Resourcing Team Manager - Rail Infrastructure

MSS Infrastructure; Watford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

EV charging

Bike storage

Shower facilities

Job summary

MSS Infrastructure in Watford is seeking a Resourcing Team Manager - Rail Infrastructure to lead a frontline resourcing function and shape UK rail workforce delivery. You will coach a team of Recruitment Resourcers, manage urgent labour needs while building future pipelines, and partner with operations to forecast demand and mobilise personnel with high compliance standards.

You will help deploy an AI-powered resourcing and onboarding platform to improve efficiency, candidate experience, and

Qualifications

• Significant experience within rail infrastructure recruitment, labour supply or workforce resourcing.
• Strong knowledge of Sentinel competencies, Primary and Sub-Sponsorship arrangements, mobilisation and workforce compliance.
• Experience signing off workforce readiness and supporting the safe deployment of workers to site.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring or managing a recruitment or resourcing team.
• Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial awareness and strong operational decision-making ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Recruitment Resourcers.
• Oversee the delivery of urgent labour requirements whilst maintaining future workforce pipelines.
• Support critical recruitment, onboarding and mobilisation activities.
• Work closely with operational teams to forecast workforce demand and plan future requirements.
• Oversee Sentinel sponsorship, workforce compliance and deployment processes.
• Utilise advanced AI-driven recruitment technology to improve efficiency, fulfilment and candidate experience.
• Analyse workforce trends and resourcing performance to support business growth.
• Develop attraction strategies using job boards, referrals, social media and talent pools.
• Produce workforce planning reports and recommendations.

Skills

Rail infrastructure recruitment

Labour supply

Workforce resourcing

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Job description

Resourcing Team Manager - Rail Infrastructure
Salary: £35,000-£45,000 + Bonus (DOE)
Location: Watford Head Office (2 minutes from Watford Junction)

This is not a traditional recruitment management role.

We're looking for a proven rail infrastructure resourcing professional with experience supplying frontline labour into safety-critical environments. You'll have a strong understanding of Sentinel competencies, sponsorship arrangements, workforce compliance and mobilisation processes, combined with the leadership skills required to manage and develop a high-performing resourcing team.

You'll also play a key role in the rollout of an innovative AI-powered resourcing and onboarding platform, helping shape the future of workforce delivery across the UK infrastructure sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Recruitment Resourcers.
• Oversee the delivery of urgent labour requirements whilst maintaining future workforce pipelines.
• Support critical recruitment, onboarding and mobilisation activities.
• Work closely with operational teams to forecast workforce demand and plan future requirements.
• Oversee Sentinel sponsorship, workforce compliance and deployment processes.
• Utilise advanced AI-driven recruitment technology to improve efficiency, fulfilment and candidate experience.
• Analyse workforce trends and resourcing performance to support business growth.
• Develop attraction strategies using job boards, referrals, social media and talent pools.
• Produce workforce planning reports and recommendations.

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience within rail infrastructure recruitment, labour supply or workforce resourcing.
• Strong knowledge of Sentinel competencies, Primary and Sub-Sponsorship arrangements, mobilisation and workforce compliance.
• Experience signing off workforce readiness and supporting the safe deployment of workers to site.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring or managing a recruitment or resourcing team.
• Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial awareness and strong operational decision-making ability.

Desirable Experience

Experience recruiting or supplying labour into one or more of the following sectors:

• Transport
• Energy
• Utilities
• Digital Infrastructure
• Flood Defence & Coastal Erosion
• Science & Research
• Social Infrastructure

Why Join Us?

• Lead a central resourcing function supporting major UK infrastructure projects.
• Help implement a market-leading AI-powered resourcing and onboarding platform.
• Career progression within a growing business.
• Bonus opportunities linked to team and business performance.
• Free parking, EV charging, secure bike storage and shower facilities.
• Excellent location, just 2 minutes from Watford Junction.

The Process

Apply Online → Telephone Screening → Face-to-Face Interview → Offer → Start ASAP

If you have a strong background in rail labour supply and resourcing leadership and are excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of workforce delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help build the workforce that keeps UK infrastructure moving.

We have a fair and comprehensive selection procedure. We regret that if you have not been contacted within five working days that your application for this position has been unsuccessful. However, please check your junk email folder to ensure that an email from us hasn't been blocked by your spam filter. We receive many CVs and are unable to enter into telephone conversations until we have completed our initial selection procedure. As an equal opportunities employer, MSSI is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join MSSI. MSSI is committed to making reasonable adjustments in order for all candidates who are successfully put through to the interview stage to be able to attend.