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Position Summary

Are you ready to help people on their path to better health? Are you seeking a position with growth and purpose? Starting Pay for this role is $21.74 with opportunities to advance based on your skill-level! Your career possibilities are endless at CVS Health! This is a full-time position with guaranteed 40 hours per week, and premium pay for consistent weekends or company holidays worked.

We offer:

10 paid company holidays
Eligibility to accrue up to 16 paid vacation days
Competitive health/life/dental/disability/vision insurance
Up to a 30% employee discount at all CVS Stores
Tuition reimbursement
Parental leave
401k matching and more!

CVS Health has an exciting opportunity in Mount Prospect, IL for a Canister Calibration Technician to be a part of our Pharmacy Maintenance Team! The Canister Calibration Technician is essential to ensuring patients receive their medications in a timely manner. As part of the team, you will have an important, uniquely rewarding role putting your skills and experience to work in a closed-door pharmacy setting. You will make a difference by exceling in a complex, high impact dispensing environment and positively impacting the lives of others. You will work alongside a team of talented individuals in a concerted team effort and under the direct supervision of a Lead Mechanic and Maintenance Supervisor.

Your duties will include building, repairing, and maintaining drug canisters for the automated drug dispensing equipment (Opti-Fill). You will be involved in cleaning the canisters per prescribed schedules and procedures, auditing canister performance, testing canister performance and investigating quality assurance issues. You will also troubleshoot canister electro-mechanical problems. Knowledge of basic computer skills is required as you will be maintaining the canister information database.

Job specific training will be provided, and we are looking for an applicant interested in making a difference in someone’s life. To be successful in this role you must have strong written and verbal communication, strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting experience.

Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 10pm-6:30am.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must be able to:

Demonstrate one year + of experience troubleshooting electro-mechanical equipment/ mechanical components.
Apply for an Illinois Pharmacy Technician License and provide verification before your first day.
Complete 500hr. State mandatory training in product selection.
Provide verification of high school diploma, GED or 2 years of equivalent work experience.
Regular and predictable attendance.
Work mandatory overtime/extended work week, when needed.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team.
Travel, when needed.

Physical Demands:

Ability to remain upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another or within the same work area.
Ability to occasionally lift up-to 50 lbs. to move objects.
The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: viewing a computer screen, reading, visual inspection involving small parts.
The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately.
Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in medical, fulfillment center, warehouse or healthcare environments.
Previous experience with preventive maintenance of electro-mechanical equipment and maintenance of equipment in a production environment (Vending machine, Slot machine, Arcade games, etc).
Experience with drug canisters and Opti-Fill operation.
Experience using Microsoft Excel.

Education

Verifiable High School Diploma, GED or equivalent work experience.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$16.00 - $28.84

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 07/24/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Automation I – Canister Calibration

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