Senior Quality Assurance/Quality Control(QA/QC) Officer (Microbiology)

Job overview

Have you got the enthusiasm, knowledge and experience to take up this exciting challenge? We are looking for a Specialist Quality Assurance Officer to cover maternity leave until 30th March 2026.

We require you to be responsible for the supervision of the Quality Assurance (QA) officers and assistants, under the guidance of the Head of Pharmacy Quality Assurance (HPQA) and QC Lead Microbiologist..

As a Senior Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) Officer you will manage the running of the QA Microbiology Laboratory, such that an efficient system of workflow through the department is maintained.

You will also manage and be responsible for routine and non-routine sampling and testing (e.g. physical and microbiological environmental monitoring and TVC testing), trending, and investigations, to maintain MHRA regulatory compliance in a licensed aseptic and non-sterile production facility.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.  This will need to be discuss with your current line manager.

Main duties of the job

Investigate/root cause microbiological Out-of-Limit (OOL) or unusual results. Undertake trending and routine reporting of microbiological status of facilities.

Manage the training/proficiency testing of relevant staff including assistants, students, technicians and pre-registration pharmacy graduates in Microbiological laboratory techniques and the principles of Quality Assurance.

Manage the recruitment, development and appraisal of the Quality Assurance staff.

Maintain the cross site Microbiological Reporting System (MRS).

Manage SLAs with external companies with regards microbiological testing.

Develop and validate microbiological enumeration test methods for raw materials and finished products.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.