Labour Manager

• Innovative thinking to support the needs of the operations.
• Ability to verbally communicate at all levels of seniority to build rapport, trust and respect.
• Resilient and flexible when under pressure and can demonstrate agility in a changing landscape.
• Motivated to seek out where improvements can be made and progressive in identifying effective and efficient ways of managing the weekly workforce.
• Keen eye for detail and resilient to balance conflicting priorities

Job Role:

12 month Maternity cover, will cover Dalkia Engineering – North and Specialist Services

Labour Forecasting

• Review forecast for all projects weekly ensuring all projects are suitably resourced
• Respond to operational requests for all ad hoc and urgent resource requests
• Take an innovative and proactive approach to long-term workforce forecasting over a 12 month cycle
• Partner the estimating function ensuring all labour considerations are included in tenders and bids
• Attend pre-start labour strategy meetings

Stakeholder Management

• Interact with management of varying seniority and foster a collaborative working relationship
• Maintain regular contact with the Operative community, responding to queries timely
• Support in all Operative ER casework, conducting investigations, managing grievances inconjuction with the HRBP teams
• Be confident to lead and influence stakeholders
• Regular site visits to maintain high levels of engagement

Working Rule Agreements

• Maintain an excellent level of understanding of the working rule agreements and legislation
• Attend industry meetings and engage with union representatives, fostering a collaborative working relationship
• Deliver local / national Health & Safety initiatives to all sites within the area of responsibility
• Ensure a relentless focus on Changing Gear that is communicated effectively with our staff and unions
• Ensure that all staff are paid inline with working rule agreements maintaing strong working relationship with payroll

Apprentices & Trainees

• Support with recruitment of apprentices and trainees
• Play an active role in the induction and onboarding of all apprentices and trainees
• Expert pastoral care towards apprentices and trainees
• Support apprentices and trainees to maximise their experience and obtain relevant quals
• Ensure talent and success planning for career mapping

Systems and Tools

• Boost minimum intermediate level of MS Excel capability for forecasting
• Proficient in power point and other microsfot office applications
• Solid understanding of Time and Attendance systems
• Cross transferable knowledge of internal systems and processing

Manage Self

• Be an effective communicator in both written and spoken English
• Manage time effectively and reprioritise tasks to suit needs of the business
• Keep abreast of union and employment legislation activity
• Take ownership of self development; utlising resources available internally
• Embody and personify the Dalkia Values, Changing Gear and Dalkia Way activities / initiatives