EMEA MES Deployment & Go‑Live Engineer

Eaton Corporation; Schrems; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Flexible working solutions

Excellent working environment

Culture & Values – Eaton

Learning & Development - EatonU

Job summary

The Manufacturing Engineer at Eaton Corporation will lead manufacturing readiness for MES deployments across EMEA sites, ensuring master data, processes, testing and operations readiness for successful implementation.

You will provide hands‑on support through go‑live and stabilization, while aligning with global MES standards. The role requires up to 60% travel and collaboration with Operations, IT, and site teams to minimize disruption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Production Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5–8 years of experience in Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Operational Excellence, Digital Manufacturing, Program Management, or related areas.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing master data, including BOMs, routings, work centers, operations, resources, and production versions.
• Experience with MES, ERP, PLM, or comparable manufacturing-system deployments strongly preferred.
• Experience with SAP and Dassault Systèmes Apriso preferred.
• Fluent business English; additional EMEA languages are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing readiness assessments for MES deployments, identifying gaps, risks, owners, and recovery actions.
• Validate manufacturing master data and prerequisites, including BOMs, routings, work centers, production resources, standard work, user roles, and equipment readiness.
• Coordinate manufacturing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring realistic test scenarios, effective defect management, retesting, and readiness before go‑live.
• Act as the manufacturing focal point during MES deployment, coordinating resolution of master‑data, process, workflow, and integration issues.
• Provide hands‑on shop‑floor support during go‑live and hypercare to minimize production disruption and ensure operational stabilization.
• Drive root‑cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring manufacturing, master‑data, user‑execution, and integration issues.
• Partner with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, MES, IT, and site teams while maintaining alignment with the approved global MES template.
• Support MES expansion to additional production areas and improve deployment practices using lessons learned, standardized templates, and playbooks.

Skills

Manufacturing domain knowledge

Master data

Analytical problem solving

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechanical/Production Engineering

Tools

MES

SAP

Dassault Systèmes Apriso

ERP

PLM

Job description

The Manufacturing Engineer at Eaton Corporation will lead manufacturing readiness for MES deployments across EMEA sites, ensuring master data, processes, testing and operations readiness for successful implementation.

You will provide hands‑on support through go‑live and stabilization, while aligning with global MES standards. The role requires up to 60% travel and collaboration with Operations, IT, and site teams to minimize disruption.