Full job descriptionLabour 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.