Options for temporary inhouse health and safety people
Using a temporary health and safety person to fill a short-term gap or to fill a project role lasting for a fixed term makes a lot of sense.
If it is a vacant permanent role you are typically looking at 3 months to recruit and onboard a new person – can you really leave the role unfilled for that long? If the answer is yes, you need to ask if you need it in the first place or a business partnership arrangement with us or another provider might met your needs.
For a project role we often form part of the team as the H&S expert working casual hours required to support the project. Our work with CHEP included filling this role.
Winsland can fill the need with an experienced health and safety person, backed by the Winsland team.
Our process
We offer you one of our consultants from our network if they are a good fit, or we conduct a market search for someone who matches your need. You manage the process of contracting through your normal HR processes. We charge a fee of 7.5% for our services.
Case study – BRANZ
BRANZ wanted a safe pair of hands to manage its HSE function on an interim basis whilst they recruited a full time person for the role.
Winsland filled the gap as the acting H&S manager. But we did not simply warm the seat. We took the opportunity during our 3 month engagement to complete outstanding projects in the form of;
Consistent with Winsland approach to interim assignments, we did not simply “mind the shop” but proactively advanced some important health and safety issues for the client organisation.