Sterile Prep Technician (1st Shift)

Location: Houston, TX



Posted: June 02, 2026



Req# 6151


Compounding


Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the nation's most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we're redefining what's possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing. We're proud to be recognized as one of Houston's fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.


Our strength is built on four core values: People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we've created a uniquely integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced technology, operational excellence, and a relentless commitment to patient care. From manufacturing and quality control to distribution and customer experience, our teams work together to raise industry standards, expand access to critical medications, and improve outcomes for patients and providers across the country.


At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new role. It means becoming part of a mission-driven organization that's transforming healthcare at scale. We invest deeply in our people, encourage bold thinking, and create opportunities for growth, leadership, and innovation at every level. Your ideas matter here, your development is supported, and the work you do has a direct impact on the lives of millions.


If you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment where innovation, collaboration, and ambition come together, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let's transform healthcare together.

Responsibilities:


Sterile Operations

• Cleanroom Execution : Operate within ISO 7 and ISO 8 cleanrooms using AI-enabled manufacturing systems, digital batch records, and standardized procedures to prepare sterile materials accurately, maintain production continuity, and support scalable pharmaceutical operations while consistently meeting cGMP, safety, quality, and throughput expectations across dynamic manufacturing schedules.
• Material Sterilization : Perform cleaning, disinfecting, sterilization, and autoclave preparation activities while leveraging automated tracking systems, digital monitoring tools, and inspection protocols to ensure materials, components, and equipment consistently satisfy contamination control standards, audit requirements, and operational readiness expectations within Empower's highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Process Accuracy : Execute calculations, verify preparation data, and document production activities through validated digital workflows that improve traceability, reduce deviations, strengthen quality outcomes, and accelerate manufacturing readiness while supporting enterprise objectives focused on operational scalability, compliance discipline, and continuous process improvement across sterile production operations.

Operational Excellence

• Inventory Coordination : Manage inventory availability, staging activities, and supply replenishment using AI-supported planning systems and operational dashboards to maintain uninterrupted production flow, optimize material utilization, and strengthen manufacturing responsiveness while ensuring alignment with production schedules, quality requirements, and evolving business priorities in high-growth operations.
• Workflow Optimization : Support LEAN manufacturing initiatives including 6S, Gemba, and Kaizen activities while identifying process inefficiencies, recommending data-driven improvements, and implementing standardized operational practices that increase productivity, improve execution consistency, and enhance manufacturing quality, speed, and reliability within complex pharmaceutical production environments.
• Equipment Readiness : Prepare workstations, tools, and manufacturing equipment according to validated procedures and operational standards while using digital checklists, automated monitoring systems, and structured escalation protocols to minimize downtime, strengthen production reliability, and maintain consistent readiness supporting efficient sterile manufacturing and compliance-focused operational performance.

Team Collaboration

• Training Support : Coach new team members on cleanroom procedures, gowning requirements, safety protocols, and operational standards while reinforcing accountability, quality discipline, and continuous learning behaviors that strengthen workforce capability, accelerate onboarding effectiveness, and sustain high-performance execution expectations within Empower's rapidly scaling manufacturing organization.
• Schedule Flexibility : Provide dependable operational support across shifting production schedules, overtime assignments, and evolving manufacturing priorities while maintaining composure, execution accuracy, and collaborative engagement in fast-paced regulated environments where responsiveness, adaptability, and disciplined decision-making directly influence operational continuity, production outcomes, and customer satisfaction.
• Quality Partnership : Collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, warehouse, and operational leadership teams using data-informed communication, issue escalation processes, and AI-enhanced reporting tools to resolve production challenges, improve execution visibility, and sustain compliant manufacturing performance while contributing to enterprise growth, operational resilience, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of cGMP requirements, ISO cleanroom standards, sterile manufacturing processes, contamination control practices, and regulated operational procedures supporting pharmaceutical production quality, audit readiness, and patient safety.
• Proficiency using digital manufacturing systems, AI-enabled operational tools, inventory platforms, automated monitoring technologies, and electronic documentation workflows to improve production accuracy, execution speed, traceability, and decision-making effectiveness.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to organize information, maintain accurate records, support inventory or production tracking, and communicate operational data clearly.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to interpret detailed instructions, execute precise preparation activities, identify process deviations, and maintain disciplined operational performance within controlled manufacturing environments.
• Effective collaboration, communication, adaptability, and continuous improvement skills supporting cross-functional teamwork, operational accountability, workforce development, and execution excellence in rapidly evolving, high-growth pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.

Key Competencies:

• Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer-centric solutions.
• Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges.
• Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity.
• Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions.
• Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences.

Values:

• People: Empowering people defines who we are.
• Quality: Excellence in every product, every time.
• Service: Serving others is our highest purpose.
• Innovation: Advancing care through technology and discovery.

Employee Benefits, Health, and Wellness:


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:

Physical Requirements:


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. Employees are 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.