Plumber Jobs in Bristol, Maine
2 Plumber jobs hiring now in Bristol, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Journeyman-in-Training Plumber
Lincoln County, ME · Plumber · field
Plumber position based in Lincoln County, ME. Full-Time role. Journeyman-in-Training Plumber license required. 1 year of experience preferred. Works on a team. Some supervision. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. 25 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $150/yr tool allowance. $150/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Master Plumber
Lincoln County, ME · Plumber · field
Master Plumber position based in Lincoln County, ME. Full-Time role. Master Plumber license required. 5 years of experience preferred. Works mix of both. Minimal supervision. Rooftop work: occasionally. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. On-call 3 days/month at $50/day. 34 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $350/yr tool allowance. $350/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Plumber work in Bristol, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Bristol is in Lincoln County, whose county seat is Wiscasset and whose population was 35,237 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in Lincoln County, not only those in Bristol itself.
28.3% of the housing units in Lincoln County were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1978 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). Older buildings mean galvanized and cast-iron piping reaching the end of its life, and Maine winters make frozen-pipe repairs and well-and-septic work a regular part of the job outside the sewered towns.
- LincolnHealth's Miles Campus hospital (MaineHealth) is in Damariscotta.
- Wiscasset was home to Maine Yankee, the state's only nuclear power plant, which was decommissioned and dismantled between 1997 and 2005.
- Wiscasset averages about 7,232 heating degree days a year (1991-2020 NOAA normals).
What plumber work pays around Bristol
The 2 verified TradeHire postings on this page offer from $35.00 up to $52.00 an hour, as entered by the employers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 390 jobs with a median wage of $30.09 an hour; statewide 2,710 jobs, a $30.77 median, and a range of $23.13 (10th percentile) to $38.83 (90th percentile). Check your own number with the trade wage calculator.
Licenses employers ask for
- The Plumbers' Examining Board licenses Master, Journeyman, Trainee and Journeyman-in-Training plumbers; a trainee license requires only a completed application.
- Journeyman-in-Training requires a one-year (2-semester) plumbing course at a board-approved community college or a two-year career and technical education plumbing course, and a score of 70% or higher on the journeyman exam.