Senior Director II, Engineering

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

3d • $194,000 - $228,000

About The Position

The Senior Director II, Engineering is a senior technical and strategic leader responsible for engineering strategy, manufacturing technology, and technical execution in support of Syrup Manufacturing Operations. The role calls for substantial engineering and beverage-manufacturing expertise, strategic and analytical judgment, business acumen, and strong people leadership. The leader must balance long-range strategy with immediate manufacturing and business needs, make sound decisions amid complexity and incomplete information, and mobilize teams to deliver results.

The position leads through direct authority and influence, partnering with Syrup Manufacturing Operations and stakeholders across Supply Chain, Quality, Safety, Commercialization, Procurement, Finance, and other technical functions, as well as OEMs, suppliers, and engineering firms. It provides senior engineering leadership across beverage processing systems, manufacturing equipment, utilities, automation, and integrated manufacturing solutions; guides major capital investments and engineering programs; and develops a high-performing technical organization. The role is based in Atlanta, requires 51%–75% travel, and does not provide relocation. The company does not sponsor employment-based visas for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering from an accredited engineering program; a degree in one of these three disciplines is required.
• Significant engineering and technical leadership experience in beverage manufacturing.
• Direct beverage-manufacturing experience and demonstrated knowledge of beverage processing systems, manufacturing processes, and equipment.
• Strong technical understanding of manufacturing equipment and systems, including capability, performance, reliability, maintainability, technical risk, and integration into operations.
• Experience leading complex engineering initiatives involving multiple disciplines, manufacturing locations, suppliers, OEMs, and business stakeholders.
• Strong analytical capability and demonstrated use of structured problem solving for complex technical and business challenges.
• Strategic thinking and ability to translate business requirements into engineering strategies and executable technical plans.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including connecting engineering decisions to capital investment, operating performance, cost, risk, and long-term business strategy.
• Demonstrated success leading, developing, and influencing technical professionals and engineering leaders.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills, including simplifying complex technical matters and communicating facts, risks, alternatives, recommendations, and decisions required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, manage competing priorities, and maintain momentum while preserving technical rigor and accountability.
• Ability and willingness to travel 50%–75%, primarily to manufacturing facilities, co-manufacturing locations, suppliers, OEMs, and project sites; travel may include extended on-site presence during critical project phases.
• Must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and must not require company sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration.
• Experience supporting Syrup Manufacturing Operations within a multi-site beverage manufacturing network.
• Experience with major capital programs, complex beverage equipment installations, commissioning, startup, stabilization, and performance optimization.
• Broad technical exposure across beverage processing, packaging, automation and controls, utilities, infrastructure, reliability, and manufacturing systems.
• Experience evaluating and managing OEMs, engineering firms, system integrators, contractors, and other external technical partners.
• Experience developing engineering standards, technical strategies, or scalable solutions for deployment across multiple manufacturing operations.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or comparable formal project-management training.

Responsibilities

• Develop business priorities into engineering strategies, technical roadmaps, investment priorities, and executable plans.
• Provide senior engineering leadership for Syrup Manufacturing Operations, including beverage processing systems, manufacturing equipment, utilities, automation, and integrated manufacturing solutions.
• Evaluate equipment, technologies, and engineering alternatives based on technical merit, safety, quality, business value, scalability, reliability, maintainability, risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Balance immediate operating needs with long-term strategies for equipment reliability, asset health, standardization, manufacturing capability, productivity, flexibility, and network performance.
• Lead resolution of complex engineering and manufacturing challenges across disciplines, sites, and stakeholders.
• Use structured analysis to assess equipment performance, process capability, capital alternatives, cost, schedule, technical risk, and investment decisions.
• Ensure recommendations are supported by data, engineering analysis, business impact, alternatives, risks, and a clear recommended path.
• Identify technical and execution risks, establish mitigation plans, escalate appropriately, and drive issues to closure.
• Retain internal ownership of engineering strategy and technical decisions while managing OEMs, engineering firms, contractors, suppliers, and integrators.
• Provide technical leadership and governance for major capital investments and engineering programs.
• Ensure investments have a defined business need, appropriate technical scope, credible cost and schedule assumptions, and measurable expected outcomes.
• Promote lifecycle cost, maintainability, reliability, standardization, manufacturing flexibility, operational performance, and long-term network considerations in engineering solutions.
• Communicate technical alternatives and trade-offs in business terms to support timely senior-leadership decisions.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing technical organization; develop technical talent and leadership capability, strengthen succession depth, and create growth opportunities.
• Set expectations for ownership, accountability, technical rigor, strategic thinking, collaboration, speed, and quality of execution.
• Foster an environment where people challenge assumptions constructively, raise risks early, use data, and take ownership for results.
• Communicate complex engineering and manufacturing matters clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Build credibility with operations, plant leaders, and senior business leaders; influence decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Present senior leaders with clear facts, risks, options, recommendations, and decisions required, and respectfully challenge assumptions or approaches when warranted.

Benefits

• A highly visible leadership opportunity with meaningful impact on Syrup Manufacturing capability, reliability, innovation, capital strategy, and long-term performance.
• Opportunity to lead technically challenging engineering initiatives across a broad beverage manufacturing network.
• Opportunity to shape engineering strategy, develop technical talent, and influence major investment decisions supporting NAOU.
• Connection with iconic brands and a diverse group of colleagues, suppliers, bottlers, OEMs, and manufacturing partners.
• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position.
• Annual incentive reference value of 50% at target.
• Long-term incentive reference value of 20%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior