Facilities Space Planner - Columbia, MD

Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Rohde & Schwarz in Maryland seeks a facilities planning professional to lead space programming and occupancy planning for office, lab, production, service, and warehouse environments. You translate goals into spatial requirements and map adjacencies to optimize workflows.

You will collaborate with engineers, project managers, and vendors to assess utility needs and maintain up-to-date floor plans using OfficeSpace, CAFM/IWMS, AutoCAD or Visio, supporting relocations and expansions with precise

Responsibilities

• 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.

Tools

OfficeSpace

CAFM/IWMS

AutoCAD

Visio

Job description

• 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.