Oil Technician Jobs in Phippsburg, Maine

Oil burner technicians install, clean, tune and repair oil-fired boilers, furnaces and water heaters, plus the tanks and lines that feed them. Phippsburg 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 oil technician opening in Sagadahoc County, not only those in Phippsburg 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 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.

• 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.

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.