Pharmacy Technician, Sterile Compounding

6 days ago


Houston, TX, United States Empower Pharmacy Full time
Location: Houston, TX

Posted: November 12, 2025

Job Type: Full Time

Req# 2025-3590

Compounding

Position Summary

The Pharmacy Technician, Sterile Compounding ensures high-quality sterile medications through aseptic techniques and regulatory compliance, supporting Empower's mission to provide affordable, innovative medications for healthier lives.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Performs sterile compounding in a Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) ISO-classified cleanroom, adhering to United States Pharmacopeia / regulations and using aseptic techniques.
  • Operates equipment, formulates sterile preparations, performs calculations, and completes documentation to ensure quality and compliance.
  • Maintains cleanroom integrity through cleaning, sterilization, and support tasks like bubble point testing, autoclaving, and LEAN manufacturing practices such as Root Cause Analysis and 5S.
  • Prepares work areas, ensures proper garbing, transfers products for inspection, and supports production schedules.
  • Trains new hires in sterile operations and collaborates with the team to meet safety, quality, and delivery goals.
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
  • Detail-oriented and self-motivated, able to follow instructions and work in controlled environments with hazardous substances and strong odors.
  • Skilled in mathematical calculations, equipment operation, and meeting gowning requirements for cleanroom processes.
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 2 years previous cGMP or LEAN manufacturing experience required.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
  • Certified Pharmacy Technician registered with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and accredited in Sterile/IV compounding by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education 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/

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