About the Role: As a CBRE Space Planning Consultant and CAFM Specialist, you will lead the delivery of space planning, data analysis, and reporting for high-profile clients.
You will serve as a key advisor, providing strategic recommendations and solutions to optimize space utilization and meet client needs. As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will lead the technical management of our global facility systems.
What You'll Do: - Own space data integrity end to end: the pipeline from architectural drawings through to space records, occupancy reporting, and downstream systems
- Serve as the primary CAFM point of contact for the Americas region, managing day-to-day platform operations, user support, and issue resolution across all sites
- Maintain Americas-specific space data - floor plans, space assignments, headcount allocations, and move records - ensuring records are current and aligned with real estate transactions and workplace changes
- Partner with Americas regional Office Managers to gather requirements and translate local business needs into CAFM configuration, workflows, and reporting
- Manage complex AutoCAD drawing sets, author and enforce CAD standards (layer conventions, polylining, file naming, QC checklists)
- Develop reporting and dashboards for space utilization, occupancy, and chargeback - both within the CAFM platform and through BI tools
- Train and mentor regional CAFM colleagues, junior staff, and external vendors on standards, data governance, and platform use
- Act as technical lead in vendor relationships - requirements definition, escalations, release evaluation, and security or privacy review
- Partner with Real Estate, Planning, Design, IT, HR, and EH&S to translate business needs into system and data solutions, and communicate technical detail credibly at every level of the organization
What You'll Need:- Administering a CAFM or IWMS platform - for example OfficeSpace, Serraview, TRIRIGA, Archibus, or FM:Systems - as the system owner or administrator, not solely as an end user
- and an architectural background - degree in Architecture or a related field, or equivalent experience producing and interpreting full drawing sets
- Demonstrated ownership of space data quality at scale, including the drawing-to-space-record workflow and space measurement standards such as BOMA and USF
- Strong reporting skills: advanced Excel
- Ability to work across time zones with regional teams and global stakeholders
Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd- Scripting or automation experience - AutoLISP, VBA, or Power Automate - applied to drawing cleanup, data validation, or reporting
- Experience leading a CAFM or IWMS migration from legacy platform to new, including phased rollout across multiple sites or regions
- Prior work in a large corporate real estate or workplace technology organization with a global portfolio
- Familiarity with occupancy sensor technology, badge data, or desk booking and hot desking platforms
- Background at a CAFM vendor or implementation partner
CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Sr. CAFM Specialist position is $120,000 annually with bonus eligibility and the maximum salary for the position is $150,000 annually with bonus eligibility. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE's applicable benefit program.
CBRE GWS
CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.
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