Labour Supply Manager

Ipswich

£60k + car

ENB are seeking an experienced Labour Supply Manager to oversee the end to end management of their workforce on one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects.

This is a pivotal role, acting as the key link between their 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.

Skills & Experience

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.