Facts
as of Nov 14, 2026
West Pharmaceutical Services is an American maker of containment and delivery systems for injectable medicines, headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, supplying vial stoppers and seals, prefillable syringe components and self-injection devices to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Founded in 1923 by Herman O. West in Philadelphia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it runs plants and offices across North America, Europe and Asia, including sites in Williamsport, Kinston, Eschweiler, Stolberg, Dublin and Sri City. It hires production operators, maintenance and automation technicians, quality and process engineers, supply chain and sourcing managers, and IT and SAP specialists.
It is hiring: 200 open roles, 92 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Headquarters
- Exton, United States
- Founded
- 1923
- Employees
- 5000+estimated range
- Listing
- NYSE: WST
- Open roles
- 200 in 30 citiesAlion job postings
- Website
- westpharma.com
As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 200 open roles at West Pharmaceutical Services. West Pharmaceutical Services is headquartered in Exton, United States. It was founded in 1923. The median pay stated in its open roles is $59k, across 45 postings that state pay.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: A
94/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Domain and mail securitywestpharma.com · Nov 14, 2026
Spoofed mail (DMARC)
Spoofed mail goes to spam
Good
Who may send its mail (SPF)
Other senders soft-fail (~all)
Good
HTTPS certificate
Valid certificate · DigiCert Inc
Good
HTTPS enforced (HSTS)
Enforced
Good
Security contact (security.txt)
No security.txt
Weak
Encrypted mail delivery (MTA-STS)
No MTA-STS policy
Weak
Signed DNS (DNSSEC)
Not signed
Weak
Certificate issuers (CAA)
Any authority may issue certificates
Weak
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices The domain: its DNS records, its site's headers and certificate.
Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.
Field & Service is the largest family, 27 of open roles.
92Posted in 30 days46% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 200
4Roles in AI2% of open roles
30Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
166 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States166On site
Germany56On site
India31On site
Singapore21On site
Ireland20On site
Denmark11On site
Remote, from elsewhere0Rare
Some postings offer visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 0.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
West Pharmaceutical Services29 days
Market, same roles37 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand95
Pay49
Your chance52
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 172 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
A
94 / 100West Pharmaceutical Services scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 7 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 14% have gone stale and 14% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 29 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale14%
Reposted14%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Field & Service27
Industrial Engineering25▼
Operations8▼
Management5▼
Early Careers5▲
Finance4
Newest roles
Director,SalesIn office · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · South Korea
Production Operatorup to $40k per year · Equity · In office · 2+ years exp · High School Diploma · Kinston
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English4925%
German2613%
Danish74%
French32%
Portuguese32%
Hebrew21%
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 63%High School Diploma 26%Associate's Degree 8%Master's Degree 3%Doctoral Degree (PhD) 1%
Experience asked: 4.4 years on average, in 140 postings. 132 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Relocation assistance6935%
Continuous learning4623%
Equity4422%
Growth opportunities21%
Quarterly bonuses21%
Parental leave11%
Professional development11%
Home office11%
Contract type
Contract 12Part-Time 10Internship 3
Visa sponsorship in some rolesRelocation offered
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
What its postings pay, by level.
$59kMedianmarket estimate $59k
$47k – $74kTypical rangeUSD a year
$117kHighest paying roleSourcing Manager- Indirect Sourcing
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked · dashed: market median $59k
Intern4$20k$20k – $20k
Junior6$64k$48k – $68k
Middle9$74k$70k – $89k
Senior6$85k$69k – $95k
$0$38k$75k$113k$150k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Named in the work visa registers of United States.
16 ▼ 6%H-1B filings in 12 months
7Green card filings
$104kMedian offered salary
In the register as West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 26, 2026
Footprint
Hiring in 30 cities in 13 countries.
30Cities
13Countries
EschweilerBusiest site
BengaluruFastest growing+13 in a month
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Ranked #6 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)
Technologies named in job postings at West Pharmaceutical Services over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
128Technologies in use
171Postings analysed
82/100Stack modernityAI adopter
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Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
Milestones
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press
Newsroom
Oct 12026
News · West Pharmaceutical Services stock reports 13.80 percent revenue growth
West Pharmaceutical Services stock posted Q2 2026 revenue of USD 872.30 million, up 13.80 percent year over year. Fiscal 2026 EPS guidance stands at USD 8.85 to USD 9.05.
Sep 292026
News · West Pharmaceutical Services stock last traded at USD 374.83 on September 28, 2026
West Pharmaceutical Services stock last traded at USD 374.83 on September 28, 2026, up 1.17 percent. Management recently discussed demand trends and operational pressure at an in…
Sep 202026
News · YahooFinance
West Pharmaceutical Services recently announced it will phase out a product line at its Scottsdale facility by the end of September, resulting in 98 layoffs. At the same time, th…
May 302026
News · Biopharma Webinars
Particulate contamination in parenteral drug delivery devices poses significant risks to patient safety, including embolism, phlebitis, and granuloma formation. Multiple regulato…
Apr 282026
Podcast · podbeancom
Ever since the revised Annex 1 was published, drug makers have been navigating a broader transformation of sterile manufacturing that extends beyond compliance. Contamination con…
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once