Senior Technician, Formulations

Vandalia, 845 Center Drive, Vandalia, Ohio, United States of America

Posted Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Adare Pharma Solutions is a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations across North America and Italy. We offer a wide range of manufacturing, packaging, and research and development services. Our clients range from growing biotech firms advancing groundbreaking clinical trials to established pharmaceutical companies producing high volumes of approved, widely used medicines.

When it comes to being an employee of Adare, although we are located across multiple countries and come from diverse backgrounds, we work together toward a common purpose. Supported by leadership that is experienced and highly regarded in the industry, we are paving the way for a brighter and better future by attracting top talent from both within and beyond the CDMO space.

Adare is Private Equity owned and poised for growth. Employees are provided with internal development opportunities to progress within the organization, enhancing their professional skills and industry knowledge through Adare’s investment in their growth.

We offer a variety of fields to embark in, including manufacturing, engineering, quality, chemistry, formulations, analytical research and development, finance, supply chain, sales, marketing, project management, human resources, and environmental health and safety. Our benefits package is highly competitive, offering medical, dental, and vision coverage; a retirement plan with company match, paid time off and company holidays, tuition reimbursement with no waiting period, life insurance, pet insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts (medical and dependent care), and disability coverage.

Senior Technician, Formulations

Vandalia, Ohio

The Senior Formulation Technician will assist the R&D Formulations staff with product development activities from small scale to commercial batch production. The Senior Formulation Technician should be someone with a keen interest in life sciences or drug manufacturing, as well as the ability to serve as a leader and mentor to other more junior technicians. The technician will perform various techniques of drug manufacturing including dispensing, blending, granulation, compression and coating.

• Assist in running projects associated with product development, product and process optimization batches, and on completion to ensure robustness of the process and formulation.
• Train and mentor other technicians within the Formulations team
• Work on special Formulations projects as requested
• Coordinate and execute cleaning, process validation, and CMS technical / process operations activities with company quality units, operation, R&D and regulatory affairs for commercial or R&D products.
• Ensure sampling and testing are completed as planned.
• Assist in writing reports and preparing master formulary records.
• Follow protocol and batch records in manufacturing development batches and relate observations to CMS Manufacturing Associates and/or R&D Formulation group.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 7+ years’ experience in a pharmaceutical environment or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Cross-trained in the manufacturing unit operations such as granulation, blending, compression, coating, and encapsulation.
• Aptitude and patience to train and develop more junior technicians
• Mechanical skills/ability is required.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are essential in this collaborative work environment.
• cGMP knowledge is essential.
• Knowledge of analytical laboratory testing.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and other applications as applicable.
• Ability to travel occasionally and ability to work weekend shifts as required.

• 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…