Material Handler, Packaging

Adare Pharma Solutions; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Adare Pharma Solutions in Philadelphia, PA is seeking a Material Handler in Packaging to keep packaging lines stocked and running smoothly. The role involves moving materials between the warehouse and lines, loading hoppers, and ensuring cleanliness of work areas.

The position emphasizes GMP and SOP compliance, teamwork, and ability to lift and maneuver materials as required. Training is provided within a growing CDMO environment offering long-term career opportunities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with related field experience.
• Experience with Material Handling equipment such as pallet jacks.
• Ability to follow GMP’s and SOP’s.

Responsibilities

• Maintain lot integrity of components and products; deliver furnished goods to quarantine area.
• Stage packaging lines with bulk drug and packaging components for upcoming jobs.
• Collect and remove packaging waste and recyclables to designated areas.
• Assist with line clean-up and product changeovers.
• Perform routine checks to ensure GMP standards are met and no GMP violations occur during packaging.
• Ensure scheduled floor sanitization and vent cleaning as required.
• Maintain a safe, clutter-free staging area and remove excess waste containers.
• Clean areas during changeovers, following cGMP’s and SOPs.
• Work as a team with other material handlers to keep areas clean and stocked.
• Participate and complete all training as required by the company.

Skills

Material Handling

Pallet Jacks

GMP / SOP compliance

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

Job Description

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Our Business
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.

By combining top talent from the life sciences industry with modern research and manufacturing technologies, Adare enables clients to deliver potentially lifesaving medicines in more easily consumable formats - particularly for patients such as infants or the elderly. This is the meaning behind “Transforming Drug Delivery – Transforming Lives.”

Our Culture

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.

In addition to delivering high-quality results for our external clients, we foster a collaborative, client-centric culture internally - one where employees support one another, share knowledge, and encourage each other to bring their best selves to work each day.

Why Come to Adare?

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.

Position

Material Handler, Packaging

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Summary

The Material Handlers are key positions within the Packaging Department, allowing operations to run on a continuous basis. The role is responsible for ensuring that packaging lines avoid material shortages by bringing packaging materials to and from the warehouse to the packaging lines, using Material Handling equipment as needed. The Material Handlers are imperative to seeing that the material hoppers are kept loaded. They remove finished product from the line, mop floors, clean air vents, and stage product for future jobs.

Responsibilities

• Maintains lot integrity of component and product issues, delivers furnished goods to the quarantine area
• Stages packaging lines with bulk drug and packaging components for upcoming jobs
• Collects and removes packaging waste and recyclables from the staging area and delivers to the designated areas.
• Assists with line clean-up and product changeovers.
• Performs routine checks to ensure that the quality and production standards are met and that no violations to cGMP’s occur during the packaging of any product
• Ensures the scheduled floor sanitization and vent cleaning is performed as required.
• Maintains a safe clutter free staging area, removing any excess waste containers or empty pallets.
• Cleans areas during changeovers, following cGMP’s and SOP’s
• Works as a team with the other material handlers to ensure the cleanliness of the miscellaneous packaging areas (washroom, slat room, unused packaging lines, and packaging component warehouse)
• Must participate and successfully complete all training as required by the company.
• Must work as a team with other Material Handlers to keep the department stocked with drums of alcohol, soap, cases of trash liners, cleaning cloths, etc.
• Follows directions from the Line Leaders to meet customer demands and departmental goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience, Education, and Skills Required

• High school diploma/GED with some experience in related field or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Experience with Material Handling equipment such as pallet jacks is a plus
• Ability to follow GMP’s and SOP’s

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.
• 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.

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.

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