People Systems Technical Analyst

People Systems Technical Analyst (SAP Success Factors)

Are you an experienced People Systems Technical Analyst with strong SAP SuccessFactors experience and a passion for shaping effective HR technology? Laing O'Rourke is looking for a senior analyst to help strengthen and evolve our People Systems platforms, supporting colleagues across the full employee lifecycle.

Our IT Function

Laing O'Rourke's IT function has refreshed its strategy to support the ambition to transform our industry – making it more sustainable, productive, and fit for the future. Technology plays a critical role in how complex projects are delivered, how decisions are made, and how innovation improves outcomes for people, communities, and the environment.

Our mission is to create a modern, resilient technology environment where data informs every decision, digital capability accelerates progress, and emerging technologies such as AI enhance the way we work. We are building an IT function that is trusted, forward‑looking, and closely connected to the success of the business.

Joining us means contributing to meaningful initiatives, tackling real technical challenges, and helping shape what comes next. You will be trusted with responsibility, encouraged to share ideas, and supported to grow your capability in an environment that values curiosity, collaboration, and impact.

Role Overview

Working closely with the People Systems Product Owner, HR stakeholders, and technical teams, you will shape and deliver high-quality solutions across SuccessFactors and the wider HR technology landscape. You will combine strong business analysis with deep platform expertise to ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned with best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and shape business requirements for People Systems changes
• Act as a subject matter expert for SAP SuccessFactors and related HR platforms
• Work with technical and integration teams to design and deliver effective solutions
• Identify and drive continuous improvement across HR processes and systems
• Build strong relationships with HR and IT stakeholders

Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors across multiple modules
• Solid understanding of HR processes and operating models
• Proven experience translating business needs into platform-aligned solutions
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience working in complex or enterprise environments (desirable)

This role requires regular collaboration with stakeholders, therefore time in the office is important. You will need to attend our head office in Dartford, Kent.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com