Labour Supply Manager

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.