Pharmaceutical Formulation Operations Technician — Vandalia, OH

At Adare Pharma Solutions, our mission is to help bring life-changing therapies to the people who need them most. As a global CDMO, we collaborate with pioneering biotechs and established pharma companies to advance drug products from idea to impact. If you’re driven to learn, build, and deliver at the intersection of R&D and GMP manufacturing, this role is for you.

Make an impact from day one

In this developmental position (Technician I, II, or III), you’ll receive training while contributing to hands-on drug product work. You’ll help move formulations from small-scale trials to commercial production, mastering techniques like dispensing, blending, granulation, tablet compression, and coating.

How you’ll contribute

• Partner with R&D Formulations to run product development and process optimization activities that demonstrate robust, repeatable outcomes across scales.
• Lead day-to-day coordination for cleaning, process validation, and CMS technical/process operations with Quality, Operations, R&D, and Regulatory Affairs on commercial and R&D programs.
• Confirm sampling and testing plans are executed and recorded accurately.
• Assist in authoring technical documentation and developing master formulary records.
• Adhere to protocols and batch records for development batches; provide timely observations to CMS Manufacturing Associates and the R&D Formulation group.
• Support additional responsibilities as assigned.

What you’ll bring

• Role level aligned to experience; minimum of a high school diploma plus 5+ years in a pharmaceutical environment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Broad exposure to unit operations including granulation, blending, compression, coating, and encapsulation.
• Experience operating granulators, tablet presses, coating systems, and encapsulators.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Clear, professional communication skills across written and verbal formats.
• Practical knowledge of cGMP requirements.
• Understanding of analytical laboratory testing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and related software.
• Availability for occasional travel and weekend work as required.

Grow with us

• Career advancement in a rapidly growing, private equity–backed company
• Tuition reimbursement from day one
• Competitive compensation and full benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO and company holidays
• Life, disability, and pet insurance
• FSAs for medical & dependent care
• Exposure to cutting-edge pharma manufacturing technologies
• Chances to collaborate across multiple sites and global teams

Where you’ll work

Vandalia, OH

Important notices

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.