Posted 29 days ago
Material Handler - SD Pack
@ Pillar 5 Pharma inc.
Arnprior, Ontario
Overview
Pillar5 Pharma is hiring a 12-month contract Material Handler in Arnprior, Ontario, for an eye-care pharmaceutical manufacturer. The role issues and verifies bulk and component materials for packaging, handles SAP transactions, lot and label verification, and finished-goods movement. Work follows a weekly rotating day and evening 10-hour schedule at $21.21/hr starting.
Pay:
$21.21 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Issue and verify bulk and component materials for packaging jobs
- Calculate yields and accountabilities including SAP transactions
- Move finished product to the warehouse and handle material movement
- Conduct lot, expiry and label verification and documentation reviews
- Monitor supplies and place orders when required
Requirements summary:
- High school diploma
- Good math, mechanical and computer skills
- Experience with forklift, SAP or inventory tracking systems
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices
- Ability to work rotating shifts and follow written procedures
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Manufacturing & production |
| Hours per week | 40 |
| Schedule | day, evening |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Plant or factory, Warehouse |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Pillar 5 Pharma inc.
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Full company description
Founded in 2009, Pillar5 Pharma Inc. has grown to become an industry leading Canadian Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) across the North American Market. Pillar5 provides access to safe medications, through various partners, in solid dose tablets/capsules and Ophthalmics. The team at Pillar5 has proven experience in formulation and process development in the laboratory, the manufacturing environment, and on the plant floor. Pillar5 is currently the only CDMO with the ability to manufacture multi-dose preservative free solutions. Built by Pfizer in 1956, Pillar5 has an award-winning manufacturing facility that has been instrumental to the company's continued growth and success, located in the small town of Arnprior, ON. This facility has been successfully inspected by Health Canada in 2013 and the FDA in 2013 (no 483’s). Pillar5 runs on the foundation of these 5 pillars: Speed, Flexibility, Quality, Customer Service, and Reliability, and we work to achieve these every day. Visit: http://www.pillar5pharma.com or contact us at 1-613-623-4221
- LinkedIn followers
- 7,179
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 149
- Reported office locations
- 365 Madawaska Blvd., Arnprior, Ontario K7S 0C9, CA
- Other recorded names
- Pillar 5 Pharma inc.
- Pillar5 Pharma Inc.
- Specialties
- Sterile Filling Opthalmic/Otic/Nasal
- FDA and Health Canada Successful Audits
- Packaging
- Tablets
- Capsules
- and Coating
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Founded in 2009, Pillar5 Pharma Inc. has grown to become an industry leading Canadian Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) across the North American Market. Pillar5 provides access to safe medications, through various partners, in solid dose tablets/capsules and Ophthalmics. The team at Pillar5 has proven experience in formulation and process development in the laboratory, the manufacturing…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Arnprior, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Sterile Filling Opthalmic/Otic/NasalFDA and Health Canada Successful AuditsPackagingTabletsCapsulesand Coating |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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Pillar5 Pharma is a specialized pharmaceutical manufacturer in Arnprior, Ontario, producing high-quality eye-care products that people rely on every day. We are building toward our vision of becoming a North American Centre of Excellence in ophthalmic aseptic manufacturing by 2030.
Please note that this is a 12-month contract position.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School diploma
- Good mathematical, mechanical and computer skills
- Able to work shifts and meet the physical demands of this position.
- Ability to follow written procedures and read schematic drawings.
- Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills.
- Strong technical knowledge of aseptic processing and pharmaceutical packaging
- Ability to work shifts.
- Experience with fork-lift, SAP system and/or inventory tracking systems, and Good Manufacturing Practices is a must.
Compensation:
- Starting rate for this position is $21.21/hr
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Issue and/or verify bulk and component to packaging jobs.
- Calculates yields and accountabilities of finished goods including SAP transactions.
- Returns and initiates packaging investigation reports.
- Brings correct components to job site, ensures that additional components are issued as needed, moves finished product to the warehouse, and provides material handling duties for other areas as required.
- Assists in the packaging area during operations and performing duties assigned to a Packager as requested by Supervisors.
- Completes job turnovers and component accountabilities, ensuring the completion of all documentation.
- Monitors all supplies for availability and expiry dates and places orders when required.
- Performs Packaging Team In-Process Designate (PTID) duties.
- Conduct lot/expiry and label verification, and other documentation reviews. Conduct verification of packaging jobs issued.
- Expedites line clearances, materials delivery, and equipment set-up, working with support teams as required.
- Ensures that quality issues and investigations are handled immediately and appropriately.
- Performs final packaging file review to achieve 100% RFT. Ensures that responsibility for documentation is part of the team culture.
- Follows and updates SOPs as required.
Available Shift Schedules:
Current schedule is a weekly rotating day and evening 10-hour shifts:
Shift assignments will be confirmed based on operational needs.
Accessibility and Accommodation:
Pillar5 Pharma is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to support your individual needs.
This posting is for an existing vacancy. PILLAR5 PHARMA does not use artificial intelligence at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process.
PILLAR5 PHARMA is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and to employment practices that comply with applicable federal, provincial, and local human rights requirements.
Current schedules include weekly rotating day and evening 10-hour shifts:
- Days rotational shift: Monday to Thursday 6:00am - 4:30pm
- Evening rotational shift: Monday to Thursday 4:00pm - 2:30am
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