MES Scheduler — Ortems APS Expert

Eaton Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Growth opportunities

Dubai-based role

Global company

Job summary

Eaton in Dubai is seeking a MES Production Scheduler to create and optimize finite-capacity production schedules within the Ortems APS environment. You will coordinate with Production, Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality and Maintenance to translate demand into executable schedules while considering machine capacity, materials, tooling and workforce.

This role acts as the primary owner of scheduling within the MES ecosystem, monitor adherence, run what-if analyses, and drive schedule

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.

Responsibilities

• Own 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Finite capacity scheduling

Production scheduling

Ortems APS

SAP

MES

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain

Technical diploma in related field

Tools

SAP

Ortems APS

MES

Job description

Eaton in Dubai is seeking a MES Production Scheduler to create and optimize finite-capacity production schedules within the Ortems APS environment. You will coordinate with Production, Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality and Maintenance to translate demand into executable schedules while considering machine capacity, materials, tooling and workforce.

This role acts as the primary owner of scheduling within the MES ecosystem, monitor adherence, run what-if analyses, and drive schedule