Description:
DescriptionRemarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
Wood is recruiting for a Staffing Coordinator to join its Consulting Staffing Function team in Perth, Australia.
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The Role
The role of the Staffing Coordinator is to support the optimisation of project resource requirements across the Consulting Business Unit within their region to support successful delivery of projects. This role is part of the Consulting staffing function and will report to the Global Staffing Director.
The Staffing Coordinator will utilize the tools and processes developed for the Staffing Function to support the Consulting business in reducing some of the administration burden with internal resourcing and to develop a robust forecast of team utilization. This support will help leaders to focus their time maximising utilization and winning work for their team, as well as providing new opportunities for technical resources within the region to work on projects globally to better fulfil their career aspirations.
The Staffing Function is fundamental to the Consulting Operating Model and impacts effective utilization (and hence profitability), employee engagement and retention, and effectiveness of leaders.
The Consulting Staffing function is fundamental to the successful delivery of the Consulting operating model and impacts not only on the direct project staffing requirements (and hence project delivery success) but also impacts effective utilization (and hence profitability), employee engagement and retention, and effectiveness of leaders (reducing the staffing challenge for them) machinery providing engineering solutions and services improving the integrity and performance.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world .
Our global specialist consultancy business encompasses 3,700+ professionals with industry-leading expertise in areas including decarbonisation, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, renewables advisory, asset optimisation, and digital solutions.
A multi-sector business unit, we are focused on providing technical consulting during the planning, design, building, operation and optimisation of assets, facilities, and infrastructure across a range of end markets including energy, industrial, power, mining, and life sciences.
What we can offer
Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
Global connections ; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Responsibilities
Typical responsibilities
The Staffing Coordinator will engage with operational, project and functional leaders within a defined geographical area of the Consulting business – i.e. a number of offices and/or teams within a region.
The key responsibilities of this role include:
- Proactively support the business in maintaining a forecast of demand and capacity for their teams within the Staffing Tool, including providing technical support and guidance on how to input and maintain data within the tool.
- Support the mobilisation of resources by managing the Request for Technical Services (RTS) process on behalf of local project and business leaders.
- Proactively provide insights into team billability as well as support to improve billability by searching for alternative internal work across other parts of the business.
- Identify existing internal Consulting resources with niche or specific skill sets using the Staffing search tools.
- Support the maintenance of the global CV repository, by supporting CV collation within the specific region.
- Promoting and supporting the use of the Global Engineering Centre (GEC – Chennai).
- Developing and maintaining a good working relationship with local leaders within area of responsibility.
- Drive standardization and consistency across regional staffing activities which support a growth focused approach to workforce planning by helping to improve tools and processes.
- Identification and where required escalation of issues or blockers to the Global Staffing Director.
The Staffing Coordinator will work as part of a regional team reporting to the Global Staffing leader.
Qualifications
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Business knowledge and qualifications, essential skills and experience required to perform the role are listed below:
- Experience in a role requiring coordination and multiple stakeholder management
- Excellent interpersonal and engagement skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Advanced MS Office skills
Business knowledge and qualifications, advantageous to perform the role are listed below:
- Proven experience in project administration
- Proven experience in project resourcing and/or workforce planning within an engineering organisation
Personal attributes:
A summary of the personal characteristics required to perform the job effectively are:
- Comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments
- Strong ability to network and quickly build working relationships
- Exceptional time management skills
- Strong ability to influence and push back where the situation requires
- Able to work well under pressure
- Strong ability to think logically
- Collaborative Approach
- Performance Driven
- Professional - Passion for Quality
- High attention to Detail
- Effective Communication Skills
- Positive and Proactive “Can Do” attitude
- Flexible and Adaptable
To be considered apply now!