Pharmaceutical Coating Technician - Temp role

Ashland; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in pharmaceutical innovations is seeking a qualified individual for a temporary role in their Wilmington, Delaware location. In this position, you will support the film coating technical service team and play an essential role in developing coating systems for pharmaceutical products. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific field and 1–2 years of hands-on experience. This role demands strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of hands-on experience with film coating and tablet compression.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Able to lift 25 pounds and operate pilot scale equipment.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills to share development work within the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work in physically challenging environments (lift up to 25 lbs, move up to 50 lbs).
• Authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Support pharmaceutical film coating technical services.
• Contribute to the development of film coating systems.
• Provide technical assistance for scale-up and quality control.
• Operate coating equipment such as perforated pans and fluid beds; compression equipment like tablet presses; and analytical equipment such as dissolution and tablet characterization equipment.
• Maintain technical information by preparing reports and maintaining records to document and retain information.
• Comply with company procedural guidelines, laboratory procedures, and safety programs.

Skills

Hands-on experience with solid-dosage unit operations

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Ability to handle multiple projects

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical sciences, or Chemical engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Coating equipment

Job description

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity in the Pharmaceutical Aquarius™ Film Coating’s Team at our Wilmington, Delaware location. This temporary role reports to the North America Aquarius™ Film Coating R&D Team Leader.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Support pharmaceutical film coating technical service and new product development team.
• Contribute to the development of fully formulated film coating systems for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.
• Provide technical assistance and support to Production for product scale‑up, quality control activities, and application testing, as required.
• Operate coating equipment such as perforated pans and fluid beds; compression equipment like tablet presses; and analytical equipment such as Dissolution and tablet characterization equipment.
• Maintain technical information by preparing reports and maintaining records to document and retain information.
• Comply with company procedural guidelines, laboratory procedures, and safety programs.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Educated to bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical sciences, Chemical engineering, or similar related scientific fields.
• Minimum 1–2 years of hands‑on experience with solid‑dosage unit operations, such as tablet compression, film coating, and fluid‑bed processing.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel specifically.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills to share development work within the organization.
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work in physically challenging environments: lift 25 pounds and move up to 50 pounds when working with bulk ingredients, operate pilot scale equipment.
• Be authorized to work in the United States.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• Previous experience in technical service, tech-ops support or technical transfer experience is a definite plus.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical and dietary supplement oral solid dosage forms like tablets and capsules.
• Experienced in pharmaceutical and dietary supplement film coating development and color matching.
• Ability to interpret color difference, color theory/colorimetry, and properties of pigments.