Quality Practitioner Apprentice; PSOQ - Pfizer Pfizer

This is a great opportunity to work for one of the world’s innovative pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer is looking to recruit an apprentice within the Global Clinical Supplies Quality Operations (GCSOQ) Team within Pharm Sci Operation Quality (PSOQ).

Qualification Requirements

5 GCSEs at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent) including mathematics and English.

Higher qualifications such as A-Levels, Btec or other equivalent qualification in Science or Engineering would be preferred.

Salary - £18,630 per annum

Benefits

• Holiday Allowance - 25.5 Days Holiday Allowance, plus Bank Holidays
• Pension - Employee 5%, Employer 3%
• Flexible Working Hours
• Casual Dress
• Discount Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite Canteen
• Onsite Parking
• Employee Recognition/Awards

Location - Pfizer Ltd, Walton Oaks, Dorking Road, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 7NS

Working Hours

Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5.25pm. Fridays, 9am – 4.05pm

12pm - 12.45pm lunch break

Duration - 24 months

Start Date - 1st September 2026

Interview Date - The Assessment Centre for this position will be on the week commencing March 30th 2026

Closing Date for Applications - 6th March 2026

To Apply
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Next Steps

Successful candidates will be progressed to a one way video interview, invites will be sent via email.

The video interview will be reviewed by the Hiring Manager

This position will be supporting the Global Clinical Supplies Quality Operations (GCSOQ) Team within Pharm Sci Operation Quality (PSOQ) in areas such as, but not limited to, Quality Management Systems oversight, Release / Disposition including Qualified Persons supporting activities, Vendor Management Qualification and Oversight plus Clinical Complaints, Investigation and Audit support. This will include performing and supporting tasks such as the following:

• Completing job-related training and maintain personal training records.
• Building contacts and forming collaborative partnerships with key business lines and Quality Stakeholders Globally.
• Contributing to readiness activities before, during and after audits and inspections.
• Execute Clinical Complaints Intake and Triage activities.
• Track Vendor notifications and communication for Clinical Complaint Management.
• Support the monitoring, maintaining, and improving of systems and processes used for Quality Compliance.
• Identifying quality continuous improvement efforts to streamline compliance and efficiencies.
• Execute aspects of Clinical Packaging Release and Disposition activities.
• Support Qualified Persons (QP) activities to include QP declarations.
• Assist with Quality Agreement generation and amendments.
• Perform aspects of Vendor qualification and Vendor oversight activities.

Skills

• Takes a broad perspective to solve problems, sometimes choosing among less obvious approaches to identify solutions.
• Has good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to Network and collaborate Globally across multiple sites.
• Has the ability to determine own work priorities and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Is self-motivated to achieve high quality results within defined time frames.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and ability to appropriately prioritize and perform multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
• Has a good understanding of Microsoft Office skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to understand and Navigate Quality Management systems in support of task execution.
• Completes assignments under broad guidelines and selects the most appropriate method or approach to do so.

Personal Qualities

• Hard-working.
• Ability to solve problems, interact with others and manage a varied workload.
• Is self-motivated to achieve high quality results within defined time frames.
• Attention to detail.
• Research skills for assignments and job-related activities
• Has good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Can use own judgment to make decisions, non-routine issues within and outside of scope of responsibilities., using judgment to set own schedule
• Quality mindset.