MES Production Scheduler - PCBA

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 - PCBA 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, competencies, 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.

## Skills:

Hands-on experience with MES, ERP, or advanced planning and scheduling systems.

Understanding of finite-capacity scheduling, production orders, routings, bills of material, work centers, cycle times, changeovers, material flow, and shop-floor confirmations.

Ability to analyze capacity, constraints, backlog, and schedule performance using system data and standard reporting tools.

Experience with MES implementation, testing, master-data validation, or system stabilization is an advantage.

Strong analytical thinking, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.

Clear and confident cross-functional communication.

Ability to make timely decisions in a dynamic manufacturing environment, manage competing priorities, challenge inaccurate data, and escalate risks with fact-based recommendations.

High attention to detail, ownership, customer focus, adaptability, and disciplined follow-through.

## What we offer you:

Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry

Work in a company that is commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability

Annual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system

Ongoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide

Strong, agile and diverse team locally and globally

Strong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools

Structured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans

Detailed induction support and well-structured onboarding

Living and Working in Dubai

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.

#LI-NY1