Change Agent

Trane Italia; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Trane Technologies, a world leader in sustainable climate solutions, invites you to join the OpEx Change Agent team in Columbia, SC. This on-site role focuses on transforming lines and sustaining improvements through tiered management systems, with about 5% travel to other Trane sites.

You will lead rapid improvement events, coach teams, and drive lean transformation across safety, quality, and delivery. Safety-sensitive role with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Assist production supervisors and leaders in transforming lines and sustaining improvements using tiered management systems.
• Lead rapid improvement events (RIEs) to meet impact targets and drive fast results.
• Support transformation activities from scoping to execution, including training and pre-work.
• Coach teams to adopt rapid improvement event standard work and engage leaders at all levels.
• Drive high-quality problem solving and sustainment through mission-control style execution.
• Develop systems that enable cross-functional collaboration and lean culture.
• Engrain BOM/lean principles to improve safety, quality, delivery.
• Translate strategy into action within your area of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Transform lines or areas and sustain improvements through tiered management systems.
• Lead rapid improvement events (RIEs) to meet impact and improvement targets.
• Support transformation processes from scoping to execution, including training and pre-work.
• Coach and engage RIE leaders and teams during pre-work, event week and post-work.
• Drive problem solving and sustainment through effective execution at mission control.
• Enable sustainment through development of systems and tiered management.
• Improve cross-functional collaboration and lean culture across the area.
• Translate GDP, LRP, PGT strategies into actionable tasks.

Skills

Process improvement

Lean manufacturing

DME coaching

Job description

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®andThermo 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.

Where is the work:

On-Site (5 days)

What’sin it for you:

The OpEx Change Agent is responsible for assisting production supervisors and production leaders in transforming their line or area, as well as sustaining improvements through the implementation of tiered management systems. This role is focused on addressing future improvement needs at a line or area within their assigned areas of responsibility. This role will require 5% travel to other Trane Technologies sites.

What you will do:

• Process & System Improvement

• Support and enable the development and optimization of capable process and standardization of improvements through Daily Management Excellence (DME)

• Lead the planning and execution of rapid improvement events (RIEs) at a determined pace, meeting impact and improvement targets

• Support conducting transformation processes inclusive of scoping, training and pre-work, value stream analysis and assessment, creation of breakthrough future state vision, and execution of associated activities

• Coach, teach, and utilize rapid improvement event standard work to ensure high levels of engagement and collaboration from RIE leaders and team members during pre-work, event week and post-work

• Execution & Sustainment Through Management Systems

• Drive high-quality problem solving and sustainment of improvement efforts through effective execution at mission control

• Enable sustainment of transformation efforts through the development of systems and effective tiered management

• Engrain all aspects of the BOS to enable and facilitate cross-functional collaboration improving safety, quality, delivery, etc.

• Translate strategy (GDP, LRP, PGT) into action within assigned are of responsibility

• People Development & Culture

• Utilize, coach and teach the 6 foundational competencies to build capability across assigned area of responsibility

• Foster culture change by supporting the development of systems that drive behavior aligned to lean principles

• Visibly lead to highlight focus and accountability to improvement activities

What you will bring:

• Process & System Improvement

• Goal: Improve overall process and system efficiency of assigned lined or area

• Objectives:

• Plan and execute RIEs at a determined pace

• Meet impact and improvement targets for RIEs such as cycle time, lead time, delivery, quality, and safety.

• Increase DME maturity in assigned area of responsibly by percentage aligned with one-year glidepath in assigned line or area

• Execution & Sustainment Through Management Systems

• Goal: Achieve on-time execution of transformation activities and sustainment through follow-up checkpoints

• Objectives:

• Meet LRP 1-year glidepath improvement targets for assigned area of responsibility

• Utilize Gemba activities to provide adequate coaching, feedback and accountability engraining and/or changing behavior aligned to lean principles

• Ensure countermeasures for assigned RIEs deliver expected results and sustain over a 6-month period

• People Development & Culture

• Goal: Promote a culture for continuous improvement and development of people

• Objectives:

• Partner with production supervisors and leaders in area of responsibility to teach the 6 foundational competencies, coach the self-assessment and calibration process, and assist in the creation of associated actions plans

• Support improvement of radar charts within area of scope

Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:

$51,800.00 - $93,309.99

Compensation Type:

Salary

Incentive Eligible:

No

Sales Commission Eligible:

No

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.

Safety Sensitive Role:

Yes

The company designates certain roles as Safety Sensitive. Safety Sensitive roles may require that you pass additional drug screening.

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.