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Specialist Quality - Environmental Assurance - 12 Month Secondment/FTC

AstraZeneca • Macclesfield, Cheshire

Salary

£26k – £26k

Posted

2 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Specialist Quality - Environmental Assurance - 12 Month Secondment/FTC in Macclesfield, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £26k – £26k. 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 - Environmental Assurance (12 Month Secondment/FTC) Introduction to role: Join us as a Specialist Quality - Environmental Assurance and provide essential microbiological expertise and support for our manufacturing processes. Oversee aseptic and clean room operations, ensuring particle, physical, and microbiological environmental control in production and QC testing facilities. Your role will directly impact the value stream by influencing clean room decisions and maintaining …

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Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £26k – £26k
How this salary compares: about 34% 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
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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.