Plumber Jobs in Swans Island, Maine
3 Plumber jobs hiring now in Swans Island, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Master Plumber
Hancock County, ME · Plumber · field
Plumber position based in Hancock County, ME. Full-Time role. Master Plumber license required. 5 years of experience preferred. Works mix of both. Minimal supervision. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. 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.
Trainee Plumber
Hancock County, ME · Plumber · field
Trainee Plumber position based in Hancock 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.
Trainee Plumber
Hancock County, ME · Plumber · field
Trainee Plumber position based in Hancock County, ME. Full-Time role. Trainee Plumber license required. Works on a team. Closely supervised. Rooftop work: occasionally. Local daily driving. Weekend work: no. 20 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.
Plumber work in Swans Island, Maine
Plumbers install and repair water supply, drain, waste and vent piping, fixtures, water heaters and the piping that serves them. Swans Island is in Hancock County, whose county seat is Ellsworth and whose population was 55,478 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every plumber opening in Hancock County, not only those in Swans Island itself.
25.4% of the housing units in Hancock County were built before 1950 and the median home was built in 1982 (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.
- Jackson Laboratory, a research lab noted for cancer research, is in Bar Harbor.
- Maine Maritime Academy is in Castine and College of the Atlantic is in Bar Harbor.
- Hospitals in the county include Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor and Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital.
- In 2018 Whole Oceans announced plans to turn the former Verso paper mill site in Bucksport into a land-based salmon farm expected to employ up to 200 people.
What plumber work pays around Swans Island
The 3 verified TradeHire postings on this page offer from $29.00 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 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.