Environmental, Health and Safety Solicitor

Job description

Elevate Flexible Legal Resourcing is seeking an experienced EH&S Solicitor to join its customer, a large UK-based organisation's in-house legal team, on a fixed-term basis.

The successful individual will ideally have 5+ years’ PQE and sufficient seniority to act as the primary internal point of contact for Environmental, Health and Safety legal advice.

Environmental, Health & Safety (Interim Solicitor)

Duration: 7 months

Working Pattern: Full-time preferred; 3–4 days per week considered

Location: UK-based (hybrid or fully remote considered; occasional travel may be required)

Candidate Profile

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales with a current practising certificate.
• Strong experience in environmental and health & safety law, ideally gained in-house or within a leading private practice.
• Confident operating autonomously while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams (e.g. Property, facilities, risk, sustainability and audit functions).
• Comfortable engaging directly with regulators and managing sensitive or high-profile matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Acting as the lead legal adviser on health & safety and environmental matters across the organisation.
• Managing environmental and H&S incidents, including regulator engagement and handling potentially contentious communications.
• Advising on investigations, enforcement action and health & safety claims.
• Supporting environmental management system compliance, including ISO 14001 recertification, legal reviews and addressing audit findings.
• Drafting and negotiating HS&E-related contractual provisions with customers and suppliers.
• Advising on hazardous substances and waste-related issues (e.g. Asbestos, radon), coordinating with external experts where required.
• Conducting legislative horizon scanning and supporting the implementation of regulatory change across the business.
• Providing practical, commercially focused advice to senior stakeholders, including executive-level colleagues.

About Elevate

Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.

ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.

As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

United Kingdom

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

04-03-2026

Profession type

Health / Medical

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English