Refrigeration Jobs in Houlton, Maine
1 Refrigeration job hiring now in Houlton, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Appliance and Refrigeration Repair Technician
Transformco · Houlton, Aroostook County · Refrigeration
Refrigeration work in Houlton, Maine
Refrigeration technicians install and service commercial refrigeration, walk-in coolers and freezers, ice machines and air-conditioning equipment that holds refrigerant. Houlton is in Aroostook County, with 6,055 residents at the 2020 Census. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every refrigeration opening in Aroostook County, not only those in Houlton itself.
17.6% of occupied homes in Houlton heat mainly with electricity, 68.2% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1957 and 29.7% 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.
- Houlton is the northern end of Interstate 95, at the border crossing to Woodstock, New Brunswick.
- Houlton Regional Hospital is an independent hospital in the town.
- Houlton averages about 9,034 heating degree days a year and about 39 nights at or below 0°F (1991-2020 NOAA normals).
- About 68.2% of occupied homes in Houlton heat mainly with fuel oil or kerosene (ACS 2020-2024).
What refrigeration work pays around Houlton
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.
Licenses employers ask for
- Federal law requires technicians who service or dispose of equipment that could release refrigerants to be EPA Section 608 certified. Apprentices are exempt while closely and continually supervised by a certified technician.