Senior Engineering Manager

About the role

As a Senior Engineering Manager, Site Design Engineering Leader at Trane Technologies, you will serve as the primary engineering leader for the Grand Rapids site, overseeing both Design-to-Order Engineering and Sustaining Engineering functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop engineering teams to build a high-performing, accountable, and collaborative engineering organization.
• Provide strategic leadership for custom/design-to-order engineering activities, ensuring customer-specific solutions are technically sound, manufacturable, cost-effective, and aligned with business objectives.
• Oversee sustaining engineering activities including design changes, product improvements, cost reduction, reliability enhancement, quality improvement, obsolescence management, and production support.
• Establish and drive engineering priorities, resource planning, organizational alignment, and workload balancing across the site engineering team.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Service, and commercial teams to support product execution and business performance.
• Ensure engineering outputs support safety, quality, compliance, serviceability, manufacturability, and lifecycle value.
• Act as a key escalation point for technical, organizational, and execution-related issues affecting the site’s engineering portfolio.
• Translate customer requirements, market needs, field issues, and operational constraints into actionable engineering direction and prioritized execution plans.
• Champion engineering rigor in requirements management, design reviews, validation, release practices, documentation quality, and change control.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tools, standard work, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Support site and business strategy through technical leadership, portfolio alignment, process ownership, and organizational capability building.
• Influence and align engineering decisions with business goals related to growth, quality, delivery, cost, and customer satisfaction.
• Promote knowledge sharing, succession planning, and leadership development across the engineering organization.
• Represent site engineering in leadership discussions, customer interactions, audits, supplier collaboration, and cross-functional reviews as needed.
• Lead complex technical and organizational issue resolution to maintain execution continuity and support site performance objectives.
• Champion a culture of accountability, collaboration, problem-solving, and continuous improvement within the engineering organization.
• Ensure the engineering team is positioned to support both current business needs and long-term site capability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing, product development, HVAC, thermal systems, industrial equipment, or similar engineered-product environments.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience with direct responsibility for people leadership, team development, and business execution.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple engineering functions or a broad engineering scope, including areas such as design-to-order engineering, sustaining engineering, product support, or manufacturing support.
• Strong experience with product lifecycle processes including design release, change management, validation, documentation control, production support, and cross-functional execution.

Qualifications

• Strong technical depth and people leadership capability.
• The ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Service, and commercial teams.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and leadership skills.
• Technical expertise in HVAC, thermal systems, and industrial equipment.
• Experience with product lifecycle processes.
• People management and team development skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Benefits

Our benefits package includes:

• Annual Base Salary Range: $113,600.00 - $161,945.00
• Compensation Type: Salary
• Incentive Eligible: Yes
• Sales Commission Eligible: No
• Health Insurance
• Holistic Wellness Programs
• Fertility Coverage
• Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance
• 401K Match: Up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution
• Paid Time Off: 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave
• Educational and Training Opportunities
• Tuition Assistance
• Student Debt Support

Disclaimer: We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience, travel requirements, and union designation. Our compensation range is generally based on the national average for the country. Additionally, benefits may vary depending on the region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

Pay

Annual Base Salary Range: $113,600.00 - $161,945.00

Schedule

Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.