Head of Business Resource Management

Assystem Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

Assystem Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

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Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 7,750 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are a collective committed to making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering. We aim to ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 7,750 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are a collective committed to making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering. We aim to ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Why Join the Community of Switchers?

As one of the top three nuclear engineering companies globally, Assystem offers a unique opportunity to lead and transform business resource management in a fast-moving, high-impact environment. You’ll work alongside senior stakeholders to shape workforce strategies, drive innovation, and ensure the successful delivery of mission-critical projects.

This role is a full time position requiring high levels of mobility across the UK to ensure excellence in delivery across all of our sites and offices.

The Job Mission

As Head of Business Resource Management, you will lead a UK-wide team to optimise workforce planning, recruitment, and digital innovation. This role is pivotal to ensuring efficient resource allocation, managing competing priorities, and delivering strategic workforce solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Your

Key Responsibilities:

️ Lead the UK-wide resource management team, balancing operational needs with business growth.

️ Providing fee earning resource to deliver Assystem’s chargeable consultancy services to achieve the Billable Utilisation (%) objective of the UK business.

️ Plan and allocate operational resources across multiple engineering and digital projects.

️ Identify, implement, and optimise digital tools to enhance resource planning and workforce analytics.

️ Develop and execute non-chargeable workforce budgets in alignment with business strategy.

️ Partner with senior leaders and key stakeholders to ensure workforce capability meets current and future project demands.

️ Working closely with the Talent Acquisition team to forward plan and identify recruitment requirements necessary to successfully compete existing projects and business growth.

️ Provide KPI reports and data-driven insights to senior stakeholders for strategic decision-making.

️ Manage resource challenges with resilience and a solution-focused mindset in a high-pressure environment.

Required

Skills and Qualifications

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