First let me tell you the story of my crash course in sewer lift stations. I had been on site for about a year. I'd seen the station but not knowing what it was ASSUMED it belonged to the county and never messed with it. One day I notice there is "stuff" coming out of one of the covers. No one on my site or in corp. really new what the station was so I called the county. They came out took a look and promptly called DEQ (Dept. Environmental Quality). Turns out raw sewage had been leaking out for some time. Not only that, but my community bordered a protected reservoir and wildlife sanctuary. The inspector gave me 24 hours to get the area cleaned up and if not I, ME, THE MANAGER, would be arrested and fined starting at $15,000 (yes that’s 3 zero’s)!! We immediately call in the first company we can find to do the clean up and then asked for a price for routine maintenance. They did a good job with the clean up, but the maintenance contract was more than we thought it should be and after getting a few more prices we decided to go with another company. One week later I see the same seepage happening again. When our new contractor came out they discovered the lock on the fence had been cut and someone had thrown BRICKS in the pit. To this day I think it was the company who did the initial clean up. Anyway we installed a camera in the station and never had another problem.
So to answer your question I would strongly suggest you hire a company to maintain the station. It may be costly but I promise it's cheaper than the alternative!