About this role
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 and Thermo 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:
Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.
At Trane Technologies 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 is 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.
Why consider this role?
Trane Technologies is looking for an experienced Manager – Real Estate & Facilities, India to manage real estate and facility operations across our office locations in India.
In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing lease renewals, office expansion and fit-out projects, facility operations and maintenance, vendor management, budgets, compliance, workplace services, and day-to-day operational requirements across our locations.
You will work closely with internal stakeholders including Procurement, Finance, Human Resources, EHS, IT, Security, Legal, and business teams, as well as landlords, contractors, consultants, and facility service partners, to ensure our workplaces operate safely, efficiently, reliably, and in line with business needs and company standards.
Thrive at work and at home:
Inclusive Wellbeing Program, with resources to support you and your family’s physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being.
Comprehensive learning and development solutions designed to support our people in connecting and growing, including Higher Education/Certification reimbursement.
Sense of belonging and community through our Employee Resource Groups that foster our culture of inclusion.
Volunteerism opportunities to support non-profit and charitable organizations.
The Trane Technologies Helping Hands Fund to support employees facing financial challenges due to unforeseen personal hardship.
Where is the work?
Location: Bangalore, India
What you will do:
In this role, you will:
Manage day-to-day facility operations and maintenance across Trane Technologies office locations in India.
Coordinate lease renewals, lease documentation, landlord discussions, and related commercial activities in partnership with Procurement, Global Real Estate, Legal, and Finance.
Support identification and evaluation of new office space requirements, including expansions, relocations, and consolidations based on business needs.
Assure wherever possible that Trane global standards are utilized and updated. Thereby assuring consistency in Service Providers, Branding, furniture & fixtures, suppliers and advisors, materials and methods.
Manage office fit-out, renovation, expansion, and relocation projects, including requirements gathering, design coordination, budgeting, contractor management, project execution, and handover.
Ensure projects are completed within agreed scope, cost, schedule, quality, and safety requirements.
Manage building infrastructure and workplace services including HVAC, electrical systems, utilities, housekeeping, security, cafeteria, reception, and other facility services, as applicable.
Ensure appropriate preventive maintenance and asset-management practices are implemented across facilities to maintain reliability and business continuity.
Coordinate with landlords, property managers, facility-management agencies, consultants, contractors, and other service providers.
Monitor vendor and service-provider performance through defined SLAs, KPIs, scorecards, and periodic operational reviews.
Manage annual facility operating budgets and capital expenditure, including forecasting, cost tracking, invoice management, and cost-optimization initiatives.
Partner with Procurement on sourcing, contracting, and commercial activities, ensuring compliance with established procurement and approval processes.
Ensure adherence to applicable statutory, fire & life safety, environmental, EHS, and company requirements across office facilities.
Maintain appropriate documentation related to leases, contracts, statutory approvals, facility records, asset information, and project documentation. Assure ASC -842 financial compliance.
Support space planning, seating capacity, workplace utilization, and future space requirements based on changing business needs.
Drive initiatives to improve energy efficiency, resource utilization, sustainability performance, and operating costs across facilities.
Support employee workplace requirements and continuously improve the overall workplace experience.
Coordinate facility-related emergency preparedness, business continuity, risk management, and response activities in partnership with relevant internal teams.
Prepare and maintain facility dashboards, operational metrics, budget reports, project updates, and management reviews.
Manage and develop facility teams and ensure effective coordination of activities across multiple India locations.
Support continuous improvement initiatives related to workplace operations, service quality, processes, governance, and employee experience.
Travel to Trane Technologies locations across India as required.
What you will bring:
Around 15+ years of progressive experience in Corporate Real Estate, Transactions & Strategy, Facilities Management, Workplace Operations, Infrastructure Management, or a related field.
Experience managing facilities across multiple office locations, preferably within a multinational or large corporate environment.
Good experience in commercial lease management, lease renewals, landlord coordination, Transaction management through service brokerage and lease documentation.
Hands-on experience managing office fit-out, renovation, expansion, or relocation projects.
Strong understanding of facility operations and Site services, including HVAC, electrical systems, utilities, building maintenance, and workplace services.
Experience managing facility-management agencies, consultants, contractors, landlords, and other external service providers.
Good understanding of vendor contracts, SLAs, KPIs, scorecards, and service-performance management.
Experience managing operating and capital budgets, cost tracking, forecasting, and cost-optimization initiatives.
Knowledge of applicable facility-related statutory compliance, EHS, fire & life safety, environmental requirements, and workplace standards.
Working knowledge of procurement processes, contract administration, vendor governance, and project controls.
Experience with space planning, office utilization, workplace management, and capacity planning.
Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple activities and projects simultaneously.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound operational decisions.
Ability to prepare and communicate operational reports, dashboards, project updates, and management summaries.
Strong communication, coordination, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to work effectively with multiple functions, business teams, and external partners.
Experience leading, coordinating, and developing facility teams across different locations.
Ability and willingness to travel across India based on operational and project requirements.
Educational Qualification
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Engineering, Facilities Management, Construction Management, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
Relevant professional certifications in Facilities Management, Project Management, Real Estate, EHS, or a related field would be an advantage.
Career Break
We have a Relaunch Program for professionals looking to restart their careers after a break. If you come with a career break of at least 12 months and match the work experience requirements mentioned, you are welcome to apply.
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.
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.