HVAC Jobs in West Bath, Maine
1 HVAC job hiring now in West Bath, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
HVAC work in West Bath, Maine
HVAC technicians install and service the heating, cooling and ventilation equipment that keeps Maine buildings warm through long winters — oil and propane boilers and furnaces, heat pumps and air-conditioning systems. West Bath is in Sagadahoc County, whose county seat is Bath and whose population was 36,699 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every hvac opening in Sagadahoc County, not only those in West Bath itself.
53% of occupied homes in Sagadahoc County heat mainly with fuel oil or kerosene, 16.5% with propane, the median home was built in 1977 and 27.1% of units date from before 1940 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). A heating stock like this keeps oil and propane service, boiler and furnace replacement, and heat pump installation busy year-round, with the heaviest demand from October to April.
- Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics shipyard, is ranked as the fourth-largest employer in Maine.
- Bath is known as the City of Ships, and roughly 5,000 vessels have been launched there.
What hvac work pays around West Bath
The 1 verified TradeHire posting on this page offers from $53.00 up to $58.00 an hour, as entered by the employers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in the Portland-South Portland area at 920 jobs with a median wage of $30.81 an hour; statewide 2,250 jobs, a $30.37 median, and a range of $22.64 (10th percentile) to $39.47 (90th percentile). Check your own number with the trade wage calculator.
Licenses employers ask for
- Maine has no separate HVAC license on the OPOR professions index. Heating work on oil, solid fuel, propane and natural gas equipment is licensed through the Maine Fuel Board, and refrigerant handling needs federal EPA Section 608 certification.
- Oil burner and solid fuel technicians are licensed by the Maine Fuel Board at three levels: Apprentice, Journeyman and Master. An apprentice license requires a completed application.