Engineering Project Leader - Compressors
About The Position
As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we business—it is our business. We are currently seeking an Engineering Project Leader - Compressors to guide a cross-functional engineering team through the entire design cycle – from requirements definition to laboratory testing and analysis. Your goal will be to achieve optimum performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost, while maintaining project schedule. You will be a part of our Applied Compression team, working within our Advanced Concepts and Capabilities (ACC) organization, where we develop advanced concepts and products in the HVAC and Refrigeration sectors. As part of our Project Engineering team, you will lead the development of new Trane and Thermo King Centrifugal, Screw and Scroll Compressors through the design process.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (or directly related technical discipline) and at least 3 years of work experience in a mechanical engineering discipline is required.
- Able to work with a diverse, global team in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions.
- Broad understanding of HVACR systems and compressor applications
- Outstanding verbal communication, technical writing, documentation, and presentation skills.
- Capable of adjusting project strategy based on project risks, design tradeoffs, schedule, project budget, product costs, and product reliability.
- Able to understand, condense, organize, and communicate information necessary for effective team and stakeholder decision making.
Nice To Haves
- Compressor and/or HVACR system knowledge is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, sourcing, and manufacturing personnel with enthusiasm and energy.
- Prioritize team activities to meet project deliverables.
- React to changes in plans to maintain team momentum.
- Direct the team to high-priority deliverables and communicate changes to stakeholders as necessary.
- Plan and manage the compressor design from product requirements to engineering design release using Trane Technologies' formal stage gate process.
- Work closely with system-level engineering, controls, heat exchanger, product, manufacturing, and other teams to ensure seamless compressor integration into the application.
- Manage communications with peers, senior leaders, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate purchasing, machining, inspection, build, and test of prototype compressors for laboratory validation.
- Transfer the design to the production implementation team and provide support as needed.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives
- Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
- 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
- 15 vacation days
- 9 paid holidays
- 3 floating holidays
- Sick leave
- Additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs
- Tuition assistance
- Student debt support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
