Build Your Career,
Not Just Your Hours.
Legacy Plumbing is a commercial plumbing contractor in the St. Louis metro. You get a foreman who plans the work, training that's scheduled instead of promised, and a written path from apprentice to journeyman to foreman to superintendent. Show up, learn the trade, move up.
The Job, Described Honestly
No mission statements. Here's how the work actually runs on our St. Louis jobsites.
Pre-job planning, in writing
Before a crew mobilizes, the job gets a written plan — scope, sequence, material staging, and who owns what. You show up knowing the day's work instead of guessing at the gang box.
Trained foremen, real supervision
Foremen here go through leadership and layout training before they run a crew. Nobody gets handed six guys and a prayer. If you're stuck, there's someone on site who can actually answer.
Tools and material that show up
Specialty tools, press gear, jetters, locators, and cameras are company-provided and maintained. Material gets ordered off the plan, not off a panic phone call at 9am.
A path you can see
Apprentice to journeyman to foreman to superintendent or estimator. Each step has a written expectation list, so you know what you're being measured on before the conversation happens.
Modern estimating and scheduling
Jobs are bid and scheduled with current software and field-verified layout — including total station layout on larger projects — so field work gets set up to succeed instead of chased.
Small enough to know your name
You'll talk to the people who run the company, not a call center. Feedback from the field actually changes how the next job gets built.
Apprentice to Superintendent
Four steps. Each one has a wage band, a training list, and a set of expectations you can read before you're measured against them.
- 01
Apprentice
Pay: % of Local 562 scale, steps up yearly
- Indentured through the Local 562 program — paid field hours, night classes, tuition covered.
- Paired with a journeyman on real installs from day one.
- 02
Journeyman
Pay: full Local 562 journeyman scale
- You own your installs — rough-in, top-out, trim, and the inspection that follows.
- Certifications added as you go: backflow, med gas brazing, confined space.
- 03
Foreman
Pay: scale + foreman premium
- Run the crew, the sequence, the layout, and the quality on your job.
- Leadership, scheduling, and layout training before you take the crew.
- 04
Superintendent / Estimator
Pay: salaried, based on scope and experience
- Multiple jobs, GC relationships, manpower planning — or move inside and bid the work.
- Trained on takeoff, estimating, and project management software.
Wage bands follow the current UA Local 562 agreement. Ask us or the hall for today's published rates.
Who We're Hiring Right Now
Every application gets read by a person here — usually a callback within one business day.
Journeyman Plumber — Commercial
Ground-up, tenant finish, and industrial work. Run your own installs with a foreman who plans the day.
Journeyman Plumber — Service
Stocked truck, scheduled 7am–3:30pm dispatch, repeat commercial accounts. No overnight on-call.
Plumbing Apprentice
Indentured through Local 562. Classes paid, mentored on the tools, wage steps every year.
Foreman — Commercial Projects
Lead a crew on projects from tenant finish through mid-size ground-up. Layout and leadership training provided.
Estimator / Project Manager
Takeoff, bid, and buy out commercial plumbing scopes. Field experience strongly preferred.
Underground / Site Utility Plumber
Sanitary, storm, and domestic water service. Excavation self-performed, so you work with our own crews.
Straight Answers
Want to hear it from the hall? UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 handles dispatch and apprenticeship intake.
Local 562Send Us Your Info Anyway
Work moves. Three fields and we'll call you when something fits.