Workforce Planning Lead

Austal; Fremantle; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Professional development opportunities

Supportive and dynamic work environm­e

Job summary

Austal Defence Australia (ADA) is seeking a Workforce Planning Lead to drive the transformation of operationalising workforce planning for the Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement (SSA). You will lead data-driven decision making, improve workforce optimisation, and shape governance, processes and data platforms for scalable SSA operations.

The role requires senior leadership experience in complex environments, ability to uplift planning maturity, and proficiency with workforce management platforms

Qualifications

• 5+ years in leadership of workforce planning in complex organisations.
• Proven uplift in planning maturity and forecast accuracy.
• Strong ability to convert data into actionable insights.
• Experience with workforce management platforms and BI tools.
• Strong Excel capability with Power BI or similar visualization.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operationalise a best practice Workforce Planning Framework for the SSA.
• Design operating model, end-to-end processes, procedures and templates for workforce planning.
• Define roles and responsibilities for the SSA Program and ADA organisation.
• Develop and maintain a robust data suite as a single source of truth.
• Ensure data access and availability to support timely decisions.
• Establish data management to ensure quality and defensible data repository.
• Design and maintain workforce management practices; ensure standardisation.
• Ensure workforce casting, scheduling and optimisation meet operational needs.
• Apply workforce planning disciplines across SSA delivery teams to keep risks current.

Skills

Leadership

Workforce planning

Data analysis

Power BI

Excel

Defence security clearance

Tools

Workforce management platforms

Job description

About the Opportunity

As the Workforce Planning Lead for Austal Defence Australia (ADA), you'll be responsible for leading transformation of the operationalising workforce planning for the Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement (SSA) which is managed by ADA. This includes leading data driven workforce planning decision making, improving workforce optimisation, strengthening planning capability and ensuring workforce management processes, systems, data source sand reporting support a scalable and sustainable operating model for the future of the SSA. By supporting the workforce management strategy, this role will drive workforce planning governance, integration across functions to facilitate alignment of workforce supply, capability and capacity to project demand, service commitments and ADA objectives.

About Austal

Austal is Australia's global shipbuilder, Defence prime contractor; and maritime technology partner of choice. We design, construct, and support defence and commercial vessels for the world's leading operators with operations spanning Australia, the USA, Philippines, and Vietnam. Under the Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement, Austal is leading a new era of continuous naval shipbuilding in Western Australia. We're driving innovation, supporting sovereign capability, and creating long-term opportunities for Australian industry and workers.

Learn more at austal.com/ssa.

This is your opportunity to contribute to projects of national significance. The maritime is now.

What's Involved

• Establish and operationalise a best practice Workforce Planning Framework for the SSA
• Design the operating model, end to end process, procedures and templates for workforce planning
• Define roles and responsibilities reflecting the unique needs of the SSA Program and ADA organisation including the relationship between project teams, Finance, HR EPMO and Commercial Team
• Develop and maintain robust and reliable data suite as a single source of truth supporting sound workforce planning decision making at an enterprise level
• Establish clarity around the nature of dependencies of different teams and functions on workforce planning data and the means to achieve data access and availability efficiently and regularly to support timely decision making
• Establish data management processes to ensure data management processes to ensure data quality is maintained to support accurate, timely and defensible workforce planning data repository
• Design, implement and maintain workforce management practices and processes; providing regular review of the practices and processes to ensure assurance and standardisation
• Ensure workforce casting, scheduling and optimisation activities support operational requirements, leadership and client expectation for sustainability
• Ensure that appropriate workforce planning disciplines are applied proactively across SSA Programs delivery teams and functions/streams to ensure risks are current and up to date
• Workforce analysis and monitoring

You’ll Need

• 5+ years experience of leadership experience in managing workforce planning in complex organisational environments, including setting frameworks and operationalising practices, processes and activities
• Proven experience uplift workforce planning and management maturity, delivering forecast improvement and data accuracy for decision making
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to convert workforce data into clear practical insights and recommendations
• Experience in using workforce management platforms and tooling
• Strong Excel capability with Power BI or other data visualisation skills
• Eligibility for a Defence Security Clearance

Why Join Us?

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• A supportive and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation.

At Austal we are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply. Veterans are also encouraged to apply.

Desired Skills and Experience

Strategic workforce planning leader driving resource forecasting, capacity planning and workforce insights to support successful project and program delivery across the EPMO.

Learn more at Careers at Austal Australia | Austal: Australia