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Recently named by Newsweek as one of the Best American Mid-Sized Workplaces in 2026, Rohde & Schwarz is seeking a versatile and analytical Facilities Space Planner to join our facilities team. In this role, you will act as the vital bridge between business operations and facility design supporting 10 sites in the United States. You will be responsible for collecting and translating space requirements across a diverse mix of environments—seamlessly transitioning from traditional open-plan corporate offices to specialized, utility-heavy support spaces such as electronics labs, production floors, and warehouses.
The ideal candidate already possesses foundational mastery of facilities fundamentals—such as the ability to read floor plans, conduct structured stakeholder interviews, and map simple office adjacencies. Beyond the basics, you will bring strong technical literacy to ask logical, targeted questions regarding equipment power draws and thermal (heat) loads, ensuring our physical spaces safely and efficiently support complex business operations. Experience utilizing industry-standard space planning tools (such as OfficeSpace Software, CAFM platforms, or AutoCAD) is a significant plus.
This is a fulltime, onsite position.
Your tasks
- Stakeholder Interviews: Conduct structured interviews with department leads across office, lab, production, service, and warehouse functions to independently uncover current and future headcount, workflow, and equipment footprints.
- Comprehensive Space Programming: Translate operational goals into detailed spatial requirements, documenting square footage, layout configurations, and specialized environmental constraints.
- Utility & Equipment Dialogues: Consult with technical teams and equipment vendors to ask logical, structured questions regarding utility infrastructure—specifically identifying equipment power draws and heat loads to flag engineering needs early (note: actual MEP calculations will be handled by Engineering partners).
- Environment Versatility: Successfully manage programming and planning across contrasting spaces, balancing the human-centric needs of collaborative office environments with the rigorous physical and utility demands of technical support rooms.
- Reading & Mapping Plans: Accurately read and interpret architectural floor plans, translating them into actionable spatial layouts and mapping out functional office and operational adjacencies.
- Adjacency & Flow Optimization: Analyze how work moves between groups and departments, developing adjacency matrices and layout options that boost operational efficiency, safety, and cross-functional synergy.
- Tool Proficiency & Application: Leverage space planning and workplace management software (such as OfficeSpace, CAFM/IWMS platforms, or AutoCAD/Visio) to manage move scenarios, update digital floor plans, track utilization, and maintain accurate spatial databases.
- Design & Relocation Support: Collaborate with project managers, architects, and internal stakeholders during facility expansions, reconfigurations, or moves to ensure final designs align with operational expectations.
- Documentation: Maintain up-to-date floor plans, stacking diagrams, and space standards documentation.
