Strategic Workforce Forecasting Lead

Laing O'Rourke; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-house training programs and on-the‑

Six months paid parental leave

Additional purchased leave options

Exclusive discounts and savings across

Job summary

Laing O’Rourke, a global engineering and manufacturing-led construction leader, seeks a Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to forecast and plan future workforce across Australia. You will connect project pipeline with business strategy, using data insights to identify capability needs, risks and opportunities.

Working with senior leaders, you’ll translate demand into plans across resourcing, mobility, talent and capability, leveraging Excel and Power BI to deliver clear forecasts and insights.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning within large or complex organisations.
• Strong forecasting, capacity planning and scenario-modelling capability.
• Analytical skills to turn workforce data into clear, practical insights.
• Ability to partner with and influence senior stakeholders.
• Understanding of how workforce planning connects with recruitment, talent, mobility and capability development.
• Strong Excel and reporting capability; Power BI experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Translate project pipeline 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 and scenario modelling into clear actions across resourcing, mobility, talent and capability.
• Analyse workforce demand, supply, utilisation and availability to identify emerging workforce 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

Workforce forecasting

Scenario modelling

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder engagement

Data analytics

Mobility planning

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Laing O’Rourke, a global engineering and manufacturing-led construction leader, seeks a Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to forecast and plan future workforce across Australia. You will connect project pipeline with business strategy, using data insights to identify capability needs, risks and opportunities.

Working with senior leaders, you’ll translate demand into plans across resourcing, mobility, talent and capability, leveraging Excel and Power BI to deliver clear forecasts and insights.