Site Manufacturing Engineering Leader

Trane Italia•Grand Rapids, MI

32d•Onsite

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, Trane Technologies is committed to putting the planet first. Sustainability is integral to their business. This role involves mentoring and developing employees across the plant, fostering a culture of engagement, continuous improvement, and innovative problem-solving. The leader will guide the Sustaining Manufacturing Engineering team in improving current processes and creating new ones for future products, particularly for new product introduction in the Electrification of Heat and strategic vertical areas. Key responsibilities also include leading the Manufacturing Engineering transformation plan for the Trane Grand Rapids plant to achieve 2030 growth targets, and managing the plant's process automation, test strategy, multi-year capital plan, and asset replacement strategy.

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.