Site Manufacturing Engineering Leader

Trane ItaliaGrand Rapids, MI
$113,600 - $204,610Onsite

About The Position

Be a part of our mission! 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 do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world. Learn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or manufacturing related field.
  • Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in a manufacturing or production environment in a leadership or supervisory roles.
  • Experience in application of lean tools, root cause analysis and problem-solving
  • Well-developed oral and communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and high-performance team building skills, with ability to develop collaborative relationships, influencing up, down and across organizational lines.
  • A strong level of emotional intelligence.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with lean implementation that delivered both cultural and operational excellence would be a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Mentor and develop employees at all levels across the entire plant with the goal of inspiring employees to bring their authentic selves to work that are empowered to develop themselves and participate in plant problem-solving.
  • Promote a culture of employee engagement, continuous improvement, innovative problem-solving and operational transformation necessary to meet business and customer requirements.
  • Lead the Sustaining Manufacturing Engineering team to improve current processes and create new processes for future product.
  • Lead process development for new product introduction for products that provide solutions for our customers in the Electrification of Heat and strategic vertical areas.
  • Lead the Manufacturing Engineering transformation plan for Trane Grand Rapids that positions the plant to achieve 2030 growth targets.
  • Lead the process automation and test strategy for the plant.
  • Manage multi-year capital plan and asset replacement strategy for the plant.

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.
  • Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
  • Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
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