Strategic Workforce Planning Lead

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

At Laing O’Rourke, you won’t just build projects, you’ll help shape the future. As a $6 billion privately owned global engineering and manufacturing-led construction leader, we deliver some of the nation’s most complex infrastructure, from transport networks to defence and utilities.

At Laing O’Rourke, our future pipeline requires us to think beyond today’s vacancies and plan earlier for the skills and capability our projects will need tomorrow.

We are looking for a Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to strengthen how we forecast, plan and respond to future workforce demand across our Australian business.

Working closely with senior leaders, you will connect our project pipeline and business strategy with workforce planning, using data and insights to identify future capability needs, risks and opportunities.

At the heart of Laing O’Rourke is our commitment to helping our people do their best work and grow meaningful, fulfilling careers. Through exceptional development opportunities, wellbeing support and employee benefits, we empower our teams to succeed.

We celebrate diversity and welcome applications from First Nations Peoples and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Our industry-leading benefits include:

• In-house training programs and on-the-job skill development.
• Six months paid parental leave at full pay for all employees.
• Additional purchased leave options and volunteering leave.
• Exclusive discounts and savings across hundreds of retailers across Australia.

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Key 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 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.

About You

You will ideally bring:

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

Experience within construction, infrastructure, engineering, defence, resources, energy or another complex project-led environment would be advantageous but is not essential.

We value flexible ways of working and welcome applications from people interested in full-time, part-time or job-share opportunities.