Park Maintenance Worker II - North Crew

Pay

Rate of pay per hour while on probation: $19.49

Union pay rate per hour: $19.88

Park Maintenance Worker II - North Crew

Parks, Recreation & Open Space

415 SILVER AVE SW

02/25/2026

Employees at Bernalillo County enjoy the ability to team up with each other to build a high quality of life for our county residents, communities, and businesses. In addition to being an organization with a strong focus on work-life balance, building a culture of flexibility, learning, and belonging the County offers many benefits. Employees of Bernalillo County enjoy many thoughtful rewards such as, but not limited to generous leave accruals;

career development opportunities; remote & flex-work options as appropriate; longevity pay; education assistance program; health benefits; lucrative retirement; and so much more.

Under general supervision of the assigned supervisor, will perform a variety of increasing responsible tasks in maintaining County parks and open space facilities, and other County-maintained public areas; perform maintenance of turf, athletic fields, irrigation, trees, plants, shrubs, trash removal, and herbicide spraying as required and in accordance with safety standards and applicable policies and procedures. Assist Park Maintenance Worker III’s in the duties of any minor maintenance work of a general nature, in the areas of carpentry, electrical, plumbing, welding, or other specialty areas.

Operate and perform daily maintenance of a variety of ground maintenance equipment, power driven tools and equipment utilized in the performance of duties.

• Maintain parks and open space grounds, trails and bosque areas; perform minor semi-skilled exterior and interior park building maintenance such as sprinkler installation/repair, fence repair, maintain and upgrade existing landscapes, painting, planting fertilizing, pruning, weeding, aerating, trash removal and general upkeep of lawns and grounds
• Perform turf maintenance to include soil preparation, soil leveling, seeding or sod repairs and weed control.
• Upkeep, repair, and replacement of culverts/drainage ditches, sidewalks, trails, benches, and playground equipment to also include weekly safety inspections.
• Test and inspect new and existing backflow devices annually in all park and open space areas;
  Fill out and turn in inspection reports to ABCWUA.
• Completion of weekly work sheets, and preventive and corrective action work orders assigned by supervisor.
• Deliver and assemble tents, outdoor bleachers, stands, chairs, tables etc. for special events.
• Work with other park maintenance workers in weeding, tree thinning, chipping, and maintenance of shrubs, flower beds, and landscapes of all varieties.
• Required to work with and/or mix with pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and or insecticides and apply them through sprays under the direction of the herbicide/pesticide label. Fill out and turn in required herbicide/pesticide spray reports to supervisor.
• Operate, inspect, and clean all varieties of herbicide/pesticide spray equipment; properly dispose of all herbicide/pesticide containers per label requirements.
• Operate and perform daily maintenance of a variety of ground maintenance equipment, vehicles, trailers, power driven tools and equipment utilized in the performance of duties.
• Assist the Park Maintenance Worker III in minor maintenance work in the following areas: painting, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and minor welding.
• Will be required to drive work trucks to and from work sites after successful completion of Bernalillo County’s defensive driving course.
• Ensure adherence to safe work practices and procedures in adherence with appropriate regulations and standards.
• Perform other job-related duties as required or assigned by the supervisor.

• High School diploma or GED plus 2 years’ experience in the area of grounds-keeping and/or landscaping and must be experienced in the use and maintenance of grounds-keeping equipment. Experience must include performance of pre‑use inspections and daily equipment maintenance.
• Employee must have a valid New Mexico…