Operations Project Manager

At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what's possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

Job Summary:

Trane Technologies is hiring an Operations Project Manager to join the Integrated Supply Chain team in St. Paul, MN. The project manager will manage and lead productivity, NPD, ready to serve/continuation, capacity and other transformation projects, processes, and systems focused on exceeding quality, cost, and schedule requirements.

This position is the primary communication link between internal and external stake holders, leadership teams and project teams to deliver projects on schedule and on budget; identify and update risks and contingencies as well as developing options during the project.

This position will be hybrid based out of our St. Paul, MN location.

Position Responsibilities:

• Project pipeline development, prioritization, management, and communication
• Project schedule, cost, and resource management
• Critical path management
• Communication and escalation to stakeholders as necessary
• Develop and run weekly project update reviews
• Evaluate and implement innovative, cost effective, reliable, comprehensive processes and techniques which will improve the effectiveness of manufacturing to deliver projects to exceed customer and business needs
• Manage and lead teams on productivity projects and SCRUM process to complete continuous improvement activities relating to the design, manufacturing, and testing of new and/or existing products
• Participate in Independent Design Reviews (IDR) and various project reviews to ensure manufacturing readiness efforts are completed effectively, with desired results
• Confer with management, engineering, production, and product management to determine feasibility, manufacturability, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products
• Functional owner of site Project Portfolio Management system (TTPPM) and site change management process
• Ensure compliance with all manufacturing aspects of Trane Business Operating System (BOS) Product Development Processes
• Establish and maintain an operations budget for assigned projects per project scope
• Create and revise project schedules including generating tasks, estimates, dependencies, and milestones using Gantt charts
• Report out to various level of management
• Contributes to the development and implementation of new processes, tools and/or equipment
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required. Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineering or Supply Chain preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing environment preferred
• 3+ years of project management experience preferred with a proven track record of bias for action and delivering results
• Strong Project Management skills with Gantt chart tool usage
• PMP certification or training is preferred
• Minimum, intermediate knowledge of personal computer applications required (Excel, Work, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience in lean manufacturing environments
• Experience with visual management systems
• Excellent professional communication; both verbal and written

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.