QC Incoming Inspection Analyst

Are you driven to protect patients by getting quality right from the very first step? Do you see the connection between precise incoming inspection and the speed, safety, and reliability of medicines reaching people who need them most?

As a QC Incoming Inspection Analyst at AstraZeneca, you will be the frontline guardian of material quality that enables right-first-time release to packaging operations. Your work will directly support compliant, on-time supply in a highly regulated environment, turning rigorous standards into real-world patient impact. You will collaborate across quality, planning, and external partners to keep our operations moving with confidence.

Join a team that blends biotech agility with the reach of a global biopharma. Here, quality professionals shape smarter processes, prevent issues before they happen, and help deliver medicines for people living with rare and devastating diseases—quickly, safely, and consistently.

Accountabilities:
- Material Sampling: Sample raw and packaging materials for incoming inspection to enable timely evaluation and decision-making.
- Incoming Inspection and Release Support: Perform and document inspection activities that support release to packaging operations, ensuring right-first-time outcomes.
- cGMP/GLP Compliance: Maintain high cGMP and GLP standards during testing, meeting regulatory and business schedules and targets.
- Safety and Housekeeping: Uphold a safe, audit-ready Inspection Area/Laboratory with exemplary housekeeping.
- Continuous Improvement: Complete project work and implement initiatives that improve laboratory efficiency, throughput, and reliability.
- Documentation Control: Execute document updates accurately and on schedule to sustain data integrity and inspection readiness.
- Stakeholder Communication: Keep management informed on Inspection Area/Laboratory issues, risks, and progress.
- Supplier Quality: Raise Supplier Deviations as required and assist in investigations to drive root cause resolution and prevention.
- Planning Partnership: Partner closely with planning to align priorities and protect supply commitments.
- Vendor Liaison: Liaise with vendors as required to clarify specifications, manage issues, and enhance incoming quality.
- Training and Capability Building: Train personnel and contribute to the development, operation, and evaluation of training programs that lift team performance.
- Flexible Support: Assist in additional activities as directed by QC Management to meet evolving operational needs.

Essential Skills/Experience:
- Sampling of materials for incoming inspection
- Incoming Inspection to support release to packaging operations
- Ensuring high cGMP, GLP standards are maintained while testing and adherence to schedules and targets to meet regulatory and business requirements
- To ensure a high standard of housekeeping and safety is maintained in the Inspection Area/Laboratory
- Completion of project work and implementation of initiatives designed to improve the efficiency of the laboratory function/department
- Document updates as required
- To keep management updated on issues arising within the Inspection Area/Laboratory
- Raising Supplier Deviations as required and assist in investigations
- Partner closely with planning to ensure priorities are met
- Liaise with vendors as required
- To train personnel and play appropriate role in the development, operation, and evaluation of training programs
- Assist in additional activities as directed by the QC Management.

Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Experience with electronic quality systems, LIMS, and standardized inspection documentation
- Familiarity with packaging component specifications and defect classification
- Exposure to supplier quality management, including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions
- Participation in laboratory or operations efficiency projects, such as Lean or Six Sigma initiatives
- Experience supporting internal or external audits and inspections
- Strong cross-functional communication with planning, operations, and external partners

Why AstraZeneca:
At AstraZeneca, you will join a patient-driven, collaborative culture where kindness stands alongside ambition and diverse perspectives fuel better solutions. You will feel the pace and autonomy of a pioneering biotech environment with the support and scale of a global organization—where scientists, operators, planners, and quality experts sit at the same table to spark bold thinking. Your contribution in incoming inspection safeguards every downstream step, accelerates access for people living with rare and devastating diseases, and opens clear pathways to grow your craft through real responsibility, trusted partnerships, and continuous learning.

Call to Action:
Step into the first line of defense for product quality and help speed life-changing medicines to patients—bring your expertise and apply today!

Date Posted

12-Feb-2026

Closing Date

26-Feb-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.