Graduate Environmental Health Practitioner

Ready to launch your career in Environmental Health? Join Shield Safety , a multi-award-winning consultancy. We’re passionate about shaping the future of food safety and health and safety, and we want you to be a part of it.

As aGraduate Environmental Health Practitioner (EHP), you’ll start your journey on the Pathway to Registration, receiving full support to complete your CIEH EHP Portfolio and become aRegistered EHP,plus access to innovative tech, training opportunities, real-world exposure infood safetyandhealth and safetyto set you apart, and industry-leading mentors.

You’ll join a structured development programme designed to support and accelerate your journey to becoming a fully registered EHP. With progression paths into roles like Team Manager or Principal Safety Consultant, your potential has no limits.

Specialising in the hospitality and retail sectors, you’ll work directly with businesses across the UK, delivering safety solutions that really matter.

Our industry-leading

Audit Upload Toolhelps you focus on quality over paperwork. Freeing you up to do the real work.

FromTescoandYO! SushitoDFSandInterstate Hotels, you’ll help top-tier brands raise the bar in food and health safety.

You won’t just do audits. You’ll get involved in training delivery,consultancy projects, and even industry research that helps shape the future of Environmental Health.

Collaborate with leading organisations likeCIEH,FSA, andFSS, and stay on the cutting edge of Environmental Health policy and practice.

Twice named

Compliance Consultancy of the Year, we’re known for doing things differently, and doing them well.

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Have (or be close to completing) an accredited BSc or MSc in Environmental Health
• Beenthusiasticabout food safety and health and safety
• Have strong communication skills(written and verbal)
• Hold a full and valid UK driving licence

We believe in investing in our people from day one. Some of our colleague benefits include:

• 33 days’ holiday(incl. Bank Holidays), increasing with service + option to buy 5 extra days
• Flexible working including remote and flexi-time options
• Employee Assistance Programme& wellbeing app
• Generous maternity/paternity leave
• Ongoing training, CPD, and clear progression pathways
• Abespoke induction to help you hit the ground running

We’ve spent over 20 years leading the way in Food Safety and Health and Safety. Trusted by hundreds of businesses, from independents to national brands, we’re proud to make Every Day Safer. With a 90% customer retention rate and a culture of innovation, you’ll be joining a consultancy that doesn’t just meet standards. We set them.

This is more than a graduate job. It’s a chance tolaunch a meaningful careerin Environmental Health with a team that genuinely cares about your development.