Construction Senior Manager

Jollibee Group North America; Calamba; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Zenith Foods Corporation, Inc. seeks a Construction Senior Manager to lead large CAPEX projects, including new facilities, site expansions, and end‑to‑end engineering initiatives.

You will oversee multi‑disciplinary teams, manage vendors, and drive standards across multiple sites. You will lead feasibility, budgeting, design, construction, commissioning, and turnover, ensuring safety, quality, and on‑time delivery while reporting on a hybrid setup in Canlubang, Laguna.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering (Licensed Engineer).
• 10+ years in managerial and technical roles in factory/industrial engineering or construction management (FMCG).
• Experience managing multi‑billion-peso CAPEX or large facility construction projects.
• Expertise in civil/structural design, mechanical systems, utilities engineering, and end‑to‑end construction processes.
• Strong background in contractor management, cost estimating, and project controls.
• Advanced skills in project management methodologies and tools.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Willing to report on a hybrid work setup in Canlubang, Laguna.

Responsibilities

• Lead full project lifecycle: feasibility to turnover.
• Direct and manage large-scale CAPEX projects across locations.
• Develop engineering standards and PM tools for deployment.
• Set schedules, budgets, risk assessments, and metrics.
• Collaborate with Real Estate, Procurement, R&D, Manufacturing, Legal, and Facilities.
• Oversee contractor performance and safety compliance.
• Provide technical leadership across civil/structural, mechanical, and utilities.
• Ensure regulatory permits and quality standards are met.
• Drive cost control, issue resolution, and change management.
• Mentor and build project engineering capabilities.

Skills

Civil/structural design

Mechanical systems

Utilities engineering

End-to-end construction

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Project management

Contractor management

Cost estimation

Project controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering (Licensed Engineer)

Job description

Job Description:

The Construction Senior Manager willead large-scale capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects, including new facility construction, site expansions, and complex end‑to‑end engineering initiatives. This senior role oversees project lifecycle execution—from feasibility and design through construction, commissioning, and turnover—ensuring all projects meet quality, cost, safety, and timeline objectives. 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 inMechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering (Licensed Engineer).
• With at least ten (10) years of managerial and technical experience in factory/industrial engineering projects or construction management in a food or multinational consumer goods (FMCG) industry.
• Demonstrated success managingmulti-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.
• 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 ofJollibee Foods Corporation.

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