Recruitment, Mobilisation & Workforce Planning Lead

Primary Role:

To ensure the organisation is resourced with competent, compliant personnel aligned to project demand, shutdown schedules, and operational requirements.

The Recruitment, Mobilisation & Workforce Planning Lead owns end-to-end recruitment execution and workforce readiness. The role is operational and delivery focused.

Key responsibilities included, but not limited to for this role are:

Deliver timely recruitment outcomes aligned to project schedules.

• Manage end-to-end recruitment processes.
• Source, screen, and coordinate candidate selection.
• Maintain candidate talent pools for shutdowns and peak demand.
• Work with Project Managers to define workforce requirements.
• Ensure employment documentation is complete prior to mobilisation.

Ensure all personnel are compliant and ready for site deployment.

• Coordinate medicals, inductions, licences, and training verification.
• Maintain competency matrix and licence tracking.
• Ensure site-specific onboarding requirements are met.
• Coordinate mobilisation logistics with Assets & Logistics.
• Track labour availability against project demand.

Support delivery teams with forward workforce planning.

• Forecast labour demand with Project Managers.
• Identify workforce gaps and escalate early.
• Model shutdown manpower requirements.
• Provide labour trend reporting to Operations.

Support labour cost control and commercial discipline.

• Align recruitment activity with approved workforce budgets.
• Provide visibility on labour rates and availability trends.
• Support project cost modelling through labour data.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Understanding of individual client HR, recruiting and mobilisation requirements.
• Competency in managing the recruitment system, Job Adder.

Mandatory Attributes:

• Strong interpersonal skills and a high-level of attention to detail
• Effective team leadership capability
• Ability to prioritise the workload utilising effective time management skills.
• Very strong customer focus and a desire to work hard to achieve customer goals.

About us

   

A proudly Western Australian owned company, SMS Group Services offers a full range of services including:

• Access Management (including scaffolding and rope access)
• Engineered access solutions (diagnosis and design)
• Shut Down Services (specialist labour and equipment)
• Confined Space Management Services

Underpinning and influencing any recruitment we undertake here at SMS Group Services, is our Mission, Vision and Cultural Values.

The value seeds that we expect our employees and casual staff to embrace are:

• Be reliable, be there when needed.
• Embrace the spirit and support of the village.
• Find better ways, dont be scared of change.
• Give it your best shot (GAS)