HSE and WHS recruitment
We specialise in health, safety, and wellbeing recruitment, from coordinator through to executive level. We take the time to understand your business, its people and culture, and what you’re looking to achieve, combining specialist industry knowledge with established networks to find the right people.
Ways to work with us
We recruit permanent and contract health, safety, and wellbeing professionals, from coordinator through to executive level. Whatever your requirements, we’ll work with you to find the right solution.
Permanent recruitment
Whether you’re building your team or replacing a key position, we help you find the right people for the long term.
Contract and on-hire recruitment
Whether you need support for a specific project, leave coverage, or additional resources while recruiting permanently, we can provide experienced HSE professionals on a flexible contract basis.
Permanent recruitment
Whether you’re building your team or replacing a key position, we help you find the right people for the long term.
Contract and on-hire recruitment
Whether you need support for a specific project, leave coverage, or additional resources while recruiting permanently, we can provide experienced HSE professionals on a flexible contract basis.
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“Once again Amanda at Acquainted Talent has provided me with an amazing candidate.”
2x Agency of the Year, Health & Safety, AU – 2025, 2024, as listed on SEEK
Prefer to call?
- Amanda WalkerFounder and Director0478 050 672
- Pete McNamaraDirector0430 407 700
Candidates
Explore a selection of HSE professionals we’re currently working with. If someone looks like a potential fit for your business, get in touch and we’ll be happy to tell you more.
Why us
We know our industry
We specialise in health, safety, and wellbeing recruitment. We understand the roles, the technical requirements, and the experience needed to succeed in them.
Relationships built over time
We’ve spent years building genuine relationships with HSE professionals, often long before they’re considering a career move. We know our network, understand what motivates people, and can introduce clients to candidates they may not find through a job advertisement.
Straightforward advice
We’ll give you an honest perspective on the market, salary expectations, and what is realistic for your role, helping you make informed decisions from the outset.
Years of combined HSE recruitment experience
2x Agency of the Year
Health & Safety, AU
2025, 2024
As listed on SEEK
3x Best Agency
Health & Safety, VIC
2025, 2024, 2023
As listed on SEEK
Employers we’ve recruited for
The specialisms we recruit






Health, safety, and wellbeing
Coordinator to executive roles, permanent and contract, Australia-wide.
Industries we know best
- Infrastructure
- Construction
- Utilities
- Healthcare & aged care
- Energy & renewables
- Not-for-profit
- Manufacturing
- Education
- Transport & logistics
- Retail
- Data centres
And many more.
Reviews
“an amazing candidate”
Once again Amanda at Acquainted Talent has provided me with an amazing candidate.
Michelle
Employer
“my go-to recruiter”
I’ve partnered with Amanda for many years and she is my go-to recruiter for Health & Safety roles. She has a strong understanding of business needs, consistently delivers excellent candidates, and is fantastic to work with.
Kelly
Employer
“culture and team fit”
Amanda worked hard to make sure she understood our needs not just for the role itself, but importantly, what we were looking for in terms of culture and team fit. The candidates that Amanda supplied were of a high quality and very much aligned to the brief provided.
Ben
Employer
“an outstanding candidate”
Thank you, Peter, for your assistance with the recruitment process of our Risk and Compliance Manager. It was clear you understood our brief and the market which is the reason we have such an outstanding candidate joining us.
Nicole
Employer
“a pleasure to deal with”
Pete was a pleasure to deal with by providing good quality candidates and effective communication throughout the process.
Natalie
Employer
“a deep understanding”
Amanda is friendly, attentive and incredibly knowledgeable. There was constant communication and the candidates presented demonstrated that there was a deep understanding of what we were looking for.
Ben
Employer
“spoilt for choice”
Amanda has great knowledge of the WHS industry and talent within it. Candidate quality was exceptional, I was spoilt for choice. She’s very organised, efficient and flexible to organisational needs making her a pleasure to deal with.
Adele
Employer
“a good match”
On the client side, now, Peter continues to deliver a quality product with knowledge about local markets, candidate pools and expectations, experience and attitude. It really helps to feel you step into the recruiting task at about 70% complete, knowing the candidates you will be talking to will generally be a good match. I would not hesitate to recommend Peter and Acquainted Talent!
Max
Employer
“a fantastic candidate”
Peter was fantastic to work with, extremely helpful and easy to work with. He was able to source a fantastic candidate even when we changed the role through the process. I highly recommend Peter when recruiting when you have a HSE position to fill.
Belinda
Employer
“the right candidates”
I’ve worked with Amanda for a number of years both as a job seeker and as an employer. She is always professional and timely in her responses and is very good at matching the right candidates to the right roles.
Danielle
Employer
“a very smooth process”
Amanda was amazing to work with - I can’t fault any part of the process. Every candidate she sent to me was strongly aligned with what we were looking for from a skills based perspective and also our company values. She helped us to fill an exceptionally tricky role and it was a very smooth process from start to finish.
Steffie
Employer
“exactly what we needed”
… We consulted Amanda after attempting to recruit the role for upwards of 9 months. Amanda was able to identify a candidate who is amazing and exactly what we needed.
Alana
Employer
“worked tirelessly”
It was a difficult brief, but Amanda worked tirelessly to source the best possible candidate for our organisation. A great result, highly recommend!
Belinda
Employer
“truly understood”
Peter was amazing to deal with. His industry knowledge was evident which meant he truly understood our requirements. He was extremely responsive and I never had any doubt that he would find us a candidate that not only met the role criteria but also would fit so well culturally. I cannot recommend highly enough!
Melanie
Employer
“a talented recruiter”
Amanda is amazing, I am truly grateful to work with such a talented recruiter. Amanda works hard to ensure quality candidates are presented and makes the entire process run through seamlessly.
Mimi
Employer
“several great candidates”
In a very tough market, building a brand new team from scratch, we have found several great candidates who have rounded out our team and will take our organisation leaps and bounds ahead in Occupational Health and Safety and Injury Management.
Hayley
Employer
“found us a gem”
… They took the time to understand our complex business needs which span across multiple industries and were responsive to feedback and found us a gem! …
Vicky
Employer
“a great outcome”
What a great experience. Amanda Walker listened to our needs, responded in a timely manner and delivered. Amanda delivered a great customer experience, a great candidate and a great outcome - thank you!
Mark
Employer
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