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Do you have a passion for developing people, coaching leaders, building strong teams, and nurturing a culture grounded in positivity, growth, and continuous improvement? Trane Technologies is seeking a Senior Change Agent to support our Residential HVAC business. This role is built around empowering individuals and teams, strengthening leadership capabilities, and cultivating a forwardmoving mindset where everyone feels confident and encouraged to contribute to meaningful change.

As a Senior Change Agent, you will champion our Lean transformation as a cultural leader-someone who inspires, mentors, and equips others to embrace new ways of thinking and working. You will guide teams through change with empathy, reinforce behaviors that build trust and resilience, and help create an environment where people feel supported, valued, and motivated to do their best work.

If you have handson Lean experience and a strong track record of coaching, people development, and leading teams through change, we would love to connect.

The Senior Change Agent plays a vital role in embedding Lean principles into daily behaviors, elevating leadership capability, and strengthening the organization's ability to work collaboratively toward shared goals. This role drives improvements across safety, customer value, quality, delivery, cycle time, growth, margin expansion, and inventory-through peoplefirst, growthoriented leadership.

Responsibilities

Champion People Development, Leadership Coaching, and Team Mindset

Serve as a cultural catalyst who models positivity, collaboration, and forwardthinking behaviors across the value stream
Coach leaders at all levels to build capability in problem solving, communication, emotional intelligence, and servant leadership
Create a supportive environment where employees feel safe to share ideas, learn from mistakes, and challenge the status quo
Build strong crossfunctional relationships that promote teamwork, shared ownership, and continuous learning
Mentor teams through change by helping them build confidence, resilience,

and a growth mindset rooted in progress and possibility

Support Lean Transformation and Daily Management With a PeopleFirst Lens

Implement strategies that enable the value stream vision while reinforcing inclusive and collaborative behaviors
Partner with teams to remove obstacles, simplify processes, and create space for learning and innovative thinking
Use value stream mapping and other tools to help teams visualize opportunities and codesign solutions that move the organization forward
Serve as a Value Stream Coach, helping leaders adopt Lean mindsets through handson coaching, reflection, and positive reinforcement

Lead and Facilitate Rapid Improvement Events

Facilitate kaizen events in ways that energize teams, build confidence, and encourage open dialogue and shared learning
Participate in gemba walks as a coach and partner, helping teams develop ownership of standard work, flow, and takt attainment
Deliver Lean training that emphasizes teamwork, engagement, psychological safety, and cultural alignment
Support teams after events to ensure improvements are implemented, celebrated, and sustained through strong habits and followthrough

Execute Key Lean and Daily Management Activities

Conduct value stream and workplace analyses while deeply involving employees in discovery, learning, and idea generation
Create and refine standard work collaboratively, coaching leaders on how to support adoption through encouragement and constructive feedback
Strengthen visual management and problemsolving routines that keep teams aligned, engaged, and focused on growth
Lead issueresolution activities using a peoplefirst approach that prioritizes learning, teamwork, and forward progress

Strengthen Lean Culture and Organizational Capability

Identify skill and capability needs across the value stream and guide leaders on meaningful ways to develop their teams
Support clear, positive communication of Lean and daily management initiatives that reinforce shared purpose and progress
Use Trane's change management model to promote adaptability, psychological safety, inclusion, and continuous learning
Inspire participation, pride, and ownership in Lean activities, helping employees see themselves as active leaders of positive change
Coach both employees and leaders to reinforce OpEx behaviors that strengthen collaboration, trust, and cultural alignment

Sustain and Track Improvement

Evaluate improvement areas while engaging teams in reflection, recognition, and celebration of progress
Update Mission Control Center results in partnership with teams and communicate outcomes to leadership with clarity, positivity, and transparency

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree preferred (equivalent education/training/experience considered)
Minimum5+ years of experiencein a Lean environment with proven ability to coach leaders, develop teams, and build capability
Demonstrated success facilitating Kaizen events and driving measurable operational and cultural improvements
Exceptional communication and influencing skills with the ability to connect across all levels of the organization
Deep knowledge of gembabased continuous improvement and peoplecentered Lean practices
Familiarity with the Shingo Model preferred

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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.

Thrive at work and at home:

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives - WE DARE TO CARE!
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

Disclaimer: Benefit offerings may vary depending on Collective Bargaining Agreements and local/state regulations.

Safety Sensitive Role:

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.