Location: Houston, TX

Posted: December 11, 2025

Job Type: Full Time

Req# 2025-4816

Manufacturing

Position Summary

The Sterile Manufacturing Operator Lead oversees sterile manufacturing in an International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-classified Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) environment, ensuring quality and efficiency. This role supports Empower's mission to deliver affordable, high-quality medications.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads sterile manufacturing processes, including preparation, mixing, and aseptic vial filling, while ensuring adherence to schedules and daily operations.
• Analyzes production data to identify trends, ensure quality, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintains an ISO-classified cGMP environment through cleaning, disinfecting, and sterile compounding.
• Trains new hires, manages workforce allocation, resolves equipment issues, and ensures compliance with standard operating procedures.
• Reviews batch records, maintains documentation, and addresses non-conformances to uphold product quality.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrates strong attention to detail, self-motivation, and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in a controlled environment and follow detailed instructions.
• Possesses proficiency in Excel or other spreadsheet software, with basic math skills, and experience in a lead or mentoring role preferred.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives.
• Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Values

• People: Our people define who we are as a company, and we believe that understanding and addressing the needs of our team, clients, and community is fundamental to fostering a culture of support and growth.
• Quality: Quality stands at the core of our mission, reflecting our commitment to excellence in every medication we produce.
• Service: We are here to serve others. Every interaction with our patients, providers, employees and other stakeholders comes from a place of service.
• Innovation: By continuously exploring new methodologies and embracing technology, we ensure that every solution we offer is at the forefront of pharmaceutical care.

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year compounding experience required.
• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/