
Workforce Planning Lead
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- Category
- 👥 Human Resources
- Level
- Senior
- Type
- Full-time
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Wood is currently looking for a Workforce Planning Lead to join our team in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is a full time office based position
Job Objective
The role is responsible for leading operational workforce planning activities across their assigned business unit, region, or portfolio. The role partners with business leaders to ensure workforce capacity aligns with current and future demand through accurate forecasting, utilisation management, workforce insights and proactive resource planning.
The role provides trusted workforce intelligence, enabling informed staffing decisions, improving utilisation, identifying workforce risks and supporting profitable project delivery. Acting as the primary workforce planning partner for the business, the suitable candidate ensures planning standards, governance and enterprise processes are consistently applied while driving adoption of workforce planning tools and best practice.
Requirements
- •Ability to partner with business leaders on workforce capacity
- •Experience in accurate forecasting and utilization management
- •Ability to provide workforce intelligence for staffing decisions
- •Knowledge of workforce planning tools and best practices
- •Ability to identify workforce risks and support profitable project delivery
Responsibilities
- •Lead operational workforce planning activities across assigned business units/regions
- •Ensure workforce capacity aligns with current and future demand
- •Provide trusted workforce intelligence for informed staffing decisions
- •Improve utilization and identify workforce risks
- •Act as the primary workforce planning partner for the business
- •Ensure planning standards, governance, and enterprise processes are applied
- •Drive adoption of workforce planning tools
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Wood Group offers engineering, consulting, and project management services to the energy industry. It serves oil, gas, and renewable energy clients globally.


