Lab Supervisor - La Crosse Unitary Testing

Trane Technologies • La Crosse, WI

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Trane Technologies is hiring a Unitary Testing Supervisor for its North America Commercial Heating, Ventilation and Chiller (NA CHVAC) Test Laboratory in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This is an onsite role, five days per week. The position leads testing for new product development, sustainability, and quality-improvement projects, as well as some agency compliance, to support qualification of Trane commercial HVAC products. The role involves problem-solving, troubleshooting, and collaboration with laboratory and engineering teams to complete projects on time.

The supervisor leads technicians and coordinates daily work, team resources, laboratory facilities, and project priorities. The position supports safe, accurate, and repeatable testing; continuous improvement; standard work; equipment and facility maintenance; capital projects; team development; and budget management. The supervisor also coordinates with laboratory, operations, engineering, and project teams to meet testing deliverables and customer needs.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in HVAC/R, Electromechanical Technology, Electronics, or an equivalent technical degree, and at least 5 years of product development or testing experience; or a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and at least 3 years of product development or testing experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Ability to coach, motivate, and engage others to develop high-performing teams.
• Ability to lead a team through structured problem-solving processes.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivation and technical skills to drive success.
• Strong organizational skills and follow-through.
• Customer-first mindset.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment and build cross-functional partnerships.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with HVAC equipment, product design, laboratory equipment and testing practices, or an operations environment.
• Experience with Visual Management, OPEX, Lean, and/or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Familiarity with standard work, procedures, workflow processes, and quality systems.
• Previous supervisory and/or project-team leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Interact with laboratory team members, conduct layered audits, improve the accuracy and repeatability of test data, and make safety the top priority for leaders, team members, and visitors.
• Align and prioritize the team's daily tasks with project team expectations.
• Lead technicians in continuously improving the CHVAC Engineering Laboratory using continuous-improvement and problem-solving tools and techniques.
• Review, develop, and implement standard work in the Air-Cooled Test area to eliminate waste and apply best practices.
• Develop and support team performance objectives aligned with business-unit objectives and visual-management metrics, in coordination with other CHVAC Laboratory Supervisors.
• Support implementation of capital expenditure projects that enhance the CHVAC Laboratories.
• Support timely facility and equipment preventative maintenance using the Nuvolo preventative-maintenance system.
• Recruit, mentor, and motivate team members; foster engagement across the organization; and support individual development plans.
• Review and approve team members' timecards, vacation, purchase, and expense requests using business systems.
• Use TTPPM to plan people and facility resources needed to safely complete project deliverables on time and to requested due dates.
• Use visual-management tools and collaborate with other Lab Supervisors to manage daily resource needs.
• Work with CHVAC Operations and laboratory team members to support customer-witness and sales-order performance testing as needed.
• Coordinate with project teams to understand development-testing resources, equipment, deliverables, and timing.
• Promote responsible use and protection of natural resources through conservation and sustainable practices.
• Work with the Lab Operations Leader to keep the team within its expense budget.
• Coordinate with other laboratories and test teams to use available resources to complete requested project deliverables.

Benefits

• Health insurance and holistic wellness programs with incentives, beginning on day one.
• Fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• Up to 15 vacation days, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional options supporting volunteer and parental leave.
• 401(k) match.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs.
• Tuition assistance and student debt support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree