ENB
Labour Supply Manager
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Labour Supply Manager
Ipswich
£60k + car
ENB are seeking an experienced, highly organised Labour Supply Manager to oversee the end to end management of our clients workforce on one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects.
This is a pivotal role, acting as the key link between clients operational requirements and their labour resource pool. You will lead a dedicated team to ensure full shift coverage, maintain the highest standards of safety and compliance, and drive commercial performance.
The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast paced environment and have a proven track record of managing high volume labour deployment within a safety critical industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Workforce Planning: Collaborate with project managers to forecast labour requirements and develop effective workforce plans and shift schedules.
- Resource Optimisation: Allocate skilled workers and tradespeople to the right projects, ensuring operational efficiency and client satisfaction.
- Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong working relationships with site supervisors, project managers, and key client stakeholders.
- Compliance Management: Ensure all workers meet mandatory training, certification, right-to-work, and PPE requirements while maintaining full compliance with health and safety legislation.
- Commercial Performance: Manage workforce budgets, approve timesheets, oversee invoicing, and deliver agreed profitability and margin targets.
- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop back-office operations staff and field-based labour coordinators.
- Supplier Management: Work closely with external recruitment partners and labour providers to fulfil temporary or specialist workforce requirements.
- Issue Resolution: Respond quickly and effectively to attendance issues, performance concerns, staffing shortages, and contractual changes to minimise operational disruption.
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The successful candidate will have:
- Experience managing labour supply, workforce planning, or recruitment within a fast paced, safety critical sector such as construction, civil engineering, rail, infrastructure, or industrial services.
- Strong commercial acumen, including experience managing labour margins, pricing, budgets, and profit and loss (P&L).
- A thorough understanding of industry competency requirements, training certifications, right-to-work legislation, and health and safety compliance.
- Experience using workforce management systems, rostering software, and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
- Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and conflict resolution skills.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise multiple competing demands.
- Flexibility to provide support outside normal business hours when required to resolve urgent staffing issues or site emergencies.
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