Senior Occupancy & MAC Planner (Hybrid)

About the Role:

As a CBRE Senior Occupancy & MAC Planner, you will provide space planning, data mining, reporting, and interpretation of space planning metrics for large and high-profile clients’ needs. The Senior Occupancy & MAC Planner is a key member of the Corporate Facilities team, responsible for developing and implementing occupancy strategies and overseeing the planning and execution of all employee and departmental moves, adds, and changes within the corporate office portfolio. This role ensures that workspace utilization is optimized and that all moves and changes are executed smoothly, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to business operations.

This job is part of the Moves, Additions and Changes function. They are responsible for building space design, construction, and moving services.

What You’ll Do:

• Review space requirements and provide conceptual plans and recommendations to the real estate team and high-profile stakeholders.
• Lead the end-to-end Move Add Change (MAC) process—including space planning, scheduling, communication, and execution—for all employee and departmental relocations, expansions, contractions, and reconfigurations.
• Collaborate with Facilities, IT, HR, Security, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless transitions during all occupancy-related projects.
• Coordinate with external vendors and service providers for furniture, equipment, and move logistics.
• Ensure all MAC activities comply with corporate policies, health and safety regulations, and security protocols.
• Create block or stack plans, charters, and move lists.
• Produce complex drawings and presentations for internal stakeholders and client-facing steering committee meetings for review and feedback. Involve project management staff as appropriate for move and construction services.
• Collaborate with other team members to gain business intelligence including move and relocation sequencing and execution
• Conduct evaluation and review of work area affected by move planning to ensure that current location(s) and office availability at destination location(s) is reflected accurately.
• Manage space walks for validation and update of occupancy metrics.
• Responsible for reviewing and maintaining occupancy data within the system of record.
• Prepare forecasts and evaluate space planning trends in general business conditions.
• Conduct interviews and discussions with client(s) to gather, coordinate and synthesize project requirements, and functional, operational, and cultural issues.
• Liaise with Change Management teams as needed.
• Make recommendations and implement necessary space planning code changes and/or requirements and updates.
• Facilitate post-occupancy support and reviews to ensure deliverables were executed and client’s expectations were met.
• Apply general knowledge of standard principles and techniques/procedures to accomplish assigned tasks and solve routine problems.
• Have a broad knowledge of own job discipline and some knowledge of several job disciplines within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. May convince to reach an agreement.
• Impact the quality of own work and the work of others on the team.
• Work primarily within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines.
• Explain complex information to others in straightforward situations.