Workforce Planning Lead

Wood
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Decision-making","Planning","Problem-solving","Continuous improvement mindset","Data-driven communication","Stakeholder management","Relationship building","Attention to detail","Proactive learning"]

Lead operational workforce planning across assigned business units, regions, or portfolios—translating demand into accurate forecasts, rolling capacity plans, and utilisation insights. Partner with Delivery Managers, Business Leaders, and Talent Acquisition to recommend hiring, redeployment, contractor engagement, and workshare options. Produce weekly/monthly reporting, monitor KPIs, ensure data governance, and drive adoption of enterprise planning processes, tools, and continuous improvement.

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Workforce Planning Lead

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Job Summary

Lead operational workforce planning across assigned business units, regions, or portfolios—translating demand into accurate forecasts, rolling capacity plans, and utilisation insights. Partner with Delivery Managers, Business Leaders, and Talent Acquisition to recommend hiring, redeployment, contractor engagement, and workshare options. Produce weekly/monthly reporting, monitor KPIs, ensure data governance, and drive adoption of enterprise planning processes, tools, and continuous improvement.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead workforce planning activities and produce short-, medium-, and long-term workforce forecasts aligned to business demand.
  • •Maintain rolling capacity plans and identify workforce risks early with mitigation recommendations.
  • •Partner with Delivery Managers and Business Leaders to translate workload and pipeline demand into workforce requirements; recommend hiring, redeployment, contractor engagement, and workshare opportunities.
  • •Monitor and improve weekly utilisation performance, analyse utilisation trends, and support leaders in workforce deployment balancing billability and project delivery.
  • •Produce weekly/monthly workforce planning reports and KPI tracking (utilisation, forecast accuracy, resource demand, capacity risk, hiring requirements, and skills shortages) while ensuring data accuracy and governance.

Key Requirements

  • •Degree or equivalent experience in operations, business, engineering, data/analytics, or a related discipline.
  • •Experience in workforce planning, resource management, or operational planning within a complex organisation.
  • •Experience interpreting utilisation and operational performance metrics, with strong analytical capability.
  • •Advanced Excel and Power BI experience; experience working with enterprise workforce planning or ERP systems.
  • •Proactive problem-solving and ability to simplify complex workforce data into practical business recommendations; experience facilitating planning forums with senior stakeholders.
Experience:Workforce planningResource managementOperational planningChange managementContinuous improvementProject-based delivery
Skills:Decision-makingPlanningProblem-solvingContinuous improvement mindsetData-driven communicationStakeholder managementRelationship buildingAttention to detailProactive learning
Tech Stack:ExcelPower BIERP systemsWorkforce planning dashboardsEnterprise workforce planning

Company Brief

Wood
Provides engineering, project delivery and technical consultancy services across energy, built environment and industrial sectors, delivering integrated solutions for oil & gas, renewables, infrastructure and environmental projects worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Founded: 1982
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