Strategic Facilities Space Planner

Rohde & Schwarz; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rohde & Schwarz in Columbia, MD seeks a Space Planner to translate operational goals into spatial layouts and to read architectural floor plans for office and lab spaces.

You will optimize adjacency and flows, document floor plans, and collaborate with project managers, architects, and internal teams using OfficeSpace, CAFM/IWMS, AutoCAD or Visio to maintain accurate spatial databases.

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 structured questions regarding utility infrastructure—identifying equipment power draws and heat loads to flag engineering needs early.
• Environment Versatility: manage programming and planning across contrasting spaces, balancing human-centric needs of collaborative offices with physical and utility demands of technical support rooms.
• Reading & Mapping Plans: read and interpret architectural floor plans, translating them into actionable spatial layouts and mapping out functional adjacencies.
• Adjacency & Flow Optimization: analyze how work moves between groups and departments, developing adjacency matrices and layout options to boost efficiency, safety, and cross-functional synergy.
• Tool Proficiency & Application: leverage space planning and workplace management software (OfficeSpace, CAFM/IWMS, AutoCAD/Visio) to manage move scenarios, update digital floor plans, track utilization, and maintain spatial databases.
• Design & Relocation Support: collaborate with project managers, architects, and internal stakeholders during expansions or moves to ensure final designs align with operational expectations.
• Documentation: maintain up-to-date floor plans, stacking diagrams, and space standards documentation.

Job description

Rohde & Schwarz in Columbia, MD seeks a Space Planner to translate operational goals into spatial layouts and to read architectural floor plans for office and lab spaces.

You will optimize adjacency and flows, document floor plans, and collaborate with project managers, architects, and internal teams using OfficeSpace, CAFM/IWMS, AutoCAD or Visio to maintain accurate spatial databases.