Graduate Environmental Health Practitioner

Kick-Start Your Career in Environmental Health and become a Registered Environmental Health Practitioner with the CIEH through the Shield Safety Environmental Health Graduate Training Academy.

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 thePathway 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.

Why Start Your Career With Us? Fast-Tracked Career Development

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.

Get Hands-On in Food & Health and Safety

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

Tech That Makes You Smarter, Not Busier

Our industry-leadingAudit Upload Toolhelps you focus on quality over paperwork. Freeing you up to do the real work.

Work With Big-Name Clients

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

Variety Beyond the Day Job

You won't just do audits. You'll get involved intraining delivery,consultancy projects, and evenindustry researchthat helps shape the future of Environmental Health.

Build Strong Industry Networks

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

Join an Award-Winning Team

Twice namedCompliance Consultancy of the Year, we're known for doing things differently, and doing them well.

What We're Looking For:

To be successful in this role, you should:

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

What's In It for You?

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 workingincluding remote and flexi-time options
• Employee Assistance Programme& wellbeing app
• Generous maternity/paternity leave
• Ongoingtraining, CPD, and clear progression pathways
• Abespoke inductionto help you hit the ground running

About Shield Safety

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 makeEvery 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.