Nextern

Designs and manufactures medical devices

Senior Production Supervisor

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeCartago Province, Cartago, Costa RicaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Engineering, such as mechanical, electrical, materials, industrial engineering, or a science-related engineering discipline.
Two to five years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing or highly regulated industry environment.
B2–C1 English proficiency.

Responsibilities

Supervise and develop the team of production supervisors by communicating expectations, planning workload distribution, and evaluating performance.
Build and maintain the shift-level production plan, coordinating staffing needs, priorities, and scheduling across shifts A and B with production supervisors.
Lead the operation's hiring plan, partnering with Human Resources to anticipate headcount needs and support recruitment timelines.
Keep the supervisory team trained and coached, ensuring development plans are in place for each supervisor.
Review production performance data and trends compiled by supervisors, and prepare to discuss reports and explain tendencies to plant leadership.
Create and review systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, and budgetary and personnel requirements.
Ensure supervisors maintain a clean and safe work environment and reinforce compliance with established policies and procedures across shifts.
Maintain a healthy employment relationship at the supervisory level, ensuring compliance with human resources policies and adherence to company values and principles.
Resolve personnel and interpersonal problems among supervisors by analyzing data, investigating root causes, identifying solutions, and recommending actions.
Foster cooperation among production supervisors and other departments to support smooth cross-shift handoffs.
Execute specific projects assigned in pursuit of continuous improvement.

Senior Production Supervisor Shift A & B

Nextern · Cartago, Costa Rica · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-06

Workplace: on_site

Department: Costa Rica

Description

We are looking for a Senior Production Supervisor for shift A & B who will be responsible for supervising the team of production supervisors, ensuring alignment on standards, coordinating cross-shift resources, and driving key managerial processes such as production planning and hiring plans. This role does not directly oversee production lines, operators, or line-level KPIs — instead, it focuses on developing and guiding the supervisor team so they can deliver operational results, while handling broader planning and people-management responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills to develop talent, build supervisory capability, and drive results through others.

Role and responsibilitites

Supervises and develops the team of production supervisors, communicating expectations, planning workload distribution, and evaluating their performance.
Builds and maintains the production plan at a shift level, coordinating with production supervisors on staffing needs, priorities, and scheduling across Shift A & B.
Leads the hiring plan for the operation, partnering with HR to anticipate headcount needs and support recruitment timelines.
Responsible for keeping the supervisory team highly trained and coached, ensuring proper development plans are in place for each supervisor.
Reviews production performance data and trends compiled by supervisors, ready to discuss reports and explain tendencies to plant leadership.
Creates and reviews systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, and budgetary and personnel requirements.
Ensures supervisors maintain a clean and safe work environment, reinforcing compliance with established policies and procedures across shifts.
Maintains a healthy employment relationship at the supervisory level, ensuring compliance with human resources policies and adherence to company values and principles.
Solves personnel and interpersonal problems among supervisors by analyzing data, investigating root causes, identifying solutions, and recommending actions.
Fosters a spirit of cooperation among production supervisors and other departments to support smooth cross-shift handoffs.
Executes specific projects assigned in pursuit of continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (mechanical, electrical, materials, industrial engineering, or a science-related engineering discipline, etc.)
2 -5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing or highly regulated industry environment.
People-oriented and results-oriented.
High sense of urgency and leadership
Exceptional interpersonal relationships
B2 -C1 English level

Benefits

Competitive compensation package.

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About the Company

Nextern

Designs and manufactures medical devices

Nextern designs and manufactures medical devices for equipment makers, with engineering and factory teams involved from early prototypes through production. Its work includes catheter-based instruments and electronic systems used in minimally invasive treatment and diagnostic procedures. Customers pay for development and contract manufacturing services, with project costs shaped by device complexity, materials and production scale. Its clinical markets include vascular and heart interventions and nerve stimulation, with services sold separately or as an integrated program. Founded in 2000 with industrial engineering roots, Nextern shifted to medical devices in 2016 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Maple Grove, MN
Founded: 2000

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