Senior Manager, Construction - Greenfield

Job Description Summary:

We are establishing a Greenfield manufacturing facility at Tlaxcala in Mexico. This will be the flagship facility in line with Industry 4.0 with state-of-the-art advanced automation and digitization, with the highest standards for Sustainability. To deliver this, we are hiring a highly competent and motivated professional who will support the design and implementation of the new facility, as well as act as the local SME for startup, stabilization, and ongoing operations.

The Construction Manager – Capital Projects will lead end-to-end construction execution for all building and civil works, integrating the engineering design firm, construction contractors, and global Coca-Cola stakeholders to deliver the project from design through construction and startup. This role owns construction execution on-site, ensuring alignment across design, cost, schedule, quality, and safety, while overseeing contractors, managing key interfaces, ensuring compliance with local regulations and global standards, and supporting a smooth transition to operations.

What You’ll Do for Us

Project Design Phase: Lead the coordination of the engineering design firm to ensure efficient, compliant, and construction-ready designs aligned with project requirements, Coca-Cola standards, and local regulations.

Project Execution Phase: Lead end-to-end construction execution, managing contractors and ensuring delivery of all building and civil works in line with cost, schedule, quality, and safety targets. Act as the primary interface between engineering, construction, and project stakeholders.

Startup Phase: Coordinate with project and operations teams to support commissioning, site readiness, and a smooth transition to operations, ensuring facilities are delivered fit-for-purpose.

Project Governance: Ensure adherence to project charter, monitor performance, manage risks and interfaces, and provide regular updates to leadership.

Team Leadership: Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including engineering partners and contractors, ensuring alignment, accountability, and high performance throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field 10+ years of experience in construction management of large-scale capital projects (>USD 100M), preferably in industrial, FMCG, or food & beverage environments
• Proven experience leading construction execution for large greenfield projects.
• Strong experience managing contractors, engineering firms, and multidisciplinary stakeholders
• Solid understanding of construction practices, contracts, permitting, local regulations and main software
• Experience with sustainable building practices and LEED or equivalent certification is preferred
• Strong leadership and project execution skills (cost, schedule, quality, safety)
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Knowledge of Green Building Codes and Standards, Environmental Impact Assessment, Soil Analysis, Water Resource Management
• PMP Certification is an added advantage.

What We Can Do for You

• Coach and Develop: Aligns career expectations and actively supports career development, build diverse teams.
• Exposure to World Class Leaders: Availability to global technology leaders that will expand your network and exposure you to emerging technologies and techniques.
• Enable results through others: aligns the strategy across the organization through a pragmatic combination of a clear long term vision and the achievement of day-to-day goals
• Agile Work Environment: We embrace agile with management that believes in removing barriers and empowering you to experiment, iterate and innovate.

SKILLS: Project Management: Construction Management: Sustainable Design: Project Planning: Environmental Impact Assessment: Knowledge of Green Building Codes and Standards: Certifications like LEED, Green Globes, Soil Analysis: Water Resource Management: Energy Efficiency: Software Proficiency: Communication and Teamwork: Continuous learning:

Skills:

Change Management, Communication, Construction Projects, Continual Improvement Process, Cost Estimates, Data Compilation, Design of Experiments (DOE), Experimenting (Inactive), Food Processing, Food Production, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Group Problem Solving, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Long Term Planning, Process Engineering, Production Processes, Project Budgeting, Research and Development Operations (Inactive), Six Sigma, Technical Documents, Waterfall Model

Location(s):

Mexico

City/Cities:

Huamantla

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Yes

Job Posting End Date:

August 8, 2026

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.