Engineering Manager

Trane Italia•York, PA

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, Trane Technologies, through its businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, is committed to putting the planet first. Sustainability is central to their business. The Klinge Corporation team at Thermo King is seeking an Engineering Manager in York, PA. This influential role involves leading a talented, multidisciplinary Engineering team (Mechanical Design, Electrical Design, Embedded Systems, Product Engineering) and guiding their success in new product development, sustaining engineering, and product application initiatives. The manager will own engineering excellence for all Klinge products, being accountable for quality, cost, innovation, delivery, safety, performance, and durability. As a key member of the Product Growth Team, this role plays a strategic part in driving project direction, shaping new offerings from concept through launch, and ensuring strong in-line product maintenance. Collaboration is crucial, partnering with Integrated Supply Chain, quality and reliability teams, productivity engineering (VA/VE), and global support groups to enhance competitiveness and efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and at least 10 years of engineering, product development, or relevant experience is required.
Minimum of 5 years of people management experience is required and demonstrable ability to lead and motivate teams toward identified goals.
Experience in design, development, and application experience in HVAC, Refrigeration or other thermo-regulation experience.
Expertise in DFMEA, DFM, DFS, and reliability tools.
Working knowledge of DFSS tools.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Engineering or Business is a plus.
Preferred strong knowledge in engineering fundamentals including: refrigeration/ air conditioning, structures; heat transfer; airflow; electrical systems; electronics, and embedded firmware and software.

Responsibilities

Provide Engineering leadership to Klinge Corporation’s Product Growth Team responsible for product market share, margin, and growth goals.
Manage a team of 6 engineers to successfully execute new product development, quality and reliability improvements, sustaining and product applications engineering, and customer order delivery using the Trane Technologies Product Development Process (PDP), while ensuring all Quality/Delivery/Cost (QDC) targets are met.
Prioritize field issues, supply chain issues, etc. to meet customer demands and expectations.
Lead strategic talent and capability planning, including the creation of roadmaps and the organizational change management needed to implement them effectively and with strong engagement.
Identify key triggers that signal when to accelerate progress or adjust direction.
Improve ability to leverage partnerships with our broader internal Trane Technologies teams to execute product engineering strategies.
Develop external partnerships with suppliers.
Ensure sustaining engineering work is executed efficiently to support production needs, supplier deviation and design change requests, and quality and reliability improvement projects.
Drive completion of projects from concept through production that meet required standards, intended market specifications, and that meet all regulatory and certification requirements.
Find opportunities to improve efficiency of project engineering work streams.
Oversee and manage engineering budget and cost center.