Quality Assurance Technician

strivepharmacy; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Strive Pharmacy in Tampa, FL is seeking a quality-focused professional for a full-time position in a regulated compounding environment.

The role involves product inspections, environmental monitoring, document review, material control, and quality investigations. A minimum of a high school diploma and 2+ years in a quality/manufacturing setting with SOP proficiency and USP awareness is required.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED with relevant work experience.
• Experience: 2+ years in quality/manufacturing in a highly regulated industry (pharma, medical devices, consumer products, or allied health) prefered.
• SOPs: Able to read, understand, follow, and report on Standard Operating Procedures.
• Clear understanding of USP standards.

Responsibilities

• Product & Process Inspection: inspect for defects, leaks, particulates; support media fill validations.
• Environmental Monitoring: monitor personnel environmental conditions and document findings.
• Documentation Review: review compounding records, cleaning logs, inventory sheets, temperature logs, and BMS alarms; ensure current docs are on the floor.
• Material & Label Control: verify raw materials meet specs, manage labeling reconciliation, assist with release/movement.
• Quality Events & Investigations: document non-compliance; initiate events and route samples for lab analysis; disposition issues.
• Records & Maintenance: maintain quality records (calibration, maintenance, training, certifications).
• Audit & Team Support: assist audits and participate in QA meetings.

Skills

SOP Proficiency

USP Standards

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate degree or higher (technical/scientific)

Job description

Company Overview:

Strive Pharmacy is a personalized compounding pharmacy built on a simple conviction: medicine should fit the patient, not the other way around. We started Strive because we believed the pharmaceutical industry was overdue for a more human approach-one that prioritizes individualized care, clinical nuance, and genuine partnership with patients and providers.

Compounding gives us the tools to do that. Every formulation we prepare is built to the specific needs of a specific person, and every interaction we have is guided by that same commitment to personalized care.

We're growing, and we're looking for people who share that conviction. If you're ready to be part of a pharmacy that takes the work seriously and the people even more seriously, we'd like to meet you.

Mission:

Strive exists to disrupt an industry long overdue for a more personal approach to care. We put the human element at the center of everything: every formulation, every patient interaction, every provider partnership. We're not just a compounding pharmacy. We're a team on a mission to change what personalized healthcare looks and feels like.

Location: Tampa, Florida
Position Type: Full-Time
Shifts Available: Monday - Friday (7:00 AM - 3:30 PM or 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM)
Pay Rate: $24.00 - $26.00 per hour

Hourly Pay Rate $24 - $26 USD

Key Responsibilities

• Product & Process Inspection: Perform product inspections for defects, leaks, and particulates. Assist in media fill process validations, including the inspection of filled units. Maintains a minimum visual inspection rate of daily batches.
• Environmental Monitoring: Conduct environmental monitoring of personnel (as needed) and maintain accurate documentation.
• Documentation Review: Review compounding activities, including cleaning records, line clearance forms, inventory sheets, temperature logs, and Building Management System (BMS) alarms. Ensure all documentation is complete. Verify that all areas have the current control documents on the floor.
• Material & Label Control: Verify that raw materials meet specifications, account for labeling reconciliation, and assist with raw material release and movement.
• Quality Events & Investigations: Document instances of non-compliance. Under the direction of a supervisor, initiate quality events for deviation and non-compliant investigations, including routing samples to the appropriate lab for particulate or microbial analysis. Make sound disposition judgement on cosmetic, reject and/or OOS / OOR issues.
• Records & Maintenance: Maintain organized quality records (e.g., equipment calibration, maintenance files, training logs, cleanroom certifications, and Certificates of Analysis).
• Audit & Team Support: Support internal and external audits and actively participate in Quality Manager staff meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED with relevant work experience.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in a quality or manufacturing department within a highly regulated industry (Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Consumer Products, or Allied Health Science preferred).
• SOP Proficiency: Proven experience reading, understanding, following, and reporting on Standard Operating Procedures.
• Clear understanding of USP , USP standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Associate's degree or higher in a technical or scientific discipline (Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, or Pharmacy).
• Technical Knowledge: Experience in aseptic operations and familiarity with Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance practices.
• Soft Skills: Strong organizational skills, sharp attention to detail, and the ability to effectively troubleshoot issues.

Work Environment

This position is primarily based in an onsite work environment. The role requires regular periods of sitting, standing, and computer use, with occasional lifting as needed. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Comfortable working in a cleanroom environment, which includes wearing protective cleanroom attire, working in restricted or small areas, tolerating controlled temperatures, and enduring moderate to loud noise levels.

Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, listen, and use hands to handle or feel objects.

Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.

Good visual acuity is required.

Benefits/ Perks: Stri