Seasonal Employment

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection offers seasonal employment opportunities at various locations throughout the State of Connecticut. The majority of these positions are located within the State Parks Division at various state parks and forests (types of seasonal positions).

Positions are filled for a period not to exceed six months. Park units recruit for positions that include maintenance workers, lifeguards, seasonal park rangers, interpretive guides, first aid attendants, resource assistants, seasonal maintainers, office assistants and seasonal Special Conservation Officers.

Some seasonal employees assist DEEP professional staff in research projects for forestry, fisheries and wildlife management. A limited number of positions are located in the central office in Hartford.

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Greater Hartford/Middletown Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Burlington State Fish Hatchery
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Fisheries Division, Marlborough
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Fisheries Education Center, Killingworth 

Greater New London/Norwich Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Marine Fisheries Program, Old Lyme

Greater Torrington Area

Greater Windham/Tolland Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery, Plainfield

For more information please visit: Fisheries Division

Greater Hartford/Middletown Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Belding Wildlife Management Area, Vernon
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Conservation Education/Firearms Safety Program, Burlington
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Wildlife Division, Hartford
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Wildlife Migratory Bird Program, North Franklin

Greater New London/Norwich Area  

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Sessions Woods WMA, Burlington
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Migratory Bird Program, North Franklin
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Conservation Education/Firearms Safety Program, North Franklin

For more information visit: Wildlife Division 

Greater Fairfield/Stamford/Norwalk Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Pumpout Boat Operators, Brookfield

Greater New London/Norwich Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Boating Education/Outreach/Certification Program, Old Lyme
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Boating Education Assistant, Old Lyme

For more information visit: Boating Division

Greater Fairfield/Stamford/Norwalk Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Sherwood Island State Park, Westport
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding

Greater Hartford/Middletown Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - No Child Left Inside Program©, Hartford 
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Forest Protection Program, Marlborough (2 Positions)
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Forestry Division, Hartford
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Talcott Mountain State Park, Simsbury
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middletown
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam 
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Chatfield Hollow State Park Killingworth (4 Positions)

Greater New Haven/Milford Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Ticket Booth Attendant, Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Hammonasset Beach State Park Maintenance Crew, Madison
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Southford Falls State Park, Southbury
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Osbornedale State Park, Derby (3 Positions)
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Kettletown State Park & Campground, Southbury

Greater New London/Norwich Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Fort Trumbull State Park, New London
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Quaddick State Forest, Thompson
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown

Greater Torrington Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Topsmead State Forest, Litchfield (2 Positions)

Greater Tolland/Windham Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - James L. Goodwin Forest Conservation Center, Hampton
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret
• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Shenipsit State Forest, Stafford

For more information on Forestry please visit: Forestry Division

Fore more information on Parks please visit: Parks Division

Greater Fairfield/Stamford/Norwalk Area

• Lifeguard - Indian Wells State Park, Shelton
• Lifeguard - Sherwood Island State Park, Westport+
• Lifeguard - Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield

Greater New Haven/Milford Area

• Lifeguard - Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
• Lifeguard - Silver Sands State Park, Milford

Greater New London/Norwich Area 

• Lifeguard - Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme

Greater Torrington Area

• Lifeguard - Burr Pond, State Park, Torrington

Greater Waterbury Area

Lifeguard - Black Rock State Park, Watertown

For more information on life guarding visit: State Parks Lifeguard Program 

Greater Hartford/Middletown Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant - Environmental Conservation Police Division, Hartford

Various Locations Statewide:

• Seasonal Patrol Officer

For more information please visit: Environmental Conservation Police 

 

Greater Hartford/Middletown Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant, Water Planning and Management Division, Windsor
• Seasonal Resource Assistant, Long Island Sound Monitoring Program, Windsor

 

Greater Hartford/Middletown Area

• Seasonal Resource Assistant, Bureau of Central Services ,Portland
• Seasonal Resource Assistant, Materials Management & Compliance Assurance Bureau, Hartford

 

Seasonal employees are paid at an hourly rate which depends on the duties performed and their prior experience. The majority of seasonal employees are hired for the period between April and November. Limited numbers of positions are available during other periods of the year.

Please check back often as new opportunities are posted throughout the year.

Guidance for Seasonal Applicants:  Applying for Seasonal Employment at DEEP using the State of Connecticut Online Employment Center

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to complying with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are seeking a communication aid or service, have limited proficiency in English, wish to file an ADA or Title VI discrimination complaint, or require some other accommodation, including equipment to facilitate virtual participation, please contact the DEEP Office of Diversity and Equity at 860-418-5910 or by email at deep.accommodations@ct.gov.  Any person needing an accommodation for hearing impairment may call the State of Connecticut relay number - 711. In order to facilitate efforts to provide an accommodation, please request all accommodations as soon as possible following notice of any agency hearing, meeting, program or event.