Strategic Workforce Planning Leader - Growth Forecasts

Laing O'Rourke group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-house training programs

Six months paid parental leave

Additional purchased leave

Exclusive discounts across retailers

Job summary

Laing O’Rourke group in Sydney, Australia seeks a Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to forecast, plan and align future workforce demand with project growth. You will connect project pipelines with business strategy, using data to identify capability needs, risks and opportunities.

You will partner with senior leaders, translate forecasts into actionable resourcing plans and develop insights to guide mobility, talent and capability development across the Australian business.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning within large or complex organisations.
• Strong ability to forecast, capacity plan and model scenarios.
• Analytical skills to turn workforce data into practical insights.
• Ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders.
• Understanding how planning connects to recruitment, mobility and capability development.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Workforce planning

Forecasting

Scenario modelling

Data analytics

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Laing O’Rourke group in Sydney, Australia seeks a Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to forecast, plan and align future workforce demand with project growth. You will connect project pipelines with business strategy, using data to identify capability needs, risks and opportunities.

You will partner with senior leaders, translate forecasts into actionable resourcing plans and develop insights to guide mobility, talent and capability development across the Australian business.