EMEA MES Manufacturing Readiness Lead

Eaton Corporation; Wien; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible working solutions

Excellent working environment

Culture & Values

Learning & Development

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Austria is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead manufacturing readiness for MES deployments across EMEA sites, ensuring master data, processes, testing, and operational requirements are ready for go-live.

You will provide hands-on support through go-live and stabilization, align with global MES standards, and travel up to 60% to support multiple sites across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Production Engineering, or 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 preferred.

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 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 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 global MES template.
• Support MES expansion to additional production areas and improve deployment practices using lessons learned and playbooks.

Skills

Manufacturing knowledge

Problem solving

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Education

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

Tools

MES

SAP

Apriso

Job description

Eaton Corporation in Austria is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead manufacturing readiness for MES deployments across EMEA sites, ensuring master data, processes, testing, and operational requirements are ready for go-live.

You will provide hands-on support through go-live and stabilization, align with global MES standards, and travel up to 60% to support multiple sites across the region.