Sustaining Engineering Manager

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About This Role

The Sustaining Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Sustaining Engineering organization and ensuring the successful lifecycle management of commercial HVAC and data center cooling products manufactured at the facility.

This role provides leadership for sustaining engineering resources supporting factory operations, product quality, field issue resolution, cost reduction, supplier localization, regulatory compliance, engineering change management, and product reliability improvement initiatives. The position serves as the primary engineering owner for sustaining activities and is accountable for product support after production release while partnering closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Supply Chain, Product Management, Design Services, and Program Management.

The Sustaining Engineering Manager will build and lead a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering robust technical solutions, driving operational excellence, improving customer satisfaction, and supporting the overall business objectives of the new facility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, develop, and mentor a team of mechanical, electrical, controls, and systems engineers.
• Establish strategy, priorities, resource plans, and execution objectives for sustaining engineering activities.
• Create a culture of accountability, technical excellence, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Drive engineering productivity, prioritization, and execution of sustaining engineering projects. 

• Partner with manufacturing operations to resolve production issues and improve manufacturability.
• Provide engineering leadership for factory support activities including quality escapes, non-conformances, turnbacks, and production disruptions.

• Ensure engineering changes are reviewed, documented, validated, and released in accordance with company processes.
• Coordinate implementation activities across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, service, and quality organizations.

• Support supplier localization efforts and dual-source qualification initiatives.

• Ensure sustaining activities maintain compliance with applicable regulatory, industry, and Carrier standards.
• Maintain strong engineering governance and adherence to design standards.

• Provide clear communication, risk identification, prioritization, and status reporting to engineering and business leadership.
• Travel up to 10%.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of professional engineering experience 
• 5+ years of experience managing and leading project teams 

OR

• Master’s degree and 5+ years of professional engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience managing and leading project teams 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering 
• HVAC industry experience
• Experience in new product development, service, or manufacturing

• Experience building a team

• Strong communication skills
• Six Sigma Certification

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is 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, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 25 September 2026

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Use of AI

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