Sterile Manufacturing Operator Lead (1st shift

Sterile Manufacturing Operator Lead (1st shift)

Location: Houston, TX

Posted:
August 09, 2026

Req# 6299

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  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.

The Sterile Manufacturing Operator Lead drives execution across aseptic preparation, mixing, vial filling, documentation, and ISO‑classified cGMP operations, protecting product quality, patient access, and production schedules. Owning workflow coordination, workforce deployment, training, escalation, and continuous improvement, this role converts standards into disciplined floor performance. AI serves as a force multiplier by accelerating production analysis, expanding visibility, improving decision quality, strengthening documentation review, and scaling learning without compromising compliance.

In Empower's hyper‑growth, highly regulated 503A/503B environment, the Lead partners across Manufacturing, Quality, and Technical Operations to sustain readiness, resolve constraints, and raise operating maturity. Success requires strategic thinking, execution rigor, learning agility, sound judgment, and resilience to deliver precise outcomes in a fast‑moving sterile manufacturing setting while modeling Empower's values of people, quality, service, and innovation.

Sterile Operations Leadership

• Shift Leadership: Lead daily sterile manufacturing activities across preparation, mixing, aseptic vial filling, cleaning, and disinfection, translating production schedules into clear priorities and coordinated execution. Monitor staffing, material readiness, equipment status, and workflow constraints throughout the shift. Use AI‑enabled dashboards and exception alerts to improve visibility, accelerate decisions, and maintain safe, compliant output within Empower's fast‑paced 503A/503B manufacturing environment while reinforcing ownership, accountability, performance, and consistent communication across assigned production activities.
• Workforce Coordination: Allocate operators across critical work centers based on qualification, workload, production risk, and schedule demand while supporting breaks, coverage, and rapid response to changing priorities. Coach team members in real time and escalating staffing gaps early. Apply AI‑assisted capacity insights to anticipate bottlenecks, balance labor efficiently, and improve throughput without weakening aseptic controls, documentation quality, or employee safety. Support effective handoffs across shifts and departments.
• Floor Ownership: Maintain visible ownership of sterile manufacturing performance by confirming room readiness, line clearance, gowning…