Hybrid Workforce Planning Lead: Data-Driven & Global Impact

John Wood Group PLC; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Diversity & Inclusion

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Global connections

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Wood plc in Houston, Texas; Greenville, South Carolina; or Tucker, Georgia, is seeking a Workforce Planning Lead for a Hybrid role. The position focuses on operational workforce planning, capacity and demand management, utilization, and workforce analytics.

You will lead workforce planning across business units and partner with leaders to align capacity with demand, delivering data-driven recommendations to support staffing decisions and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational workforce planning activities across business units, regions, or portfolios.
• Provide workforce intelligence and data-driven recommendations to staffing decisions, improve utilization, and enable profitable project delivery.

Skills

Workforce planning

Job description

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is recruiting for a Workforce Planning Lead to join our team in Houston, Texas; Greenville, South Carolina; or Tucker, Georgia. This role will focus on operational workforce planning, capacity and demand management, utilization, and workforce analytics. This opportunity is Hybrid.

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The Role

The Workforce Planning Lead will lead operational workforce planning activities across assigned business units, regions, or portfolios, partnering with business leaders to align workforce capacity with current and future demand. The role will provide workforce intelligence and data-driven recommendations to support informed staffing decisions, improve utilisation, identify workforce risks, and enable profitable project delivery.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood delivers consulting, projects, and operations solutions across the energy and materials sectors. Our teams work collaboratively with clients and project stakeholders to deliver solutions that support successful project execution and respond to evolving business and workforce needs.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across energy and industrial sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
• Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession
• A collaborative environment where data-driven workforce planning supports business performance and project delivery