Environmental Monitoring (EM) Specialist

The role

The Environmental Monitoring (EM) Specialist performs routine environmental sampling and supports contamination control in sterile pharmaceutical compounding cleanroom facilities. This role involves executing the environmental monitoring program including sample collection, incubation, and documentation.

What you will do

• Perform routine non-viable and viable air sampling, surface sampling, and personnel monitoring sampling within ISO-classified cleanroom environments.
• Ensure proper handling and labeling of sampling media.
• Document sampling events, locations, results, and observations.
• Adhere to defined sampling schedules and respond to unscheduled or investigative sampling needs.
• Manage the proper incubation of solid and liquid microbiological media.
• Perform interim and final readings of incubated media plates to identify and enumerate Colony Forming Units (CFUs).
• Report and investigate results at alert and/or action levels.
• Support the Microbiologist in responding to microbial growth events.
• Coordinate submission of microbial-positive samples to third-party laboratories.
• Maintain investigation logs and contribute to root cause analysis and corrective action activities.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in one or more of the following: Non-viable particulate air sampling, Viable air sampling using impaction or settling plates, Surface sampling using contact plates or swab
• Knowledge in gram staining and microbial growth identification.
• Ability to work in sterile garb for extended periods within an ISO Class 5 or cleaner environment.
• Successful completion or ability to pass initial and ongoing garbing and aseptic competency evaluations.
• Working knowledge of USP <797>, USP <800>, USP <795>, and sterile compounding requirements.

Nice to have

• Licensed Pharmacy Technician with active state licensure and PTCB certification.
• Prior experience in a 503A or 503B compounding pharmacy or aseptic pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with microbial growth morphology and plate reading.
• Understanding of incubation practices, environmental excursion documentation, and laboratory sample chain-of-custody procedures.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to aseptic technique and contamination control.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity compensation for full-time roles

Before you apply

• Requires working with Hazardous Drugs (HD) and wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Requires medical approval to wear respiratory protection.
• Requires physical exertion including walking up to 50% of the time, standing up to 100% of the time, squatting and bending up to 20% of the time and lifting up to 80% of the time for up to a twelve ho
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs.
• Must be willing to confirm understanding of potential risks (teratogenicity, carcinogenicity and reproductive effects) of handling hazardous drugs.

About the company

Hims & Hers is a health and wellness platform that provides access to personalized healthcare. It is a public company traded on the NYSE.