Oil Technician Jobs in Eustis, Maine
1 Oil Technician job hiring now in Eustis, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Oil Technician work in Eustis, Maine
Oil burner technicians install, clean, tune and repair oil-fired boilers, furnaces and water heaters, plus the tanks and lines that feed them. Eustis is in Franklin County, whose county seat is Farmington and whose population was 29,456 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every oil technician opening in Franklin County, not only those in Eustis itself.
52% of occupied homes in Franklin County heat mainly with fuel oil or kerosene, 14.4% with propane, the median home was built in 1978 and 19.3% of units date from before 1940 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). A high oil-heat share means annual cleanings and tune-ups every fall, no-heat calls through the winter, and tank replacements — the core of an oil technician's work.
- Sugarloaf, the ski mountain in Carrabassett Valley, is the county's highest point.
- Franklin Hospital (MaineHealth) is in Farmington, the county seat.
- The University of Maine at Farmington is in the county seat.
What oil technician work pays around Eustis
The 1 verified TradeHire posting on this page offers from $35.50 up to $38.50 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 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 570 jobs with a median wage of $29.81 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
- 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.
- The journeyman exam requires 1 year as a licensed apprentice, or a 160-hour board-approved course (at least 75 lab hours) plus 6 months as an apprentice, or a one-year Maine community college heating course of at least 320 hours (150 lab hours).