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Senior Scientist Process Engineer - Pharmaceutical Product Development

AstraZeneca • Macclesfield, Cheshire

Salary

£49k – £49k

Posted

22 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Senior Scientist Process Engineer - Pharmaceutical Product Development in Macclesfield, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £49k – £49k. AstraZeneca 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.

Job Title: Senior Scientist Process Engineer - Pharmaceutical Product Development Location: Macclesfield Salary: Competitive Introduction to role: Are you ready to turn cutting-edge science into dependable, scalable manufacturing that delivers medicines to patients sooner? Do you thrive at the bench and at the whiteboard, pairing experiments with models to make confident, high-impact decisions? Based in the UK, Macclesfield you will be a laboratory-based senior scientist who combines hands-on e…

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Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £49k – £49k
How this salary compares: about 18% above the £41,941 median across 1,209 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 7 other live scientific & qa roles in Macclesfield — browse them
Posted: 22 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

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.