What Makes a Job at Evergreen a Rewarding Career for Veterans?

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The strength of the US military comes from teamwork, camaraderie, and the best training available. Was your time in the military rewarding, whether it was helping out your fellow soldiers or aiding those around the world that needed our help? As a veteran, you deserve a career that taps into your mission-driven hands-on work experience  and also makes the world a better place. 

The Evergreen Home Performance Mission

A job well done here at Evergreen Home Performance makes the homes of our fellow Mainers more comfortable, more efficient, healthier, and oftentimes, more beautiful. We do this through methodical, building science-based home upgrades like basement and attic insulation, window replacement, energy audits, and more. Our enemies are high levels of humidity and moisture, air gaps, and low levels of insulation in the housing stock of Midcoast and Southern Maine. 

What Your New Field Would Look Like

No two days are exactly the same here at Evergreen Home Performance. You will get a close-up look at many different home types and construction methods each and every day. Plus, no two solutions are exactly the same. We take a customized approach to each and every home performance challenge, and all of our field technicians and installers enjoy problem-solving.

While you may find yourself in some tight, hot, humid, or cold spaces, you will always have the support you need from your fellow teammates and your FOB. We utilize fully equipped trucks to ensure you have the right tools, however, the most important tool we need from you is your brain!

There’s No Such Thing as an FNG at EHP

No one wants to feel like an FNG or a Bolo on the job. As long as you bring your work ethic with you every day, you will never be made to feel like you’re last in the pecking order. Our employees come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we take pride in bringing our newest team members up to speed quickly but correctly. We work in small team units, where you work off each other’s strengths. There is no end to training—you will learn something new with each home you work on. 

Continue Making a Difference in the World

While our pay is more than competitive for the industry, we often hear that the most rewarding thing about a career here at Evergreen is contributing to the overall health of the earth. By reducing the energy use in Maine homes, we are helping reduce the rate that our climate is changing. This does good for our local Maine shores, our forests, our farms, and much more. Plus, you get to see the smiles on the faces of our customers when they realize their energy bills will be lower and their homes will be more comfortable! 

The Maine Hire-A-Vet Campaign

Evergreen Home Performance is a proud Silver Sponsor for the 2021 Maine Hire-A-Vet campaign. You can learn more about the weekly Hire-A-Vet workshops, here. 

Take a Look for Yourself

We could write about how great it is to work here all day long. But talk is cheap—you’re going to want to see what it’s like on the job, weatherizing and upgrading the homes of your friends, family, and neighbors. Take a look at some of this on-the-job footage, and hear what our employees are saying about what makes this job a career:

Home Performance/Weatherization Technician

Project Manager 

Home Performance Sales

If you’re looking for a rewarding way to work with your hands, we are looking for you. Reach out to Evergreen Home Performance at 207-594-2244 or see our open positions here.

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A thorough inspection of our (older) house and its energy needs. Competent and personable work crew.

Jacob Watson

Evergreen Home Performance shows its expertise from start to finish. Evergreen did three house projects in winter/spring/summer 2020 for me, attic insulation, crawl space under a porch insulation, and basement foam/vapor barrier. From my initial discussion with Bryan, I understood the reasons for choosing different types of insulation, the associated costs, and time estimates. Evergreen scheduled in advance, came when they said they would, and the crews were highly professional in their work and demeanor.

Iris S.

Portland

I was extremely pleased with the professionalism and quality of service that I received from the Evergreen team. I met Richard to discuss options for insulation. I knew immediately that I wanted to do business with them because he did not try to over-sell extra services that I did not need. Dave was the project manager. He was not only kind, but very respectful of my home. I would highly recommend this company.

Darlyann M

Bath

We had a fantastic experience working with Evergreen to insulate our roof this winter. Everyone was extremely friendly throughout the process - the crew at our home worked hard, were approachable with questions, and the team leader even showed me around the project to point out specific areas they were working to improve.

Joel Wentz

I am very pleased with my experience with Evergreen Home Performance. I met several times with Richard Burbank and he was very detailed in his explanations to all of my questions. He provided me with several options for improving the insulation to our home. The team of installers were very professional and respectful of our home. They did a great job of cleaning up every day after the days work and they were also very responsive to all my questions as well as we collaborated to get our home better insulated. It was a pleasure to work with Richard and…

Brian C.

Falmouth

We had Evergreen redo the insulation in our roof. The team handling our project did a great job. They left the house spotless. We've already noticed the difference in how much better our house is retaining heat. I would definitely recommend and will use them for future projects.

Ffej C.

South Portland

Evergreen is the "go-to" company for improving the efficiency of your home. There are others to choose from but none so effective, honest, and capable as Evergreen. They did a great quantity of dense packing cellulose to improve our home (both for energy efficiency and for sound insulation) and it was totally successful. They are on-time, helpful, and caring. They clean up to a level that can't be over emphasized. This was the second time we employed them and we'd use them again if the opportunity came. You'll not be sorry to select Evergreen.

Dirk F.

Belfast

We needed basement encapsulation to stop moisture coming up into the house from our regularly flooding basement. We had mold growing on windowsills and furniture. All the staff were friendly, respectful of our home, and easy to work with. Humidity has gone from 70% down to 40% and mold has not grown back after two months. Very grateful.

Sarah C.

Belfast

We couldn't be more pleased with the easy, professional, high-value service from Evergreen. Having purchased an older home that had been in our family for generations, we needed multiple upgrades, including insulation throughout. Evergreen insulated our attic with blown-in cellulose, built a new, super-insulated attic hatch, sealed off the old one (which was just a piece of plywood in a closet ceiling), and also talked us through our best options to upgrade our heating system given the plans we have to add onto the house.

Tom G.

South Thomaston

The Evergreen crew who installed insulation in my attic were fantastic! They were very professional, worked exceedingly hard, and they did an excellent job. They were very pleasant and friendly to be around. They cleaned up beautifully after each work day, and left my home in great shape on when they walked out the door for the last time. I can't believe they were able to accomplish all that they did with heat soaring into the 80s and 90s. It was pretty unbearable up there! They have my highest praise and my gratitude.

Cynthia F.

South Portland

Awesome company. It was a few years ago that they did the audit and then we commissioned them to do the work. We subsequently sold our house and moved to South Africa, but their level of service and expertise will live on.

Odette Brown

I waited a year to write this review. Evergreen finished our job late last winter. Terrific results!!! we've gone from 12-day propane deliveries to 30+ day propane deliveries. The house is noticeably warmer. The Evergreen crew was/is professional, prompt, thorough, scientific, gracious and immaculate with respect to keeping our house clean. Money well spent.

John E.

Boothbay

Evergreen came out 2 years ago to do an assessment and insulate our roof. This year we had them come back and do the basement as well. They are hands-down the best crew we've ever hired to work on our house. They are experts at what they do, and super meticulous in their work. After working in our house for a week with blown insulation, there was no trace they were ever here. We've seen a huge decrease in our energy bills while at the same time the house has become way more comfortable. Can't recommend them enough.

RC Lations II

Portland

Evergreen is a terrific company to deal with. Polite and efficient crews, meeting deadlines and major reduction in our heat bills. They corrected a lot of issues we suffered from doing work with a shoddy building contractor. We would recommend them to anyone.

Mary Carey

Evergreen was so helpful in securing us Efficiency Maine funding for a big attic insulation project early this winter. They did all of the paperwork, and totally guided us through a vermiculite removal process that included a payment from a trust for the procedure. I could instantly feel the second floor being so much warmer than before. The boiler does not kick on nearly as frequently since they completed the job. It was worth every penny! Brian Robinson was so thorough throughout the whole process including a full walk through after the job had been completed.

Todd W.

Camden

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