Senior Quality Leader — Lean Manufacturing & Reliability

Trane Technologies; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 114,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K match

Tuition assistance

Fertility coverage

Job summary

Trane Technologies in La Crosse, WI, is hiring a Sr. Quality Manager to lead manufacturing quality initiatives across three HVAC business units, driving lean processes to improve quality, reliability and cost targets.

You will apply APQP tools, lead problem solving, DoE, FMEA, control plans, and guide a team to meet safety and quality goals while reducing waste. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in manufacturing engineering and quality, with CAD/PLM/MES experience, on-site work

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Seven years (7+) years of experience in manufacturing engineering and quality management.
• In-depth knowledge, understanding and application of APQP tools, to include process flows, process FMEA and control plans.
• Experience in engineering systems to include CAD, PLM and MES systems. Ability to contribute in design reviews and assist during validation and qualification, to include safety and ergonomics.
• Experience with lean principles and techniques to include Visual Management, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Cycle Time Reduction and Process Balancing, 5S, Set Up Reduction (SMED), and Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving product quality improvements with ownership of the Cost of Quality to help eliminate waste and meet organizational goals.
• Responsible for driving improvements to equipment, tools, technologies and other factors impacting production capability and capacity.
• Supports ISO and other company standard practices and procedures such as the Quality Management System (QMS) and Business Operating System (BOS) via Leader Standard Work.
• Provide training and development in problem solving methods, Design of Experiments (DoE), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Control Plans.
• Responsible for Non-Conformance Material Reviews; lead team in developing and coordinating rework of materials while minimizing cost to company.
• Evaluate field and internal failures with the Product Quality Team and aid in problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Supervises tooling activities, including design, order, maintenance, gages; and fulfill customer requirements relating to engineering or processing, i.e. FMEA, flow charting, and problem solving.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Quality management

APQP tools

Lean principles

Visual Management

Kaizen

Value Stream Mapping

Cycle Time Reduction

Process Balancing

5S

SMED

Kanban

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CAD

PLM

MES

Job description

Trane Technologies in La Crosse, WI, is hiring a Sr. Quality Manager to lead manufacturing quality initiatives across three HVAC business units, driving lean processes to improve quality, reliability and cost targets.

You will apply APQP tools, lead problem solving, DoE, FMEA, control plans, and guide a team to meet safety and quality goals while reducing waste. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in manufacturing engineering and quality, with CAD/PLM/MES experience, on-site work