Skilled Maintianer, Apply by 2/4/2026

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Job Title: Skilled Maintianer, Apply by 2/4/2026

Location:	Portland, CT United States
Position Type:	Full Time
Post Date:	01/30/2026
Expire Date:	02/28/2026
Job Categories:	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Job Description

Skilled Maintianer, Apply by 2/4/2026
Location:Portland, CT
Date Opened: 1/21/2026 12:00:00 AM
Salary: $52,670 - $68,781/year *new to state employees start at minimum of salary range
Job Type: Open to the Public
Close Date: 2/4/2026 11:59:00 PM

The State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has an exciting opportunity for a Skilled Maintainer to join the Engineering, Safety and Sustainability Division at our office in Portland, CT.

What we can offer you
- NEW: Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
- Professional growth and development opportunities.
- A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

Position highlights
This position is critical in assisting the DEEP Sawyer with the manufacture and distribution of wood products used by the DEEP programs including State Parks, Fisheries, Forestry, Wildlife, Boating, and others. Products include picnic table lumber, ladder type signage, shield signs and their posts, oak sideboards, trailer decking, planking, stakes, weir boards, dimension lumber and specialty items. This position is part of the skilled sawmill team and occasionally leads lower-level employees in the operation, repair, maintenance of the Portland Complex facility including the infrastructure, equipment, and grounds.

This is a fulltime, 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday schedule.

About us
The Portland Complex consists of an administrative building, warehouse, woodworking & sign shop, sawmill, planermill and other related buildings, and is located at the edge of the Meshomasic State Forest in Portland, Connecticut.

The Engineering, Safety and Sustainability Division provides support to all of the agency’s field assets and operations ranging from engineering services, project management and condition assessment to health and safety training and compliance, geographic information system (GIS) management, record retention and strategic planning. The Division also operates the DEEP Portland Complex which includes office space, our bulk receiving warehouse and the DEEP sawmill. The Division employs project managers, engineers, analysts, a sawyer, maintainers, a training program coordinator and office support personnel all of which help to maintain the agency’s critical infrastructure of buildings, roads, bridges, water and wastewater systems, boat launches, trails, and hatcheries, as well as, DEEP property and wildlife habitat.

The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection is charged with conserving, improving and protecting the natural resources and the environment of the State of Connecticut as well as making cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy available for the people and businesses of the state. The agency is also committed to playing a positive role in rebuilding Connecticut’s economy and creating jobs – and to fostering a sustainable and prosperous economic future for the state.

Qualifications & Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Two (2) years of experience in one of the following areas:

One of the skilled trades;
Landscape maintenance or vegetable gardening;
Operation of motor trucks or large buses.
The experience area should reflect the needs of the position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
Graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of subject requirements in a maintenance trade area may be substituted for the General Experience.

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