Environmental Monitoring Analyst I

Location : Houston, TX

Posted : November 12, 2025

Job Type : Full Time

Req# 2025-5314

Quality

Position Summary

As an Environmental Monitoring (EM) Analyst I, you play a vital role in protecting patient safety and ensuring the highest standards of pharmaceutical quality. By executing routine monitoring activities in our cleanroom and controlled environments, you help uphold compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). This position offers a valuable opportunity to learn, grow, and directly contribute to Empower Pharmacy's mission of expanding access to safe, innovative, and affordable medications.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts routine environmental monitoring of cleanrooms, controlled environments, and equipment to ensure compliance with United States Pharmacopeia (USP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
• Collects, documents, and evaluates viable and non-viable samples including air, surface, and personnel monitoring to assess contamination control.
• Collaborates with Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) teams to ensure compliance and good aseptic practices.
• Maintains accurate and timely records, logs, and reports to support regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance activities.
• Supports continuous improvement initiatives by following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) while contributing to enhanced contamination control practices.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

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Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more :