Prosthetics Fabrication Lab Lead

Comprehensive-Prosthetics-; Illinois; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PTO & paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

Training & professional development

Job summary

Comprehensive Prosthetics & Orthotics (CPO) seeks a Fabrication Laboratory Manager to lead daily production at our Willowbrook facility. You will oversee 10–12 Fabrication Technicians, drive quality control, safety, and on-time completion of custom orthotic and prosthetic devices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in fabrication and people leadership, with strong mechanical aptitude and experience in thermoplastics, lamination, CNC, or 3D printing.

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

Fabrication & manufacturing

People leadership

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Comprehensive Prosthetics & Orthotics (CPO) seeks a Fabrication Laboratory Manager to lead daily production at our Willowbrook facility. You will oversee 10–12 Fabrication Technicians, drive quality control, safety, and on-time completion of custom orthotic and prosthetic devices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in fabrication and people leadership, with strong mechanical aptitude and experience in thermoplastics, lamination, CNC, or 3D printing.