Oil Technician Jobs in Shapleigh, Maine

Oil burner technicians install, clean, tune and repair oil-fired boilers, furnaces and water heaters, plus the tanks and lines that feed them. Shapleigh is in York County, whose county seat is Alfred and whose population was 211,972 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every oil technician opening in York County, not only those in Shapleigh itself.

60.5% of occupied homes in York County heat mainly with fuel oil or kerosene, 16.5% with propane, the median home was built in 1980 and 19.9% 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.

• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery does overhaul, refueling and modernization work for the Navy and had more than 6,500 federal employees as of November 2021.
• MaineHealth runs Maine Medical Center campuses in Biddeford and Sanford, and York Hospital is an independent hospital in York.
• The University of New England, home to Maine's only medical school, is in Biddeford.

The 1 verified TradeHire posting on this page offers from $29.50 up to $32.50 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 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.