Oral Solid Dosage Formulation Technician — Vandalia, OH

Imagine starting your day at our Vandalia, OH site, partnering with scientists and manufacturing associates to turn promising concepts into reliable oral solid dose medicines. At Adare Pharma Solutions—a global CDMO working with innovative biotechs and major pharma—you’ll see your work translate into treatments that matter for patients around the world.

Why join Adare?

• Strong career progression in a high-growth, private equity–backed organization
• Tuition reimbursement with no waiting period
• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO and company holidays
• Life, disability, and pet insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (medical & dependent care)
• Exposure to cutting-edge pharma manufacturing technologies
• Opportunities to work across multiple sites and global teams

The role

As a Formulation Technician (Levels I–III), you’ll support R&D Formulations from bench-scale experiments to commercial-scale batches. This is a developmental position with structured training—ideal for someone motivated by the life sciences and hands-on drug product manufacturing. You will learn and apply techniques including dispensing, blending, wet and dry granulation, tablet compression, and film coating.

What you will do

• Execute product development and process optimization work, demonstrating process and formulation robustness from small scale through commercial runs.
• Coordinate and carry out cleaning, process validation, and CMS technical/process operations in collaboration with Quality, Operations, R&D, and Regulatory Affairs for both commercial and R&D products.
• Ensure sampling and testing activities are performed as planned and documented.
• Contribute to technical reports and creation of master formulary records.
• Follow protocols and batch records for development batches; communicate observations to CMS Manufacturing Associates and the R&D Formulations group.
• Take on additional tasks as assigned.

What you bring

• Placement (I/II/III) based on education and relevant industry experience; minimum of a high school diploma with 5+ years in a pharmaceutical setting or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Cross-training across unit operations: granulation, blending, compression, coating, and encapsulation.
• Hands-on familiarity with equipment such as granulators, tablet presses, coaters, and encapsulators.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Solid working knowledge of cGMP.
• Awareness of analytical laboratory testing practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other relevant applications.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and work weekend shifts as needed.

Location: Vandalia, OH

Legal and physical requirements

Physical Demands

• The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hand and fingers, to manipulate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color, peripheral, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Stand, walk, push, pull, twist, reach overhead, and bend to the floor.
• Must have ability to wear a respirator in order to work with chemicals of a specified potency level
• Occasionally move items or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds – potential to handle heavier materials with mechanical assistance.
• Occasionally required to climb ladders and/or steps to reach equipment.
• Reading precision measuring equipment, machine dials, gages, and thermometers; must be able to observe fine details utilizing a microscope.

Adare Pharma is an equal opportunity employer & prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status.