Quality Control Supervisor

Almac Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Almac Group in Edinburgh is seeking a hands-on QC Team Lead to guide a team of Quality Control Analysts in a fast-paced GMP environment. You will plan analytical work, develop methods, and support high-throughput peptide manufacturing projects, ensuring on-time release of finished products and materials.

You will provide technical guidance, review data, support external audits, and collaborate with Production Managers to balance workloads and priorities while maintaining compliance with Health

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in Life Science or equivalent.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or fine chemical analytical environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of QC Analysts, planning analytical work and ensuring on-time delivery.
• Plan method development and validation activities and troubleshoot analytical methods.
• Represent QC during external audits and provide technical updates to clients.

Skills

Leadership

Quality control

Analytical thinking

Education

Life Science degree or equivalent

Tools

HPLC

Mass spectrometry

Job description

Location: Edinburgh

Hours: 40 hours per week Monday-Friday with core hours 10:00-16:00

Business Unit: Almac Sciences

Open To: External and Internal applicants

Ref No.: HRJOB12038

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a hands-on technical leadership role within a fast-paced GMP Quality Control environment, supporting high-throughput peptide manufacturing projects and the testing and release of finished products, intermediates and raw materials. You will lead and support a team of Quality Control Analysts, planning and assigning analytical work to ensure client manufacturing projects and associated stability programmes are delivered accurately and on time. Working closely with Production Managers, you will monitor workloads and project progress, adjust priorities where required, and help identify and resolve technical and quality-related issues. A key part of the role will be providing technical and chromatographic expertise, including planning and performing method development and validation activities and troubleshooting client-provided analytical methods. You will complete data review when required, contribute to protocols, reports and SOPs, and provide technical guidance to less experienced scientists and direct reports. Alongside your technical responsibilities, you will manage and develop your team through effective leadership and performance appraisals, represent Quality Control during external audits and provide technical updates to clients in calls and at on-site meetings. Throughout the role, you will play an important part in maintaining high standards of compliance and on-time delivery, ensuring all activities are carried out in accordance with company Health and Safety requirements and established procedures.

Joining Almac means becoming part of a fast-paced, growing organisation within a highly regulated industry. We offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, with excellent opportunities for learning, development and long-term career progression across the Almac Group. Our approach is simple – we support, develop and reward our people, build fulfilling careers and together we advance human health. More information can be found here; Life at Almac - Almac

Key Requirements

Essential Criteria

• Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in a Life Science related discipline
• Previous analytical experience within the pharmaceutical or fine chemical industries.
• Working knowledge of HPLC and mass spectrometry.

Desirable Criteria

• Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in an Analytical related discipline
• LCMS experience
• Experience of drug substance and/or drug product analysis in a GMP environment
• Experience in HPLC method development and/or tech transfer and/or validation
• Experience in supervising staff
• Working knowledge of multiple analytical techniques

Closing Date

We will no longer be accepting applications after 9pm on Wednesday 25th November 2026.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE:

Almac will only accept applications from agencies/business partners that have been invited to work on this role by our Talent Acquisition team. Speculative candidate CVs received or submitted directly to Hiring Managers will be considered unsolicited and no fee will be payable. Thank you for your cooperation.