MES Production Scheduler

Eaton; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Challenging projects

Internal promotion

Learning opportunities

Wellbeing and safety

Job summary

Eaton Dubai is seeking a MES Production Scheduler to create and optimize production schedules within the Ortems APS environment. You will align demand, capacity, materials, and workforce to deliver on-time orders while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a globally connected setting.

The role requires 3+ years in production planning, strong SAP knowledge, and hands-on MES/advanced planning experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in supply chain or related field.
• 3+ years in production planning or detailed scheduling in a complex environment.
• Excellent SAP knowledge and experience with MES or advanced planning systems.
• Hands-on experience with scheduling tools and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and optimize finite-capacity production schedules in Ortems APS.
• Convert demand and plans into executable schedules considering capacity and materials.
• Monitor, adjust and recover schedules to meet delivery targets and throughput.
• Collaborate with Production, Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering and Quality teams.
• Act as scheduling owner within the MES ecosystem and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Finite-capacity scheduling

SAP

Communication skills

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor degree in Supply Chain

Tools

Ortems APS

Job description

Join Our Team at Eaton: Empowering Tomorrow, Today!

Dubai serves as a strategic hub for Eaton’s Middle East operations, bringing together commercial, engineering, manufacturing, and support teams within a globally connected business environment. Building on more than 40 years in the region, Eaton recently announced the development of a new sustainable campus in Dubai, reinforcing our long‑term investment in growth, collaboration, and capability building.

About Eaton

Eaton is a power management company where we provide energy‑efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technology and services. Eaton has approximately 96,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.

The MES Production Scheduler is responsible for creating, maintaining, and optimizing capacity production schedules within the Ortems APS scheduling environment. The role ensures that customer demand, production priorities, material availability, workforce availability, tooling, equipment capacity, and maintenance constraints are converted into executable production schedules. Working closely with Production, Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance and MES teams, the scheduler continuously monitors schedule adherence, manages production constraints, performs scenario analysis, and drives schedule optimization to maximize throughput, delivery performance, and resource utilization. This is an individual contributor role with no direct people management responsibility. The position acts as the primary business owner of production scheduling within the MES ecosystem.

What you’ll do

• Production Scheduling
• Own and maintain finite‑capacity production schedules in Ortems APS
• Convert customer demand and production plans into executable production schedules
• Sequence production orders considering machine capacity, material availability, tooling constraints, workforce availability, operator skills, shift patterns, and production priorities
• Release production orders through the approved Ortems‑Apriso workflow
• Monitor execution status and continuously adjust schedules to mitigate disruptions
  Schedule Optimization
• Optimize production sequences to minimize changeovers, setup losses, waiting time, bottlenecks and WIP
• Balance capacity utilization across production resources. Execute what‑if simulations and scenario analyses to support decision making
• Develop recovery plans for machine breakdowns, material shortages, quality issues and changing customer priorities
• Drive continuous improvement of scheduling rules and planning parameters
  MES / Ortems Ownership
• Act as Key User and subject matter expert for Ortems APS scheduling
• Maintain scheduling parameters, calendars, capacities, shift models, constraints and planning rules
• Validate planning master data and identify data integrity issues impacting scheduling performance
• Support MES deployment, testing, UAT, go‑live and stabilization activities
• Escalate and track system defects, integration issues and scheduling process gaps
  Cross Functional Coordination
• Participate in daily production, planning and operational review meetings
• Coordinate closely with Production Supervisors, Material Planners, Maintenance, Engineering and Quality teams
• Communicate schedule risks, capacity constraints and recovery actions
• Support the development of standard work and scheduling procedures
  KPI Management
• Monitor and report:
• Schedule adherence
• Production attainment
• On‑time order completion
• Capacity utilization
• Backlog
• Throughput
• Changeover performance
• WIP levels
• Planning accuracy
• Analyze root causes of schedule deviations and implement corrective actions

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or technical diploma in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or a comparable discipline
• 3+ years of experience in production planning, detailed scheduling, materials planning, or manufacturing operations in a complex production environment
• Excellent knowledge of SAP
• Hands‑on experience with MES, or advanced planning and scheduling systems

Skills

• Understanding of finite‑capacity scheduling, production orders, routings, bills of material, work centers, cycle times, changeovers, material flow, and shop‑floor confirmations.
• Ability to comprehend capacity, constraints, backlog, and schedule performance using system data and standard reporting tools.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels of the organization (Customer service, engineering, quality, and manufacturing) is key
• Desire to work in a collaborative environment with strong ability to take action and get results
• Ability to quickly identify and implement opportunities and corporate initiatives for improvement that have a measurable impact each year
• Change management skills a plus

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

Dubai is an internationally connected city that offers strong professional opportunities within a truly global environment. Living and working in Dubai means being part of a diverse, forward‑looking business community, supported by modern infrastructure, excellent connectivity, and a well‑established expatriate ecosystem.

At Eaton, employees based in Dubai are part of a stable, well‑governed organization that brings together global teams, clear ways of working, and the flexibility needed to support both performance and long‑term career development.

Ready to make a difference? Join Eaton’s Dubai Team and be part of a company shaping the future of sustainable manufacturing and power management!

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

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