Quality Assurance & Quality Control (Multiple Roles & Locations) Industrial Placement, UK 2026

QA Validation Roles Overview

QA Validation provides quality oversight to validation and qualification activities by leading validation working parties and offering SME support within GSC Ware. Projects range from equipment, utilities, facilities, computerised systems, to cleaning and manufacturing processes. The role also involves authoring, reviewing, and approving documents such as validation plans, protocols and reports. Additionally, the team manages validation aspects of change controls including impact assessment, approval of change control requests and review of change actions. Furthermore, the team supports inspection readiness and presents and justifies validation scope and documents with internal and external auditors.

Role 1 – Placement Learning: Validation Coordination

• Work with the business to promote the value of validation activity in all stages of projects
• Promote effective working relationships and ensure they are maintained through the validation working party
• Input into validation lifecycle activities for manufacturing processes
• Involvement in presenting & justifying validation scope and documents to internal audits

Role 2 – Quality Systems and Validation Compliance – Worthing

Degree Requirements: Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Biomedical, Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Biochemistry or related. Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required.

Overview of the Department

The Quality Systems and Validation Compliance department is responsible for ensuring compliance to company processes and industry requirements and managing the lifecycle of our drug product from initial qualification through to ongoing commercial marketing. As an established product, this requires ongoing licence maintenance with supplied markets, and qualification of new equipment and/or processes to improve manufacturing efficiencies.

Role 2 – Key Placements Learnings

• Work with other departments (Technical, Engineering, Operations) to support equipment qualification activities and projects.
• Write, review and approve validation lifecycle documentation and ensure they comply with relevant Good Manufacturing Practice and industry requirements.
• Facilitate the team tiered accountability meeting and identify improvements through the use of data analytics.
• Build knowledge of industry expectations for equipment and process validation.

Role 3 – Quality Processes – Ware

Degree Requirements: Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Biomedical, Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Biochemistry or related. Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required.

Overview of the Department

The Quality Processes Department is a core pillar of the Central Quality Department in GSC Ware. Quality Systems and Processes are led for the whole site including Complaints Management, Deviation, Corrective and Preventive Actions, Change Control and Management of documentation systems amongst other Quality Management System processes.

Role 3 – Key Placements Learnings

• Support activities related to vendor and customer complaints management
• Complete a continuous improvement cycle for an identified need in the process team
• Learn and apply learning to aspects of Quality Processes Management
• Support Process Performance Management activity in the area
• Support internal and external audits as applicable

Role 4 – Incoming Supply Chain Compliance Specialist – Barnard Castle

Degree requirements: Logistics and supply chain management, Chemistry with Industry, Business with Compliance, Supply Chain Leadership, Third Party Logistics, Compliance Management. Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required.

Overview of the Department

This role will be within the analytical function but will not be laboratory based; this role is a desk-based role that will be exposed to supplier compliance/ incoming laboratory compliance/ new project compliance and third-party management.

Role 4 – Key Placements Learnings

• Management of documentation, including confidential & restricted.
• Contacting and building relationships with third party suppliers, including initiating and resolving complaints and supplier changes.
• Building relationships with global functions and resolving priority and complex issues.
• Creation/ review/ archive / retention (all aspects) of documentation.
• Use of electronic systems to manage documents and processes linked to third parties.
• Liaising with numerous functions to achieve an end goal, usually within a limited timeframe.
• Change management of processes using GSK ways of working.
• Limited exposure to analytical laboratories and the documentational/ third party processes involved.

Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Biomedical, Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Biochemistry or related

Please read the degree requirements for each role carefully before applying. Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK or ROI University for the duration of your placement. If you have already graduated with a bachelor\’s degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme. Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English.

Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?

• Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
• Communication (written & verbal)
• Time management
• Problem-solving
• Networking
• Data analysis and management
• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

Note: We\\\’re 100% open to all talent. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the inclusion of our patients and because it\\\’s the right thing to do. You can learn more about Inclusion at GSK here.

Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. Our culture focuses on being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing. GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Benefits (selected):

• A competitive salary, with an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.
• Access to our wellbeing platform, confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support.
• Private healthcare insurance, including 24-hour online GP access.
• Optional protection: identity, long-term care, home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Opportunities to work with Employee Resource Groups, offering networking and development opportunities.
• Access to IPUnite, a community for Early Careers programme participants with development and networking opportunities.
• 2 volunteering days per year.