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Senior Reliability Engineer

Trane Technologies
Columbia, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/4/2026
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.

What's In It For You

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, 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.

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, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.
  • Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
  • Learn more about our benefits here!

Where Is The Work

From Monday to Thursday, work on-site with your colleagues. On Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires!

As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliable performance of our commercial HVAC products. Your main focus will be to develop and implement strategies that enhance the reliability and performance of our products and critical components. You will collaborate closely with engineering teams from design, quality, and test labs to identify potential reliability risks and optimize product life through thorough analysis and testing.

What You Will Do

  • Develop and implement reliability strategies to enhance the performance, availability, and lifespan of HVAC products.
  • Support failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to identify potential failures and recommend proactive solutions to mitigate risks.
  • Perform root cause and corrective action (RCCA) using an 8D or 9 Step approach on product and component failures, identify corrective actions, and implement long-term fixes to prevent recurrence.
  • Analyze product life data from development testing, quality reports, and field records to identify trends, predict failures, and develop life improvement strategies.
  • Collaborate with maintenance and operations teams to develop and refine preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
  • Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for equipment reliability, including mean time between failures (MTBF) and mean time to failure (MTTF).
  • Lead continuous improvement projects aimed at reducing failures and increasing reliability of products.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations for equipment reliability and safety.
  • Provide reliability expertise to the design engineering and program management teams on developing new products.
  • Analyze performance data of products and propose new Design for Reliability projects to ensure products meet or exceed life expectations.
  • Train and mentor team members on reliability best practices.
  • Work cross-functionally across other departments.
  • Potential overnight travel up to 25%.

What You Will Bring

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and at least 5-years of engineering work experience is required.
  • At least some work experience in reliability testing and/or casting product life is required.
  • Strong knowledge of reliability principles, tools, and methodologies (e.g., DFR, FMEA, DVPR, RCCA).
  • Strong analytical and data-driven mindset to assess equipment performance and make informed decisions.

Compensation

Salary Range: $80,000 - $145,000 annually.

Disclaimer: This pay range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

Salary : $80,000 - $145,000

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