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External Quality Internship

Lieu Macclesfield, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni Job ID R-241887 Date de publication 01/05/2026

External Quality Internship

Macclesfield

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical business and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. AstraZeneca Summer Internships introduce you to the world of ground-breaking drug development, embedding you in highly dedicatedteams,committed to delivering life-changing medicines to patients. Our 10–12-week program is designed for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. We offer exciting opportunities across Research & Development, Operations, and Enabling Units (Corporate functions).

Our internships immerse students in the pharmaceutical industry, allowing the opportunity to contribute to our diverse pipeline of medicines whether in the lab or outside of it. You will feel trusted and empoweredtotakeonnewchallenges, but with all the help and guidanceyouneedtosucceed. This internship will help you developessential skills, expand your knowledge, and build a network that will set you up for future success. Youwillbe surrounded by curious,passionate, and open-minded professionals eager to learn and follow the science, fostering your growth in a truly collaborative and globalteam.

Our purpose is bold and so is our approach. Becoming a more agile and innovative company means building a dynamic, inspiring culture where we celebrate entrepreneurial thinking and act with a senseofurgency. We are courageous,takingrisks and learningfrom both success and failure. We are curious,creative, and open to newideas and ways of working. Above all, we are passionate about science anddriven to always put patients first. When you join us, youwillbepartofagreat place to work; in an environment that energises and empowers each of us to achieve our goal to develop and deliver medicines.

An exciting opportunity to join the External Quality organisation based at our Macclesfield site in Cheshire. External Quality has many areas of accountability working with our external suppliers and supply chains, assuring quality and compliance of all outsourced activities.

A 10-12 week summer placement will involve providing support to the teams within External Quality; specifically gaining experience with Quality System Governance, Quality Event Investigations, Supplier oversight, Stakeholder management and contribution to digital/AI initiatives.

You will gain transferable core skills and knowledge, in addition to gaining skills specific to the working practices of the team.

Essential Candidate Requirements:

  • Good interpersonalskills

  • Good team working skills

  • High organisation skills and confidence to work independently

  • Logical thinking to be able to apply processes

  • Ability to apply a rational approach to problemsolving, making judgements based on sound reasoning, risk and approaching problems in a logical manner

  • Seek to identify continuous improvements

  • High numeracy and literacy skills

  • Computerliteracy

  • The abilitytolearn

  • Self-motivation

  • Initiative

AstraZeneca is where you can immerse yourself in groundbreaking work with real patient impact.

Trusted to work on important projects, you’ll have the independence totakeonnewchallenges while receiving all the guidanceyouneedtosucceed. Our collaborativeenvironment is designed to help you growprofessionally and personally, surrounded by passionate individuals eager to makeadifference.

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca, starting with the recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics.

We offer reasonableadjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any reasonableadjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and join us on this excitingjourney!

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Date Posted

07-Jan-2026

Closing Date

19-Jan-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.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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