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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Fisheries Division
Wildlife Division
Boating Division
Parks & Forests
Lifeguard Opportunities
Environmental Conservation Patrol Officer
Other Outdoor Opportunities
Greater Hartford/Middletown Area
- Burlington Hatchery, Burlington
- Fisheries Education Center, Killingworth
- Fisheries Division, Electro Fishing, Marlborough
- Fisheries Division, GIS, Marlborough
Greater New London/Norwich Area
Greater Torrington Area
Greater Windham/Tolland Area
For more information please visit: Fisheries Division
Greater Hartford/Middletown Area
- Belding Wildlife Management Area, Vernon
- Habitat Program, Marlborough
- Furbearer and Bear Program, Burlington
- Office Assistant, Conservation Education Firearms Safety Program, Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area, Burlington
Greater New London/Norwich Area
- Bird Surveys for Migratory Program, Franklin Wildlife Management Area, North Franklin
- Mallard Nesting Ecology Project, Franklin Wildlife Management Area, North Franklin
- Office Assistant, Conservation Education Firearms Safety Program, Franklin Wildlife Management Area, North Franklin
For more information visit: Wildlife Division
Greater Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk Area
Greater New London/Norwich Area
- Boating Education Assistants, Old Lyme
- Clean Vessel Act Program, Old Lyme
- Marine District Boat Launch, Old, Lyme
- Navigation and Boating Infrastructure Unit, Old Lyme
- Office Assistant, Boating Division, Old Lyme
- Outreach/Education/Certification Unit, Old Lyme
For more information visit: Boating Division
Greater Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk Area
- Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding
- Sherwood Island State Park, Westport
- Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield
Greater Hartford/Middletown Area
- Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
- Cockaponset State Forest, Haddam
- Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill
- Forestry Division, Hartford
- Forest Protection Program, Marlborough
- Gillette Castle State Park
- Wadsworth State Park
- Parks Division, Hartford
- Penwood State Park
- Talcott Mountain State Park, Bloomfield
Greater New Haven/Milford Area
- Forest Protection Program, Middlebury
- Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
- State Park Ranger Staff
- State Park Ticket Office Staff
- State Park Camp Staff
- State Park Interpretive Guide
- State Park Maintenance Crew
- Kettletown State Park, Southbury
- Osbornedale State Park, Derby
- Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden
- Southford Falls State Park, Southbury
Greater New London/Norwich Area
- Fort Trumbull State Park, New London
- Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford
- Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
- Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown
- Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic
- Salmon River State Forest, Colchester
- Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
- Forestry Division, Pleasant Valley Office, Barkhamsted
- Lake Waramaug State Park, New Preston
- Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent
- Peoples State Forest, Pleasant Valley
- Topsmead State Forest, Litchfield
- Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret
- Quaddick State Park, Thompson
- Shenipsit State Forest, Stafford Springs
For more information on Forestry please visit: Forestry Division
Fore more information on Parks please visit: Parks Division
Greater Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk Area
Greater New Haven/Milford Area
- Lifeguard, Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
- Lifeguard, Indian Well State Park, Shelton
- Lifeguard, Silver Sands, Milford
Greater New London/Norwich Area
Greater Torrington Area
Greater Waterbury Area
For more information on life guarding visit: State Parks Lifeguard Program
Various Locations Statewide:
For more information please visit: Environmental Conservation Police
Greater Hartford/Middletown Area
Water Planning and Management Division, Windsor
- Seasonal Resource Assistant, Inland Ambient Monitoring Program
- Seasonal Resource Assistant, Long Island Sound Monitoring Program
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 View more DEEP Job Opportunities
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.