Construction Manager (Manufacturing Plant)

Moreover, this role shall oversee multi-disciplinary engineering teams, manage vendors and contractors, establish engineering standards, and drive project excellence across multiple sites.

• Leads the full project lifecycle: feasibility, scoping, budgeting, detailed design, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Directs and manages large-scale CAPEX projects across multiple locations.
• Develops engineering standards, project management tools, and best practices for organization-wide deployment.
• Formulates project schedules, budgets, cost estimates, risk assessments, and performance metrics.
• Collaborates cross‑functionally with Real Estate, Procurement, R&D, Manufacturing, Legal, Facilities, and external partners.
• Oversees contractor and vendor performance, ensuring alignment with design specs, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Provides technical leadership across civil/structural, mechanical, utilities, and construction disciplines.
• Ensures compliance with government permitting, safety regulations, environmental guidelines, and quality standards.
• Leads issue resolution, escalation management, cost control, and change management processes.
• Drives capability building, mentoring, and succession planning for the project engineering team.
• Benchmarks industry practices to continuously improve engineering and construction processes.

Job Qualifications:

• A graduate of Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil Engineering or similar field (Licensed Engineer preferred).
• With at least ten (10) years of managerial and technical experience in factory/industrial engineering construction projects or construction management in a food or multinational consumer product (FMCG) industry.
• Demonstrated success managing multi-billion-peso CAPEX or large-scale facility construction projects.
• Expertise in civil/structural design, mechanical systems, utilities engineering, and end‑to‑end construction processes.
• Possess strong background in contractor management, cost estimating, and project controls.Advanced skills in project management methodologies and tools.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in F&B, manufacturing, or industrial plant projects is a plus; PMP or equivalent certification is an advantage.
• Must be willing to report on a hybrid work setup in Canlubang, Laguna.
• Zenith Foods Corporation, Inc., the hiring entity, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jollibee Foods Corporation.