Orthotics Fabrication Lab Lead – Drive Production & Quality

Comprehensive Prosthetics & Orthotics (CPO); Illinois; On-site; 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) in Willowbrook, IL, is seeking a Fabrication Laboratory Manager to lead daily production and a team of 10–12 technicians. You will oversee production operations, safety, quality, and workflow improvements, coordinating with clinicians to meet fabrication specs.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in fabrication leadership, with strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on experience in orthotics/prosthetics fabrication or related fields.

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

Mechanical aptitude

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Thermoplastics

Lamination

Composites

Vacuum forming

Foam

Grinding

Finishing

CNC

3D printing

Job description

Comprehensive Prosthetics & Orthotics (CPO) in Willowbrook, IL, is seeking a Fabrication Laboratory Manager to lead daily production and a team of 10–12 technicians. You will oversee production operations, safety, quality, and workflow improvements, coordinating with clinicians to meet fabrication specs.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in fabrication leadership, with strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on experience in orthotics/prosthetics fabrication or related fields.