QA Officer, Pharmaceutical (Fixed term contract)

Russell Taylor Group Ltd; Watford; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A pharmaceutical manufacturing company is seeking a QA Officer for a fixed-term contract in Watford. The role involves quality management and assurance, ensuring products meet standards, and conducting audits. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a STEM subject and strong GMP experience in a pharmaceutical setting. This is a full-time position with the potential for the contract to become permanent.

Qualifications

• Experienced in CAPA, deviations, and change controls.
• Strong written and verbal use of English language essential.
• Experience in internal auditing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for quality management and assurance tasks.
• Ensure products are fit for purpose before release.
• Conduct internal audits and support site GMP training.

Skills

GMP QA experience

Strong interpersonal skills

Batch review experience

Effective communication skills

Education

Degree in a STEM related subject

Job description

QA Officer, Pharmaceutical (Fixed term contract)

QA Officer, Pharmaceutical (Fixed term contract)

Location: Stevenage (fully onsite x5 days a week)- days

Type: Fixed term contract (12 months)

Salary: £39,000 CIRCA

Russell Taylor Group is partnering up with an established pharmaceutical manufacturing company who is looking to recruit for an experienced QA Officer for upto 12 months; there is a potential for the role to become more permanent and will be reviewed towards the end of the contract. The company is going through a phase of positive change and QMS development so this is an excellent project.

The Role

• The Quality Assurance Officer will be responsible for quality management, quality assurance, and quality auditing tasks related to pharmaceutical products.
• Ensuring products are fit for purpose before release for use or commercial sale.
• Maintaining and improving QMS' performance by ensuring items such as deviations, CAPA and change control for which you are the owner are progressed in a compliant and timely manner and all other items are reviewed and/or approved in accordance with internal procedures.
• Ensure customer or supplier complaints are satisfactorily investigated and communicated.
• Ensure all customer requests and queries are dealt with in a timely manner in line with company procedures.
• Participate and/or host internal and external audits inclusive of customer and regulatory audits.
• Competent to author and approve routine QMS activities.
• Performing Root Cause Analysis using problem solving tools such as Fishbone, 5 Whys etc.
• Authors, reviews, and approves Controlled Documents in accordance with procedures.
• Will support in delivering the site GMP training as required.
• Will conduct the internal audit programme.
• Will support the maintenance of the site QMS and facilitate reporting of relevant KPIs within department and across site as required.
• Ensure customer or supplier complaints are satisfactorily investigated and communicated.

The Person

• The ideal Candidate will hold a degree in a STEM related subject
• Experienced in batch review and batch release
• GMP QA experience is essential! Ideally in a Pharmaceutical setting or similar
• Experience in CAPA, deviations, change controls, internal auditing (preferred) etc
• Strong interpersonal skills, we are looking for Candidates who are good communicators
• Strong written and verbal use of English language essential due to the nature of the role

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Job Info

Job Title: QA Officer, Pharmaceutical (Fixed term contract)

Company: Russell Taylor Group Ltd

Location: Watford, Hertfordshire

Posted:

Closes: Jan 1st 2026

Sector: Medical, Pharmaceutical & Scientific

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time