Industrial Space Planner
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
Andurils Space Planning team is seeking an Industrial Space Planner to join the team. The Space Planning team is responsible for optimizing layouts and designs for R&D facilities ensuring efficient workflows and minimizing wasted space all while adhering to safety and regulatory standards.
As an Industrial Space Planner you will conduct site assessments and develop detailed space plans collaborating with various stakeholders across the business. The right candidate has a history of managing multiple projects providing creative solutions that will optimize efficiency.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Industrial Space Planner to design optimize and scale our physical this role you will bridge the gap between engineering requirements and physical facility solutions across manufacturing and highly dynamic R&D/prototyping environments. You will partner directly with Division Leads to understand and forecast their business unit space needs and collaborate closely with Industrial Engineers (IEs) to design and validate optimized layouts.
Unlike traditional facilities roles you will not simply document space requests; you will critically analyze challenge and validate them. You will ensure our manufacturing R&D laboratories and production environments are optimized for efficiency safety flexibility and scalability.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Partner with key stakeholders to capture and forecast team space demands and collaborate side-by-side with Industrial Engineers (IEs) on proposed space layouts.
- Evaluate incoming space requests and prioritize high-impact needs; critically challenge and validate requests against utilization metrics rather than simply executing them.
- Build capacity models evaluate production/laboratory constraints and develop future-state growth scenarios to support manufacturing ramp and R&D pipeline growth.
- Create facility master plans block plans and equipment layouts/test fits for warehouse lab and production spaces using AutoCAD and other planning tools.
- Build capacity models evaluate production/laboratory constraints and develop future-state growth scenarios to support manufacturing ramp and R&D pipeline growth.
- Partner with Facilities to assess plan and validate infrastructure requirements including power loads HVAC compressed air process exhaust networking and EHS clearances.
- Analyze production/R&D workflows material flow lean principles and physical adjacencies to optimize layout designs and eliminate operational bottlenecks.
- Maintain accurate spatial data and coordinate space planning decisions across Southern California facilities. Collaborate with the Moves Adds and Change (MAC) team for seamless implementation relocation strategies and change tracking.
- Maintain accurate information and coordinate space planning decisions within Southern California facilities
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Previous experience in industrial manufacturing supply chain or production environment
- Proficiency in CAD software ArcGIS Archibus Power BI JIRA and/or similar space planning software
- Experience with lean six sigma and other related production principles
- Strong understanding of spatial layout principles workflow optimization and infrastructure coordination
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage multiple requests and prioritize effectively under pressure
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Facilities Planning Operations Engineering Architecture or a related technical discipline.
- Direct experience with factory planning lab/facility master planning or R&D system design.
- Experience supporting aerospace defense high-tech manufacturing robotics or advanced hardware R&D environments.
- Deep familiarity with utility planning EHS requirements and equipment installation/rigging processes.
US Salary Range
$99000 - $130000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
Benefits
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