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Specialist - Quality Assurance - 12 Month Secondment/FTC

AstraZeneca • Macclesfield, Cheshire

Salary

£36k – £36k

Posted

2 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Specialist - Quality Assurance - 12 Month Secondment/FTC in Macclesfield, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £36k – £36k. 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.

Specialist Quality (12 Month Secondment/FTC) Introduction to role: Join us as a Quality Specialist and provide QA support for aseptic manufacturing, ensuring that operation meet all the regulatory and AstraZeneca standards and the appropriate level of compliance. Your role will directly impact the value stream by supporting and influencing decisions through advice to others. Accountabilities: Provide Quality Assurance support to the manufacturing team Provide technical advice on GMP requirement…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £36k – £36k
How this salary compares: about 11% below the £40,012 median across 1,012 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 6 other live scientific & qa roles in Macclesfield — browse them
Posted: 2 August 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.