SES Engineering Services
Agency - Labour Manager
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The role
SES Engineering Services are looking for an Agency Labour Manager to provide ownership, governance and visibility of the organisation's agency labour workforce and labour supply chain.
The newly created role is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong experience in workforce management, labour supply, compliance and workforce planning to establish a robust, data-driven approach to agency labour management across the business.
Working closely with operational leaders, project teams, HR, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety and agency partners, you will play a critical role in ensuring the business has complete visibility of its contingent workforce, while strengthening compliance, improving supplier performance and supporting more effective workforce planning decisions.
What you'll be doing
As Agency Labour Manager, you will establish and maintain a single source of truth for the agency labour workforce, ensuring accurate information is available to support operational, commercial and strategic decision-making.
You will lead the governance of agency labour across the business, ensuring compliance with legal, contractual and company requirements while driving improvements in workforce visibility, supplier management and labour planning.
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As a Labour Manager you will:
- Lead agency labour governance and compliance, ensuring Right to Work, qualifications, certifications and supplier standards are consistently maintained.
- Develop and maintain a single source of truth for the agency workforce, providing accurate reporting, dashboards and workforce intelligence.
- Manage agency supplier performance and labour supply chains, driving compliance, service quality, fill rates and Preferred Supplier List adherence.
- Partner with operational teams on workforce planning, identifying labour demand, skill gaps, redeployment opportunities and future resource requirements.
- Provide oversight of agency labour costs and commercial performance, monitoring spend, rates, margins and opportunities for cost savings.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships and drive continuous improvement, standardising processes, improving workforce visibility and enhancing labour management practices.
What we will offer you
- Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme
- Flexible working
- Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
- Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
- Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 6% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
- Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
- Industry leading family leave benefits to include 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid
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Our commitments
SES is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.
We don't discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work. As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme. Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at
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