Heath Jury

Strategic Talent Partner responsible for end-to-end workforce solutions across major infrastructure, telecommunications, utilities, defence and essential services contracts. Partner with operational leaders to develop workforce strategies, deliver large-scale mobilisations, manage complex recruitment campaigns and ensure contractual workforce obligations are achieved across metropolitan, regional and remote locations throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements

• Lead end-to-end recruitment and mobilisation programs supporting national maintenance, telecommunications, defence and infrastructure contracts.
• Partner with contract managers, operational leaders and project stakeholders to develop workforce plans aligned to operational and contractual requirements.
• Manage high-volume and specialist recruitment campaigns across trades, technical, engineering, professional and leadership disciplines.
• Develop sourcing strategies, talent pipelines and market-mapping initiatives to secure critical skills in highly competitive labour markets.
• Coordinate mobilisation activities including workforce forecasting, onboarding, compliance, background screening, training requirements and deployment readiness.
• Deliver workforce solutions for geographically dispersed projects across metropolitan, regional, remote and offshore locations.
• Manage international recruitment initiatives, visa pathways, immigration requirements and candidate relocation processes to address workforce shortages.
• Provide recruitment market intelligence, labour availability insights and workforce risk assessments to support business decision-making.
• Collaborate with HR, operations and project delivery teams to improve recruitment processes, candidate experience and mobilisation efficiency.
• Monitor workforce metrics, mobilisation progress and hiring performance to ensure service level agreements and contractual obligations are achieved.
• Support large-scale contract transitions, new project start-ups and workforce ramp-up activities within critical services environments.
• Lead talent acquisition activities for Defence Maintenance Contracts and strategic telecommunications projects requiring strict compliance and security requirements.

Key Achievements & Responsibilities

Responsible for the strategic planning, allocation and mobilisation of technical resources, specialised tooling and operational assets supporting complex power generation outages, maintenance projects and field service activities across Australia, New Zealand and the broader APAC region. Led workforce capability development, recruitment initiatives, international deployment programs and resource optimisation strategies to ensure the successful delivery of critical customer projects

• Directed workforce planning, scheduling and mobilisation activities for major power generation outages and maintenance projects across the APAC region.
• Led a team of 30 highly skilled Field Service Engineers and mechanical trades specialists responsible for servicing and maintaining complex power generation assets.
• Managed a dedicated Resource Management team of four employees responsible for workforce deployment, travel coordination, site access, compliance requirements, accommodation logistics and remote-area mobilisation activities.
• Oversaw international workforce deployments across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with immigration requirements, visa sponsorship obligations and workforce entry regulations.
• Developed workforce capability strategies to support Siemens Energy's acquisition and expansion activities, leading recruitment programs to secure specialised engineering and technical talent for newly acquired power generation technologies and assets.
• Partnered with business leaders to identify future capability requirements, succession risks and workforce gaps, implementing targeted recruitment and development initiatives to build sustainable technical capability.
• Managed the specialised tooling warehouse function, including a team of four employees responsible for maintaining, repairing, procuring and deploying high-value tooling assets across APAC.
• Controlled the deployment and maintenance of specialised turbine outage tooling and containerised equipment valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, ensuring equipment availability for critical customer projects.
• Led business cases and procurement requests for emerging technologies, advanced lifting systems and turbine maintenance equipment to improve safety, efficiency and outage execution outcomes.
• Delivered digital transformation initiatives focused on workforce planning systems, resource forecasting tools, payroll integration and recruitment process optimisation.
• Coordinated training and capability development programs across Australia, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Asia to maintain world-class technical competency within the field service workforce.
• Indirectly supported a workforce of approximately 230 field service personnel, ensuring optimal utilisation, workforce readiness and project delivery capability across the region

Team Leader - Technical Trades and Specialist Engineering

October 2012 - April 2014 (1 year 7 months)

Specialising in sustainable customised staffing solutions in the Technical Trades and Specialist Engineering sectors.

Account Manager - Construction Property Engineering

September 2009 - October 2012 (3 years 2 months)

Specialising in unique customised staffing solutions in the Power, Energy and Utilities sector.

Principal Consultant Trade & Technical 2004 - 2009

Specialist in Trade & Technical recruitment.

Honours-Awards

2011 CPE Professional Division Consultant of the Year

2011 CPE Professional Office of the Year

2011 Directors Club Member

2010 CPE Professional Division Consultant of the Year

2010 CPE Professional Division Office of the Year