Job Title
Occupancy Planner

Job Description Summary
The Occupancy Planner provides tactical occupancy planning expertise to effectively manage the supply, capacity, and demand of the Client's real estate portfolio within a specific geographic region. This role balances day-to-day spatial change requests with long-term strategic space and occupancy analysis
Job Description

The Occupancy Planner provides tactical occupancy planning expertise to effectively manage the supply, capacity, and demand of the Client's real estate portfolio within a specific geographic region. This role balances day-to-day spatial change requests with long-term strategic space and occupancy analysis

Principle Responsibilities

• Space Planning & Execution: Develop efficient block plans, create current and forecasted Stack Plans, and identify tactical projects for implementation.
• Data & Demand Analysis: Maintain and analyze Business Unit (BU) supply/demand information, monitor actual portfolio utilization against approved long-term plans and sizing models.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and expand relationships with key client and site stakeholders to understand business needs and improve the overall Employee Experience regarding workplace planning.
• Project Coordination: Partner with Project Managers to ensure space solutions are delivered on time, within agreed-upon scope, and with minimal disruption to unplanned activity.
• Change Management: Support the transition and communication processes as they pertain to changing workspaces, corporate real estate strategies, and evolving work styles.
• Strategic Input: Utilize space management data to develop objective conclusions, utilization metrics, and actionable recommendations for site strategy.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Architecture, Interior Design, Corporate Real Estate, Facilities Management, Project/Construction Management, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a corporate real estate or workplace planning environment.
• Technical Skills:
  • Working knowledge of CAFM/IWMS software, space management systems, and relational database functionality.
  • Proficiency in reading and interpreting architectural/engineering drawings, design concepts, and space standards.
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Core Competencies:
  • Analytical Thinking: Strong capability to synthesize complex utilization data into clear recommendations.
  • Project & Time Management: Proven ability to manage concurrent projects of varied scope with minimal supervision, taking full ownership of requests from ideation to completion.
  • Communication & Collaboration: Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills; an ability to work seamlessly both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Relationship Management: Demonstrated success in building strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality, client-focused service.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate's experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 76,500.00 - $90,000.00