Plumber Jobs in Cooper, Maine
2 Plumber jobs hiring now in Cooper, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Trainee Plumber
Washington County, ME · Plumber · field
Trainee Plumber position based in Washington County, ME. Full-Time role. Trainee Plumber license required. Works mix of both. Closely supervised. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. 23 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.
Journeyman Plumber
Washington County, ME · Plumber · field
Journeyman Plumber position based in Washington County, ME. Full-Time role. Journeyman Plumber license required. 2 years of experience preferred. Works mix of both. Minimal supervision. Rooftop work: occasionally. Local daily driving. Weekend work: no. On-call 3 days/month at $50/day. 29 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $250/yr tool allowance. $250/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Plumber work in Cooper, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Cooper is in Washington County, whose county seat is Machias and whose population was 31,095 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in Washington County, not only those in Cooper itself.
31.5% of the housing units in Washington County were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1975 (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.
- Down East Community Hospital and the University of Maine at Machias are in Machias.
- Calais has three border crossings into St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
What plumber work pays around Cooper
The 2 verified TradeHire postings on this page offer from $28.00 up to $45.00 an hour, as entered by the employers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in the Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 120 jobs with a median wage of $30.26 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.