Journeyman - Plumbing

Job Summary

Installs, assembles, maintains, and repairs plumbing systems in accordance with project specifications, mechanical drawings, and applicable building and plumbing codes. Responsibilities include working with piping, fittings, valves, and fixtures for heating, potable water, and drainage systems. Ensures quality workmanship, system integrity, and code compliance in commercial construction environments.


Essential Duties

• Thoroughly reviews specifications, building plans, and shop drawings to identify necessary tools and equipment, ensuring precise installation sequences. Adheres to hanger spacing and load requirements as per specifications and owner preferences.
• Installs and repairs plumbing fixtures such as sinks, toilets, bathtubs, urinals, water heaters, water softeners and others.
• Precisely locates and marks pipe positions, connections, and passage holes in walls and floors using tools like a ruler, level, and laser for accuracy.
• Cuts openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and fittings, using hand and power tools.
• Installs sleeves and leave outs for roof and wall penetrations.
• Digs, backfills and tamps ditches using shovels, picks, and tampers.
• Cuts, reams and solders copper tubing/piping, braze, solvent weld, fuse groove and thread pipe using pipe cutters, reamers, torches, allow gaskets, solvent cements, fusing machines, press fittings, grove and pipe-threading machines.
• Assembles and installs valves, pipes and fittings composed of metals, i.e. iron, steel, copper, brass, lead and non-metals, i.e. glass, vitrified clay and plastic using hand tools and power tools.
• Joins pipes using mechanical solder, brazing, and pipe joining methods.
• Fills pipe systems with water or air and reads gauges to determine system leaks.
• Maintains the work area in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations (should support the implementation of 6S). Maintains required personal tools, and properly uses all Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and safety equipment.

Minimum Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required

Possession of a valid/current Journeyman Plumber's License is a must

4+ years as a Plumbing Journeyman preferred

Trained and qualified to operate machinery such as scissor lifts, aerial lifts, fork lifts, etc.

Demonstrated proficiency through job-related training and extensive on-the-job experience. Expected to serve as a resource for colleagues, work independently with minimal supervision, and offer guidance to team members.

Grow Your Career with TDIndustries

Founded in 1946, TDIndustries is a premier, employee-owned Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) company delivering full-lifecycle building solutions-from design and construction to service and facilities maintenance. We power critical environments like hospitals, schools, data centers, stadiums, and commercial buildings across Texas and the Southwest.

Our Partners (employees) are the core of our success. As an employee-owned company, you have a voice, a stake, and a clear path to grow. Recognized by FORTUNE Magazine as a "100 Best Company to Work For," we invest in top training, career development, and a culture built on trust and servant leadership.

Join a growing team where your skills matter, and your future is built to last.

At TDIndustries, we believe opportunity should be built - and shared - by all. Whether you work with tools or technology, in the field or the office, we hire and grow people based on skill, potential, and integrity - never labels. We value the diverse paths that bring people to our team and welcome Partners of all backgrounds, including differences in race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, military service, and more. What matters most is how we work together to build excellence.