Skills

Communication Quality Assurance Attention to detail Training Motivation Organization Oral and Written Communication

Job Specifications

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

When you’re part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do challenging work, and be part of a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

Working as part of our Microbiology Division (MBD), within the Specialty Diagnostics Group, you’ll play an active part in helping us to achieve our mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The Microbiology Division discovers microbiological solutions for the diagnosis of infectious disease and detection of bacterial contamination in industrial applications. We serve public health, clinical laboratories, food companies, environmental screening and pharmaceutical laboratories with a portfolio of products that include culture media, antimicrobial susceptibility testing solutions and market-leading molecular solutions for food safety testing.

Summary:

The Quality Assurance Intern works as part of the QA team at our MBD Basingstoke facility.

Reporting to the QA Supervisor the successful applicant will join Quality Assurance department working closely with the QMS and Supplier Quality teams to support the implementation of the QMS and interact with internal and external customers regarding quality related issues and queries.

This role will partner with internal team members to drive continual improvement of quality and compliance in all areas including Quality Assurance with a focus on quality systems.

Responsibilities:

Undertake QA responsibilities regarding supplier control, review and performance
Assist in training for Quality functions and ensuring relevant documentation is up-to-date
Serve as documentation and training coordinator for MasterControl – Electronic Document Management system
Maintaining supplier audit tracker
Ensuring supplier quality complaints are properly investigated and corrective actions taken
Building strong partnerships with the Quality and Sourcing teams as well as external customers
Collaborating closely with suppliers regarding quality issues and queries
Communicating in a proper and effective way with customers about change controls requiring customer notifications
Tracking of supplier quality questionnaires, change agreements and quality agreements
Collaborate with team members in production and quality to build robust documentation to support audit readiness

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Degree in microbiology/degree in a related field
High attention to detail
Ability to communicate openly
Work flexibly to ensure targets are met
Proficient at using the MS Office suite

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Willingness to learn, be mentored, and improve!
Ability to work independently and in a group setting
Hands on attitude to get things done with the ability to handle change to a successful conclusion
Work flexibly to ensure deadlines are met
Experience with writing concise/accurate and maintain reports/records
High attention to detail
Strong oral and written communication skills
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and standard computer applications
Skill in functioning independently and contributing as part of a cross-functional team
Strong desire and motivation to start and develop a career in Quality Assurance

This is a 12 month internship/placement with interviews in January 2026 and a Summer 2026 start.

About the Company

About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our gl... Know more