our first hires as we expand in Utah.