Sagadahoc County seeks full-time 911 dispatchers with no experience required

Sagadahoc County is trying to fill full-time 911 dispatcher jobs at its Communications Center in Bath, offering up to $34.75 an hour, county-paid benefits and no prior experience requirement. The jobs come with rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays and periodic overtime, a schedule built around keeping emergency call handling steady for county residents.

The center operates from the Sagadahoc County Court Building at 752 High Street in Bath and currently employs a Communications Director, a Deputy Director, three shift supervisors and 13 full-time Public Safety Dispatchers. It is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, answering 911, non-emergency and business calls and sending the appropriate response for police, fire and EMS.

The current schedule is four 10-hour shifts per week. Evening shifts carry a $0.50-an-hour differential and overnight shifts pay an extra $1 an hour. The jobs are union-represented, and lateral-entry candidates may have both hourly rate and earned paid time off considered.

The dispatcher role covers all public safety agencies in Sagadahoc County, including Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich. The county spans 370 square miles, including 254 square miles of land and 116 square miles of water, and its population was estimated at nearly 37,500 in 2022 before rising to 37,979 in the U.S. Census Bureau’s July 1, 2025 estimate.

Maine’s 911 system relies on public safety answering points and emergency communication specialists to take calls statewide. The Augusta regional communications center handles 11 of Maine’s 16 counties, while Sagadahoc County keeps its own county communications center for local dispatching.

Maine requires full-time public safety dispatchers to complete the Basic Public Safety Dispatcher Training Course within their first 12 months on the job. The Maine Emergency Services Communication Bureau requires dispatch-center employees to complete Emergency Telecommunicator Certification, with additional EMD and EFD training depending on the services a center provides.