
Production Sub-Lead - 1st Shift - $27.50/hr
Irvine, CAFull-time$27.5/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Production Sub-Lead performs operations to assemble and test medical devices using tools, fixtures, work instructions, and test equipment. The role supports production activities, assists the Lead with problem-solving and task delegation, and trains and coaches assemblers. The position works the first shift, Monday through Friday, from 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
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Full job description
1st Shift: Monday-Friday, 6:00AM-2:30PM
What you will do:
As the Production Sub-Lead, you will use a variety of tools, fixtures, work instructions and test equipment to perform a series of operations at a proficient level to correctly assemble and test medical devices. You will also be responsible for the following listed below:
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Monitor and help facilitate Production team activities and assist Lead in resolving Production problems
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Instruct, train and coach other Assemblers on procedures
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Assist Lead in delegating tasks and setting deadlines and help enforce all safety and processing procedures
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Understand and follow detailed assembly instructions, processes and procedures
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Comply with policies, guidelines and regulatory requirements per the Quality System
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Report problems with quality, processes, equipment, and materials to Project Engineer and/or Lead
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Provide hands-on job function training to coworkers as needed
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Maintain a clean and organized work area to facilitate manufacturing functions
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Participate in the assembly line and perform other duties as assigned
What you will need:
Required Qualification:
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High school diploma or equivalent
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Minimum 2 years of related medical device experience
Preferred Qualification:
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Medical device and cleanroom manufacturing experience
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Leadership or back up leadership experience
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Ability to do small assembly work using a microscope
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Knowledge of basic measuring techniques including scales, rulers, US and metric measurement
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Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot
$27.50 hourly plus bonus eligible + benefits
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.
How this job compares
Set against the 490 open Assembler jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$27.5/hr
- US median$19–22/hr257 hourly ranges
This rate, $27.50/hr, is 34% above the US median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the top quarter of Assembler hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open Assembler jobs in California and 490 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Teledyne12 open
- Aerotek4 open
- General Atomics3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Assembler postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (120 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 197 of the 490 open Assembler jobs (40%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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