Occupancy Planner

Oracle • Abilene, TX

5d • $74,100 - $148,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking an experienced Occupancy Planner to support Property Management's space and occupancy planning activities across Oracle's North America data center portfolio. Based in Abilene, TX this role will be responsible for the day-to-day management of occupancy data, seating plans, space assignments, moves, adds and changes (MAC), floor plans, and utilization reporting across assigned data center facilities. The Occupancy Planner will help ensure that employees, contractors, vendors, and other site occupants are appropriately accommodated while maximizing the efficient use of Oracle's facilities. The position will work closely with the Senior Space & Occupancy Planner and partner with Property Management, Data Center Operations, Global Real Estate, Security, Engineering, Construction, IT, Workplace Services, and other stakeholders to translate workforce and operational requirements into executable occupancy solutions. This role requires a highly organized and analytical planner who is comfortable working with floor plans and occupancy-management systems, coordinating multiple simultaneous requests, maintaining accurate data, and solving space problems in a rapidly growing and changing environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in occupancy planning, space planning, facilities planning, workplace strategy, corporate real estate, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing seating assignments, occupancy data, space inventories, and moves/adds/changes.
• Experience reading and working with architectural floor plans.
• Experience using IWMS, CAFM, space-management, or similar workplace technology.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD or similar space-planning/design software.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with demonstrated attention to data accuracy.
• Experience coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders and service providers.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent requests and changing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting data centers, mission-critical facilities, technology companies, laboratories, manufacturing environments, or other complex facilities.
• Experience managing occupancy across multiple facilities or geographic locations.
• Experience with badge/access-control and occupancy-utilization data.
• Experience with IWMS/CAFM platforms such as Archibus, OfficeSpace, FM:Systems/OpenBlue, Manhattan/CenterStone, or similar tools.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, or similar applications.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or other visualization/reporting platforms.
• Familiarity with workplace furniture systems and workstation standards.
• Experience supporting new construction, facility expansions, restacks, consolidations, and relocations.
• Understanding of accessibility, life-safety, security, and workplace-planning requirements.
• Facility Management Professional (FMP)
• Certified Facility Manager (CFM)
• LEED Green Associate
• AutoCAD or Revit certification
• Relevant workplace, facilities, project-management, or corporate-real-estate certification

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day occupancy planning across assigned North America data center facilities.
• Develop seating and space-assignment plans for employees, contractors, vendors, operational teams, and business partners.
• Evaluate space requests and recommend solutions based on available capacity, utilization, adjacency requirements, operational needs, and established planning standards.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate, restack, or repurpose existing space before recommending additional capacity.
• Support short- and mid-term occupancy requirements associated with workforce growth and organizational changes.
• Develop test fits, block plans, seating layouts, and other planning solutions as required.
• Support implementation of portfolio space strategies developed in partnership with the Senior Space & Occupancy Planner.
• Coordinate moves, adds, and changes from initial request through completion.
• Develop move plans, sequencing, schedules, and occupant communications.
• Coordinate with IT, Security, Facilities, furniture vendors, movers, Workplace Services, and other stakeholders to ensure successful execution.
• Support large-scale restacks, relocations, consolidations, expansions, and new-site occupancies.
• Verify completed moves and update floor plans, occupancy systems, and space inventories following execution.
• Minimize disruption to data center operations during occupancy changes.
• Maintain accurate space, seat, organizational, and occupancy information within Oracle's designated IWMS/CAFM and related planning systems.
• Maintain floor plans and seating layouts using AutoCAD or other approved planning tools.
• Reconcile information across floor plans, occupancy systems, headcount records, badge/access data, local records, and physical observations.
• Conduct periodic physical and virtual space audits to validate occupancy and space information.
• Identify data discrepancies and coordinate corrective actions with appropriate stakeholders.
• Support development and enforcement of data standards and governance procedures.
• Monitor occupancy, capacity, vacancy, utilization, and other space-management metrics.
• Analyze badge, headcount, seat-assignment, and observational data to understand actual space utilization.
• Produce recurring occupancy dashboards, reports, floor plans, and capacity summaries.
• Identify areas approaching capacity as well as underutilized spaces that may present consolidation or optimization opportunities.
• Support forecasting and scenario analysis by maintaining accurate current-state occupancy and capacity information.
• Provide data and analysis supporting capital planning, construction, expansion, and consolidation decisions.
• Support occupancy planning for new data centers, expansions, renovations, and other infrastructure projects.
• Review design and construction drawings from an operational occupancy perspective.
• Validate seat counts, room capacities, adjacencies, furniture layouts, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate with Construction, Engineering, Property Management, Operations, Security, IT, and design teams during project delivery.
• Support move-in readiness and occupancy activation for new facilities.
• Document post-occupancy observations and lessons learned to improve future site designs and planning standards.
• Follow and help continuously improve standardized occupancy-planning processes, procedures, and documentation.
• Support development of space-planning standards, utilization metrics, request workflows, and operating procedures.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reports, audits, and data-management activities.
• Maintain documentation and records necessary to support portfolio governance and decision-making.
• Ensure planning activities comply with Oracle requirements, security standards, life-safety requirements, and applicable workplace guidelines.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level