Fabrication Lab Manager - Orthotics & Prosthetics Lead

Cpousa; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PTO and paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

Training and professional development

Job summary

Comprehensive Prosthetics & Orthotics (CPO) is seeking a Fabrication Laboratory Manager to lead daily production at our Willowbrook facility, overseeing a team of 10–12 Fabrication Technicians. This role covers production operations, people leadership, quality, workflow improvement, staffing, training, safety, and on-time completion of custom orthotic and prosthetic devices.

Ideal candidates have orthotic fabrication experience; leaders from medical fabrication, precision manufacturing, or

Qualifications

• 5+ years of combined fabrication, manufacturing, skilled trades, technical production, and people leadership experience.
• Experience supervising employees, directing work, coaching staff, or leading a production team.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to interpret work orders, drawings, measurements, and production specifications.
• Ability to manage staffing, training, quality, safety, productivity, and competing priorities.
• Strong communication, organization, judgment, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily staffing, work assignments, production priorities, scheduling, and overtime.
• Coach, train, cross-train, and develop fabrication technicians while supporting performance management and hiring.
• Plan production around clinical demand, backlog, staffing, capacity, and completion dates.
• Monitor productivity, turnaround time, on-time completion, quality, rework, and labor utilization.
• Coordinate materials, inventory, equipment readiness, maintenance, and purchasing needs.
• Partner with clinicians and technicians to clarify work orders, measurements, and fabrication specifications.
• Reinforce safety, PPE, housekeeping, documentation, and proper equipment use.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement workflow, equipment, technology, staffing, and process improvements.

Skills

People leadership

Production planning

Quality control

Mechanical aptitude

Process improvement

Education

High school diploma

Tools

CNC

3D printing

Vacuum forming

Finishing

Job description

Comprehensive Prosthetics & Orthotics (CPO) is seeking a Fabrication Laboratory Manager to lead daily production at our Willowbrook facility, overseeing a team of 10–12 Fabrication Technicians. This role covers production operations, people leadership, quality, workflow improvement, staffing, training, safety, and on-time completion of custom orthotic and prosthetic devices.

Ideal candidates have orthotic fabrication experience; leaders from medical fabrication, precision manufacturing, or