Labour Manager

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

An opportunity to join the Jacobs Field Solutions Sellafield based delivery function working in a team of nuclear professionals to support the delivery of multi-disciplined activities whilst supporting the required standards and expectations of the business.

To provide effective management of operative labour, in order to support the BEPDT Construction and Installation Phase site teams at the Sellafield Site. Manage the identification and mobilisation process of BEP JV Blue Collar workforce at Sellafield Site.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Produce weekly labour allocation reports.
• Produce monthly labour plans as well as long term labour strategy plans.
• Recruit labour as and when required.
• Support the HR Business Partner in managing grievance/discipline issues as well as redundancy procedures (as required).
• Manage the transfer of labour ensuring that transfer slips are completed.
• Assist the HR Business Partner in managing the craft employee Performance and Development Review (PDR) process.
• Manage training requirements.
• Advise site administration teams with regards to craft employee benefits i.e. travel and lodging allowances in line with the appropriate National Agree.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience of working within nuclear establishments & following Nuclear Professionalism Standards & Expectations.
• Knowledge of the legislative, regulatory, quality, and environmental requirements relating to nuclear engineering projects.
• Previous experience of manging and leading teams.
• Experience of H&S legislation practices and laws.
• IOSH Managing Safely qualified.
• Experience of Human Resources processes and procedures as well as conducting Support the HR Business Partner in managing grievance/discipline issues as well as redundancy procedures.
• Able to obtain security clearance.
• Site based on the Sellafield site.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

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