Quality Background
Potential Job Roles and Salaries
What kind of roles would I be suitable for based on my quality background?
If you CURRENT or PREVIOUS job was in QUALITY, you could retrain to perform the SAME OR SIMILAR job within the high-paying pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing industry.
Here are some of the typical roles and the expected salaries:
Quality Assurance Associate
Monitors and records results from processes and procedures within manufacturing industries. Results are continually compared to predetermined expected ranges and any deviation from expected results leads to corrective measures.
Some companies might call this role:
- QA Associate
- Quality Assurance (QA) Technician
- QA Specialist
- Starting Salary: €30,000 to €36,000
- After 2 Years: €36,000 to €45,000
- After 5 Years: €45,000 to €50,000
Some companies might call this role:
- QA Associate
- Quality Assurance (QA) Technician
- QA Specialist
- Starting Salary: $38,840
- After 2 Years: $48,550
- After 5 Years: $58,260
Quality Control Associate
Tests the product of a manufacturing process to ensure that it meets with predefined criteria. The completion of this quality check ensures that the final product is safe to release for sale or distribution.
Some companies might call this role:
- QC Associate
- Quality Control (QC) Technician
- QC Specialist
- Starting Salary: €30,000 to €36,000
- After 2 Years: €36,000 to €45,000
- After 5 Years: €45,000 to €50,000
Some companies might call this role:
- QC Associate
- Quality Control (QC) Technician
- QC Specialist
- Starting Salary: $38,840
- After 2 Years: $48,550
- After 5 Years: $58,260
Quality Engineer
Works within the quality team to ensure the overall quality of a manufactured product and are tasked with creating documentation, devising quality tests and defining the criteria a test result should meet. They play a key role in fixing issues when they arise.
Some companies might call this role:
- QA Engineer
- QC Engineer
- Starting Salary: €30,000 to €40,000
- After 2 Years: €40,000 to €50,000
- After 5 Years: €50,000 to €60,000
Some companies might call this role:
- QA Engineer
- QC Engineer
- Starting Salary: $50,400
- After 2 Years: $99,250
- After 5 Years: $110,100
Documentation Specialist
The individual responsible for the writing, distribution, collection, storage and maintenance of a company’s documentation. In highly regulated industries, these activities are a requirement for regulatory compliance.
Some companies might call this role:
- Document Controller
- Documentation Coordinator
- Starting Salary: €25,000 to €28,000
- After 2 Years: €28,000 to €33,000
- After 5 Years: €33,000 to €38,000
Some companies might call this role:
- Document Controller
- Documentation Coordinator
- Starting Salary: $38,000
- After 2 Years: $47,500
- After 5 Years: $57,000
What Courses Do I Need to Take?
If your CURRENT or PREVIOUS job is in engineering;
STEP 1: You will first need to take our Conversion Course into Pharma to perform the SAME OR SIMILAR job within the pharma industry.
Ideal for:
- All engineering backgrounds
…who want: to retrain to do the same or similar work in the pharmaceutical or med device industry
Duration: 15 weeks
Delivery: Completely Online
Hours per week 10
Awarding body: GetReskilled
STEP 2: Then you can take our award-winning Certificate in eBioPharmachem program to move into more senior roles with a higher salary.
Ideal for:
- Candidates with knowledge of or experience in a GMP manufacturing environment
…who want: to move into more senior manufacturing roles or have their knowledge recognized in a university accredited certificate.
Duration: 30 weeks
Delivery: Completely Online
Hours per week: 14
Awarding body: Technological University Dublin, Ireland
Available Jobs
Irish Pharmaceutical Jobs Board
Check out the Irelands largest pharmaceutical and medical device jobs board and see what jobs are available.
Check now for open positions. Irish Pharma Jobs Board
UK Pharmaceutical Jobs Board
Check out the UK’s largest jobs board focused exclusively on the pharmaceutical and medical device sector and see what jobs are available.
Check now for open positions. UK Pharma Jobs Board
References
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000 - Career Builder
https://www.careerbuilder.com/insights
Salaries calculated as 80%, 100% and 120% of BLS averages.