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This position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Litchfield and the Litchfield Supervisors Union, affiliated with CSEA, SEIU Local 2001. The salary range is $58,182  - $75,400 annually. The Town offers a comprehensive benefits package, including Health, Dental, and Vision coverage through the CT State Partnership Plan, generous paid time off, and an employer-contributed 401(a) retirement plan.

Position Title: Land Use Administrator (LUA)  / Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO)
Supervises: Land Use Administrative Assistant

Annual Salary Range: $58,182 to $75,400, depending on experience

Status: Full-time, 40 hours per week 

The Land Use Administrator (LUA) serves the Town of Litchfield and reports administratively to the First Selectman. The LUA coordinates, manages, and processes all proposals for land development in the Town. Additionally,  the LUA coordinates and implements land use policies, regulations, and serves as the Town’s Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO) and Wetlands Agent.  This position supports multiple Land Use Boards, including:

The LUA oversees land use consultants, including legal counsel, planners, and engineers, as needed, and ensures compliance with applicable statutes, ordinances, and regulations. The Administrator directly supervises the Land Use Office Administrative Assistant and maintains a high level of organization.

Application Process:
Interested applicants should submit an application, resume, and cover letter to nyarrish@townoflitchfieldct.gov. 

Applications, resumes, and cover letters can also be mailed to:

Town of Litchfield
Selectman’s Office
74 West St, PO Box 488
Litchfield, CT 06759

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates must pass a thorough background check, including DMV records, references, a pre-employment drug screening, and a physical examination.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

EEOC Statement
It is the policy of the Town of Litchfield to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Town of Litchfield will provide reasonable accommodations that do not

present an undue hardship for qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Town of Litchfield is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time Plant Operator Class I. This 40-hour-per-week role is governed by the collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Litchfield and the Highway/Sewer Union, Local #1303-094 of Council #4, AFSCME, AFL-CIO. 

Position Details: 

Schedule: 

Application Process:
Interested applicants should submit an application, resume, and cover letter to nyarrish@townoflitchfieldct.gov. 

Applications, resumes, and cover letters can also be mailed to:

Town of Litchfield
Selectman’s Office
74 West St, PO Box 488
Litchfield, CT 06759

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates must pass a thorough background check, including DMV records, references, a pre-employment drug screening, and a physical examination.

Works under the general supervision of the Sewer Plant Superintendent or his/her designee.  Performs daily plant operations and maintenance duties, including the pumping of sludge, skimming clarifiers,  cleaning bar racks, hosing down tanks and weirs, and the septage receiving area. Maintains and repairs equipment at the treatment plant. Performs sewer line, metering stations, and pump station(s) maintenance and assists with lab work as assigned.  

Principal Responsibilities and Duties
Pumps sludge to the blended sludge tank. Operates the rotary drum thickener as needed. Maintains the optimum operation of all equipment associated with this work, including the polymer pumping/mixing station, and maintains a proper back stock of polymer. 

Pumps finished sludge on a weekly basis to a 6500 gallon tanker truck.

Maintains and repairs equipment, paints and maintains sewer plant buildings, mows the lawn, mows and maintains all right of ways, performs snow removal, patches manholes, checks chains, belts, and electrical hoses.

Performs plant operations including skimming of clarifiers, septic holding tank pumping, cleaning bar racks, hose down weirs and tanks, and routine yard maintenance.

Maintains sewer lines, pump station(s), metering stations, trucks, tractor(s), and jet flusher.

Assists in testing effluent, influent, and mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) samples.

Utilizes the plant’s SCADA system to optimally run all plant processes.

Performs custodial duties in the garage, thickening room, and main building.

Assembles and records all data collected at all meter and pump station(s).

Hoses down tanks, adjust gate values, return activated sludge (RAS), waste activated sludge (WAS) pumps, aeration blowers, mixers, and stand pipes to ensure optimum day-to-day plant operations.

Service pumps, gear boxes, rolling equipment, and any other machinery that is used at the plant, meter stations, and pump station(s).

Engages in and assists with all collection system maintenance and preventive maintenance work. This would include driving a Class B truck.

Responds to all plant and collection system emergencies, during and after hours, as directed by the Sewer Plant Superintendent or his/her designees, available and on a volunteer basis for after-hours emergencies.

Performs and assists in any “Call Before You Dig” requests and assists in sewer line inspections as needed.

Uses a daily log to document day-to-day business conducted at the plant, meter stations, and pump station(s).

Performs other related duties and tasks as assigned in a safe and responsible manner. This would include the operation of all WPCA-owned vehicles.

During the period from November 15th through April 15th, sewer employees may be required to assist Public Works with snowplowing operations as needed.  

Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
A working knowledge of the wastewater treatment process. This would include nitrification, denitrification, sludge thickening, RAS and WAS, and UV disinfection.

A basic knowledge of laboratory testing procedures and techniques. This would include a working knowledge of the following tests, nutrients, BOD , MLSS, TSS, SS, DO, turbidity, temperature, and pH.

A basic understanding of wastewater chemistry.

Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions, as well as demonstrate good communication skills.

Ability to work effectively with officials, employees, and the general public.

Possess an active Class I Wastewater Operator license issued by the State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, CT DEEP.

Possesses an active Class A or B driver's license issued by the State of Connecticut or the ability to obtain the license.

Knowledge of municipal sewage operations.

A working knowledge of collection system operations and maintenance. 

1-3 years of prior experience working in a WWCF.

Expected to obtain a Grade II Wastewater Operator license within six (6) months of hire. For the ideal candidate, the cost of required study materials and examination fees will be covered.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, handle small items with fingers, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, and caustic chemicals.  The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

It is the policy of the Town of Litchfield to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, the Town of Litchfield will provide reasonable accommodations that do not present an undue hardship for qualified individuals with disabilities.