Refrigeration Jobs in Brownville Junction, Maine

Refrigeration technicians install and service commercial refrigeration, walk-in coolers and freezers, ice machines and air-conditioning equipment that holds refrigerant. Brownville Junction is in Piscataquis County, whose county seat is Dover-Foxcroft and whose population was 16,800 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every refrigeration opening in Piscataquis County, not only those in Brownville Junction itself.

8.1% of occupied homes in Piscataquis County heat mainly with electricity, 54.4% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1978 and 23.1% of units date from before 1940 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). Refrigeration work follows grocery, restaurant, food-processing, cold-storage and health-care sites, plus the growing number of heat pumps that run on refrigerant.

• Northern Light Mayo Hospital is in Dover-Foxcroft and Northern Light CA Dean Hospital is in Greenville.
• About 20.2% of occupied homes in the county heat mainly with wood, the highest share of any Maine county (ACS 2020-2024).
• Millinocket, just outside the county, averages about 8,351 heating degree days a year (1991-2020 NOAA normals).

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in the Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 280 jobs with a median wage of $29.79 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.