About this role
Job Description Summary:
Role and Major Responsibilities of Position Capital Portfolio and Site Master Planning:
• Coordinate the development and prioritization of the annual and long-range capital plan. • Lead and maintain the Site Master Plan, providing a roadmap for future capacity, infrastructure, technology, sustainability, compliance, and operational requirements. Project Initiation and Business Case Development:
• Work with the Business Sponsor and project owner to define the business need, strategic alignment, expected benefits, costs, risks, challenges, and options. • Coordinate technical and financial feasibility studies before significant investment commitments are made. • Ensure the Business Case remains the governing justification for the project throughout delivery. Project Charter and Scope Definition:
• Develop and maintain the Project Charter following initial project approval. • Clearly document what is in scope and out of scope. • Develop and coordinate User Requirement Specifications with project owners and end users. • Quantify the expected impact of projects where possible, including cost, productivity, capacity, headcount, utility consumption, quality, safety, or sustainability improvements.
Engineering Design and Project Planning:
• Coordinate feasibility analysis, basic design, detailed design, and technical reviews. • Finalize P&IDs, functional design specifications, layouts, equipment specifications, and other required engineering documentation. • Obtain final quotations and confirm budget requirements before execution. • Identify and analyse risks, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and mitigation actions.
Project Execution, Monitoring and Control:
• Coordinate construction, equipment installation, contractor activities, testing, and site integration. • Lead the multidisciplinary project team and ensure responsibilities, deliverables, and deadlines are clearly understood. • Coordinate regular project reviews and provide accurate status reports to sponsors, steering teams, Finance, and plant leadership.
Financial and Commercial Management:
• Prepare project cost estimates, capital forecasts, cash-flow plans, financial justifications, and funding requests. • Ensure that expenditure takes place only after appropriate authorization. • Control project commitments, purchase orders, invoices, accruals, forecasts, and capitalization. • Ensure commercial dealings are competitive, transparent, ethical, and properly documented.
Safety, Quality, Environment and Food Safety:
• Integrate occupational safety, environmental, food safety, hygiene, quality, and security requirements into every phase of the project. • Ensure designs comply with CPS engineering requirements, legal obligations, hygienic-design principles, and applicable Company standards. • Ensure contractors are appropriately selected, inducted, trained, supervised, and evaluated. • Ensure compliance with permit-to-work and other applicable critical safety controls.
Commissioning, Qualification and Verification:
• Develop and coordinate commissioning, qualification, start-up, and ramp-up plans. • Ensure input/output checks, safety tests, dry runs, wet runs, and relevant performance tests are completed • Coordinate Factory Acceptance Tests and Site Acceptance Tests where applicable. • Support stabilization of the new process or equipment after start-up. Handover, Closeout and Benefits Support:
• Ensure completed assets are formally handed over to Operations and Maintenance. • Confirm that operating procedures, maintenance plans, recommended spares, warranties, manuals, drawings, safety documentation, and asset records are complete. • Obtain formal acceptance from the project sponsor and accountable end users.
Financial/ Job Scope
• Coordinates civil, mechanical, electrical, automation, process, utility, infrastructure, safety, sustainability, and manufacturing projects. • Manages a capital portfolio that may amount to approximately US$13 million annually, subject to the approved Business Plan. • Manages multiple projects of varying complexity, value, risk, and operational impact. • Evaluates project options and supplier proposals based on technical compliance, safety, quality, cost, timing, capability, and total cost of ownership. • Maintains financial control over budgets, commitments, expenditure, forecasts, project changes, and capitalization
Minimum Requirements for Position:
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Process Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline. • Proven experience in engineering and maintenance within a manufacturing environment. • Technical Skills in mechanical, electrical & civil engineering • More than 5 years’ experience as a Project Engineer Mechanical /Electrical/ Industrial / Chemical. • Working knowledge of safety measures and ISO related requirements. • Requirements Analysis, Design Skills, Project Management, Manufacturing Methods and Procedures, Process Improvement, Technical Understanding, Documentation Skills, Safety Management, Supervision, CAD • Proficiency in project management software, AI tools, and industry-specific technical knowledge • Financial acumen • Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, adaptability, and emotional intelligence • Teamwork and coordination skills. • Time management, prioritizing, planning and self-direction skills. • Ability to assess project performance, interpret data, and make informed decisions • Continuous improvement and Operational Excellence knowledge
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Location(s): Eswatini City/Cities: Manzini Travel Required: 00% - 25% Relocation Provided: No Job Posting End Date: September 25, 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.