Life Safety Industrialization Engineer Manager (m / f / t)

Eaton has been a key player in the Middle East for 40 years. Last July, we announced the construction of a new sustainable campus in Dubai, which will bring together our commercial, manufacturing, and support functions, providing room for future growth.

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.

Eaton is seeking an Life Safety Industrialization Engineer Manager to coordinate all the new product introductions activities and work with local teams within the 7 Life Safety plants in EMEA to follow-up on the projects on site. This person will ensure new products or processes are efficiently and cost-effectively introduced into production

• Define and supervise the implementation of manufacturing standards (manufacturing processes, equipment, organization, Industry 4.0, IT tools, etc.) in EATON.
• Secure, with the plant teams, the production start of NPI projects, and their compliance with standardized manufacturing processes, to achieve Business objectives, using EATON tools such as : TCO, PROLaunch, ELSS, EQS and MMA.
• Define, in close collaboration with the Program Manager, the industrial orientation of the Life Safety Division (LSD) NPIs : Manufacturing footprint aligned with NPI projects specificities, optimization of TCO (Total Cost Of Ownership) and environmental impact.
• Work closely with R&D centers and NPI teams to ensure new products are manufacturable without compromise on design or quality, using DFX tools (PFMEA, VSM, etc.).
• Converge, with the BU's R&D centers, towards applying product design rules with Design for Manufacturing and Automation (Design for manufacturability, automation & Testability), and defining Product Manufacturing Test strategy.
• Federate plants teams around standard production solution allowing LSD industrial sites to enhance flexibility, robustness and resiliency across sites, especialy for electronic test solutions.
• Support the project and logistics teams, and guarantee, with the receiving and sending factory teams, the success of PCBA and finished production transfers, using the EATON Pro-Launch STP process.
• Work with strategic equipment suppliers to ensure that EATON plants use the latest technologies aligned with LSD needs, achieving the best global efficiency standards. Anticipate and Confirm the technical feasibility of new production processes to project teams. Influence supplier technology roadmap to match EATON-LSD expectations.
• Oversee automation projects across the BU for NPIs and CI project, to ensure that solutions are based on a selection of factors such as : Flexible and scalable solution, production capacity, ease of integration, compliant with EATON I4.0 requirements (connectivity, cybersecurity, Real time data sharing, DWI,..) and ROI (Return On Investment).
• Leverages Eaton Business System tools.
• Oversees Manufacturing and Test engineering competencies in the division.
• Engineering Bachelor's Degree, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering a plus.
• Master in Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering or Engineering Technology a plus.
• 15-20 years' experience in manufacturing engineering (ideally electrical / automotive), Production or R&D functions.

Knowledge in electronic manufacturing processes and testing (test solution and test coverage).