Strategic Resource Planner for Projects & Capacity

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Adler and Allan are seeking a Resource Planner to optimise deployment of people, skills and capability across water & utilities projects in a consultancy setting. The role links project delivery, technical leads and business leaders to forecast demand and ensure right people are assigned to the right projects.

The role contributes to delivery performance, client satisfaction, workforce development, utilisation and profitability, with responsibilities spanning planning, governance and continuous

Qualifications

• Experience in resource planning, workforce planning, PMO, project controls, or consultancy operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret utilisation, capacity, and forecast data.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Experience working in a management consultancy or professional services environment.
• Understanding of the UK water industry, including capital delivery programmes and framework-based delivery models.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Power BI, and resource-management tools.
• Familiarity with commercial processes such as pricing, margin management, and billing.
• Collaborative: Works well with diverse teams to solve complex resource challenges.
• Proactive: Anticipates resourcing issues before they impact delivery.
• Commercially aware: Understands how resourcing impacts revenue, margin, and client satisfaction.
• Analytical: Uses data and insight to support informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Organised: Manages multiple requests and priorities with ease.
• Fair & balanced: Advocates for both the business and the consultants’ development needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated resource schedule covering all active projects, framework commissions, bids, and anticipated work.
• Match resource requirements with consultant skills, experience, availability, location, and development objectives.
• Identify and support the Business Unit Directors to resolve resource conflicts, competing priorities, and scheduling risks before they impact project delivery.
• Support resource planning across multidisciplinary teams including engineering, project management, environmental, digital, and commercial functions.
• Facilitate and lead weekly resource review meetings with discipline leads and project managers.
• Develop and maintain a rolling 3-6 month resource forecast to support short, medium, and long-term business planning.
• Work closely with project managers and business development teams to understand upcoming workload, framework opportunities, and bid activity.
• Monitor utilisation, capacity, and availability trends across the business.
• Identify future skills shortages, resource bottlenecks, and succession planning requirements and recommend actions; contractor hiring, training, upskilling, or reshaping demand.

Skills

Resource planning

Forecasting

Stakeholder mgmt

MS Excel

Power BI

PMO

Data analysis

Organisation

Tools

MS Project

Power Apps

CRM

Job description

Adler and Allan are seeking a Resource Planner to optimise deployment of people, skills and capability across water & utilities projects in a consultancy setting. The role links project delivery, technical leads and business leaders to forecast demand and ensure right people are assigned to the right projects.

The role contributes to delivery performance, client satisfaction, workforce development, utilisation and profitability, with responsibilities spanning planning, governance and continuous