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Lead Microbiologist

ConvaTec • Deeside, Flintshire

Salary

£36k – £36k

Posted

15 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

ConvaTec is hiring a Lead Microbiologist in Deeside, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £36k – £36k. ConvaTec holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Position Overview The Lead Microbiologist acts as the Site Microbiology Expert for the Deeside and Rhymney sites, providing technical leadership for microbiology and sterilisation activities. The role is responsible for leading a small laboratory team, ensuring compliance with regulatory, quality, and procedural requirements, and overseeing sterilisation validation test methods for terminally sterilised products manufactured at the Deeside site. The position supports continuous improvement, mai…

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Employer: ConvaTec — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £36k – £36k
How this salary compares: about 9% below the £40,000 median across 923 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Deeside, Flintshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 4 other live scientific & qa roles in Deeside — browse them
Posted: 15 August 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.