Job Description

Quality Assurance Associate

  • Salary: £19.23 - £25.09 per hour
  • REF Number: v-177605
  • Consultant: Key Accounts Team
  • Contact: 01438 870011
  • Date Published: 04.03.2026
  • Closed Date: 14.04.2026
  • Industry: Pharmaceutical
  • Location: Speke, Merseyside, England
  • Functional Expertise: Quality Assurance

Talentmark are recruiting for a

Quality Assurance Associate to join a company in the animal health and pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis for 12 months.

Salary:

£19.23-£25.09 per hour PAYE.

Quality Assurance Associate role:

  • Perform QA oversight on assigned external suppliers and third parties manufacturing products, ensuring that the delivered products comply with quality standards and legal requirements.
  • Monitor third party KPI’s to proactively detect and notify to QA management any compliance issue on supplier level that would risk supply of products.
  • Review and assess external customer complaints in the global complaint system, including Root Cause Investigation correctness, product impact assessment, trend/recurrence evaluation, and proposed CAPA assessment.
  • Review batch release documentation provided by third parties to support or act as Authorized Person for release of products for shipment including material status change in SAP.

Your Background:

  • Scientific Degree or an equivalent in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Engineering.
  • Experience in quality operations in the GMP environment.
  • Knowledge and understanding of regulatory requirements.
  • Good knowledge in office tools (e.g. Word, Excel, SAP).
  • Experience of QA systems.
Our client specialises in animal health. They advance their vision of food and companionship, enriching life by developing innovative solutions that protect and enhance animal health.

Location:

This role is based at our clients' site in Speke on a hybrid basis (3 days on site, 2 days work from home).

Apply:

For more information, or to apply for this Quality Assurance Associate role, please contact the Key Accounts Team on 01438 870011 or email pharmacontracts@ckagroup.co.uk. Please quote reference 177605.

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.

Please note:

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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