OT & Manufacturing IT Leader - Digital Operations

JOBZE; Dubai; On-site; AED 391,000 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Connect is recruiting for an OT Manager – Manufacturing IT & Digital Operations in Dubai, UAE. You will own the OT landscape, including MSD 365 F&O, MES, CAD/CAM, and analytics, ensuring uptime, data integrity, and on-time delivery.

The role requires leadership across design, delivery, and security of factory IT/OT systems. Strong architecture and change-management skills are essential, with experience in ISA-95 and industrial networking.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in manufacturing IT, OT or digital manufacturing
• 3+ years leading a team delivering production-critical systems
• Proven ownership of at least one MES or shopfloor digitalization project

Responsibilities

• Define OT strategy and target architecture aligned to production growth
• Lead OT projects end-to-end: scope, design, budget, testing and cutover
• Govern production order, WIP, and outbound/dispatch in ERP context
• Own production KPI library: OEE, downtime, cycle time, throughput
• Manage OT security, incident management and disaster recovery plans

Skills

Dynamics 365 F&O

MES

CAD/CAM

WMS

Power BI

Azure

ISA-95

IEC 62443

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/IT

Tools

MS Dynamics 365 F&O

MES systems

CAD/CAM software

Job description

Parker Connect is recruiting for an OT Manager – Manufacturing IT & Digital Operations in Dubai, UAE. You will own the OT landscape, including MSD 365 F&O, MES, CAD/CAM, and analytics, ensuring uptime, data integrity, and on-time delivery.

The role requires leadership across design, delivery, and security of factory IT/OT systems. Strong architecture and change-management skills are essential, with experience in ISA-95 and industrial networking.