Workforce Management Specialist

HR Search; Limerick; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

HR Search is seeking a Workforce Management Specialist in Limerick to optimise consultant allocation, forecasting capacity, and project delivery. You’ll partner with Delivery, Sales, HR and Practice Leads to ensure the right people and skills align with client projects.

You’ll own scheduling, monitor utilisation and support recruitment planning while improving processes and reporting accuracy across the business.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years’ experience in resource management, workforce planning, scheduling or project coordination.
• Experience within IT consulting, professional services or software delivery would be highly advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills, with advanced Excel proficiency and experience working with complex data and reporting.
• Experience using resource management, scheduling or project management systems.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work with stakeholders across different teams.
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach with an interest in improving processes and ways of working.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL or similar data analysis tools would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Managing consultant scheduling, resource allocation and availability across client projects.
• Monitoring utilisation and bench capacity, identifying gaps and resolving scheduling conflicts.
• Maintaining consultant skills matrices, CVs, certifications and resource management data.
• Supporting recruitment planning, contractor engagement and project mobilisation.
• Producing utilisation, capacity and forecasting reports, identifying trends and data anomalies.
• Working with stakeholders across the business to improve resource planning processes, reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.

Skills

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Resource management systems

Job description

Are you experienced in resource planning, workforce management or professional services operations?

Do you enjoy working with data, solving resourcing challenges and helping a business make the most of its people and capabilities?

We’re looking for a Workforce Management Specialist to join a growing international technology consulting business based in Limerick. This is an opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the right people, with the right skills, are allocated to the right projects at the right time.

Working closely with Delivery, Sales, HR and Practice Leads, you’ll take ownership of consultant resource planning and scheduling, helping to optimise utilisation, forecast capacity and support effective project delivery.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing consultant scheduling, resource allocation and availability across client projects.
• Monitoring utilisation and bench capacity, identifying gaps and resolving scheduling conflicts.
• Maintaining consultant skills matrices, CVs, certifications and resource management data.
• Supporting recruitment planning, contractor engagement and project mobilisation.
• Producing utilisation, capacity and forecasting reports, identifying trends and data anomalies.
• Working with stakeholders across the business to improve resource planning processes, reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.

What We’re Looking For

• 2–4 years’ experience in resource management, workforce planning, scheduling or project coordination.
• Experience within IT consulting, professional services or software delivery would be highly advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills, with advanced Excel proficiency and experience working with complex data and reporting.
• Experience using resource management, scheduling or project management systems.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work with stakeholders across different teams.
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach with an interest in improving processes and ways of working.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL or similar data analysis tools would be an advantage. Familiarity with ISO or other compliance standards is also beneficial.

If you enjoy combining resource planning, data analysis and stakeholder collaboration and want to make a real impact on how a growing business delivers for its clients, we’d love to hear from you.