Editorial summary

The company is seeking an experienced Senior Production Manager to oversee daily manufacturing operations within the regulated medical device industry. The role requires strong leadership, troubleshooting skills, and familiarity with ISO 13485 and FDA regulations. The position is based in the East and offers a permanent employment opportunity with a salary range of $10,000 to $15,000 per month.

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Job description

[This job id 26703 first appeared in Job-Q.com on 22 Aug 2026]

Senior Production Manager (Medical Device Industry)

An established regulated medical device manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Production Manager to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations, drive output and quality performance, and develop frontline leadership teams. This role is suited to a hands-on manufacturing leader with strong troubleshooting capability, people-management experience and exposure to ISO 13485 / FDA-regulated production.

Location: East
Type of Employment: Permanent
Salary Range: $10-$15K per month

Job Responsibilities

• Lead overall production operations to ensure output, quality, cost and delivery targets are consistently achieved.
• Troubleshoot production, equipment and process issues, applying structured root-cause analysis to minimise downtime, cost and quality risks.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex mechanical, electrical and process-related manufacturing issues.
• Lead, coach and develop production supervisors and frontline manufacturing teams, including performance and employee-relations matters.
• Plan production schedules, priorities, manpower and resource allocation across multiple product lines.
• Develop, review and enforce SOPs, work practices and quality standards for existing and newly introduced products.
• Support new product introductions by developing production layouts, capacity plans and manufacturing readiness.
• Drive productivity, labour efficiency, equipment utilisation and product cost-reduction initiatives.
• Prepare and manage departmental budgets, manpower plans and production capacity requirements.
• Lead Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen and continuous-improvement initiatives to improve manufacturing performance.
• Support cross-site production transfers, product lifecycle changes and obsolescence planning.
• Ensure manufacturing operations comply with ISO 13485, FDA, hazardous-material and other applicable regulatory requirements.

Who Should Apply

• Experienced manufacturing leaders with strong people-management exposure in medical device, diagnostics, life sciences or another highly regulated production environment.
• Candidates who are equally comfortable managing production teams and personally driving root-cause investigation of equipment, process and quality issues.
• Leaders with proven experience improving output, cost, quality and productivity through Lean / Six Sigma and structured manufacturing improvement.

Requirements

• Min. Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing / production experience, preferably within a regulated environment.
• Approximately 8–10 years of supervisory, people-management or production-leadership experience.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting experience involving production equipment, manufacturing processes and quality issues.
• Good working knowledge across mechanical, electrical and process systems.
• Experience managing an ISO 13485 and/or FDA-regulated manufacturing line is strongly preferred.
• Experience with production equipment, hand tools, automated tooling and inspection gauges.
• Familiarity with SAP or other manufacturing ERP / materials-management systems.
• Experience with chemical, instrument, facility or related manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma; Green Belt certification will be advantageous.
• Experience leading Kaizen, root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement projects.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
  

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