Job Description
At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s LATAM Engineering Team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead strategic investment, innovation and transformation initiatives at our Cartagena, Colombia site. This position will play a key role in delivering high-complexity projects, connecting business needs with efficient, sustainable and operationally viable technical solutions.
Accountabilities
Governance and Compliance
- Ensure strong governance and compliance with corporate policies, internal procedures and applicable legal requirements across engineering, investment and project-execution processes.
- Ensure appropriate documentation, traceability, approvals and decision controls throughout the project life cycle.
- Promote a culture of integrity, transparency, risk management and compliance in interactions with internal teams, suppliers and contractors.

CAPEX Management:




- Ensure investments are efficiently directed toward initiatives with the greatest strategic and financial impact.
- Ensure adherence to CAPEX governance processes, including scope definition, feasibility assessments, budgeting, approvals, change control and project close-out.

High-Complexity Project Leadership:
- Lead CAPEX projects with investments above USD 3 million.
- Manage high-complexity HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) and LTO (License to Operate) projects.
- Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives to accelerate peak sales and align production capabilities with market demand.

Efficiency and Innovation:
- Maximise CAPEX efficiency through the identification and implementation of new technologies.
- Lead project scope and design initiatives, including functional requirements and Macro/Midi design phases.
- Deliver technical cost savings of 10% to 15% through robust, value-focu

📌 Engineering Manager (Cartagena)
🏢 Ingepsy
📍 Cartagena