Strategic Workforce Architect — Forecasting & Growth

Laing O'Rourke; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-house training programs

Six months paid parental leave

Purchased leave options

Retail discounts

Job summary

Laing O’Rourke in Sydney seeks a Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to forecast, plan and respond to future workforce demand across the Australian business. You’ll translate project pipelines into capacity plans, partner with senior leaders and develop actionable workforce strategies with robust data insights.

The role emphasizes scenario planning, stakeholder collaboration and delivering workforce reporting to guide resourcing and capability development.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning within a large or complex organisation.
• Strong forecasting, capacity planning and scenario-modelling capability.
• Strong analytical skills turning data into practical insights.
• Confidence partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Understanding how workforce planning connects with recruitment, talent, mobility and capability development.
• Strong Excel and reporting capability, Power BI or similar experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Translate project pipeline and growth plans into forward workforce demand, capacity and capability forecasts.
• Partner with senior leaders to understand future project requirements, mobilisation timelines and critical capability needs.
• Develop and implement workforce plans, turning forecasting into clear actions across resourcing, mobility, talent and capability.
• Analyse workforce demand, supply, utilisation and availability to identify risks and opportunities.
• Undertake scenario planning across project wins, losses, mobilisation, demobilisation and growth.
• Identify critical and hard-to-source capability requirements early to support proactive workforce planning.
• Develop workforce reporting and insights to support business and resourcing decisions.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Forecasting

Capacity planning

Scenario-modelling

Data analysis

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Laing O’Rourke in Sydney seeks a Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to forecast, plan and respond to future workforce demand across the Australian business. You’ll translate project pipelines into capacity plans, partner with senior leaders and develop actionable workforce strategies with robust data insights.

The role emphasizes scenario planning, stakeholder collaboration and delivering workforce reporting to guide resourcing and capability development.