Workforce Planning Lead

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.

Qualifications:   Degree or equivalent experience in operations, business, engineering, data/analytics, or related discipline. Desirable, training/certification in resource planning, workforce analytics, or change management.   Knowledge, skills and experience: Experience in workforce planning, resource management or operational planning within a complex organisation. Experience in change management and continuous improvement programs   High-quality decision-making, planning and problem-solving skills   Proactive and open approach to learning and change and ability to look for opportunities that bring value to the organisation   Experience interpreting utilisation and operational performance metrics. Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel and Power BI experience. Experience working with enterprise workforce planning or ERP systems. Ability to simplify complex workforce data into practical business recommendations. Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project-based delivery environments. Experience facilitating planning forums with senior stakeholders.   Personal attributes: Strategic thinker with excellent operational execution. Proactive problem solver who identifies risks before they occur. Strong communicator who can influence at all organisational levels. Collaborative leader who builds trusted relationships. Comfortable working in fast-paced, changing environments. Continuous improvement mindset with a passion for using data to drive decisions. High attention to detail and commitment to data quality. Role model for Wood values and behaviours.

Lead operational workforce planning activities across the assigned business unit, region, or portfolio. Partner with business leaders to ensure workforce capacity aligns with current and future demand through accurate forecasting, utilisation management, workforce insights and proactive resource planning. Provide trusted workforce intelligence to enable informed staffing decisions, improve utilisation, identify workforce risks and support profitable project delivery. Act as the primary workforce planning partner for the business, ensuring planning standards, governance and enterprise processes are consistently applied while driving adoption of workforce planning tools and best practice.