Workplace Data & Space Specialist
Job Description
What you’ll do:
Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking a Workplace Data & Space Specialist to join the Workplace Design and Experience team within Corporate Real Estate. This role is operationally focused, with primary accountability for day-to-day space data accuracy, CAFM administration, drawing management, and reporting that support workplace operations across the portfolio. The role ensures that floorplans, seat assignments, headcount data, and utilization metrics are current, reliable, and actionable, enabling effective operational decision-making and the smooth execution of moves, changes, and space requests.
Reporting to the AVP, Workplace Design and Experience, this role works closely with Facilities, HR, IT, Design, and external partners to support ongoing workplace operations while providing dependable data and insights to inform near- and medium-term planning.
Workplace Data, CAFM & Drawing Management
Act as the primary owner and subject matter expert for the CAFM system, including space data integrity, reporting, and ongoing enhancements.
Manage floorplan and space data across CAFM, CAD, and PDF formats to ensure a single source of truth.
Oversee as-built drawings and ensure timely updates to REVIT models reflecting moves, renovations, and restacks.
Support the creation, maintenance, and distribution of drawings and reports from CAFM and design platforms.
Space Utilization, Headcount & Reporting
Maintain and audit space utilization dashboards and performance metrics to track occupancy, efficiency, and capacity trends.
Own headcount tracking and reporting, including new hires, role changes, exits, and future growth assumptions, in partnership with HR and business leaders.
Translate utilization and headcount data into insights and recommendations that inform workplace strategy, portfolio planning, and executive decision-making.
Seat Assignment & Move Planning
Manage seat assignment records using REVIT and Excel, ensuring alignment between physical space, CAFM data, and business needs.
Support future-state seat planning and scenario modeling within CAFM to enable proactive planning and minimize disruption.
Partner with Workplace Strategy and Design teams to support programming, restacking, and move initiatives across the portfolio.
What you bring:
Degree or diploma in Architectural Technology, Interior Design, Architecture, or a related discipline.
3–5 years of experience in corporate real estate, workplace planning, space management, or a related role, with demonstrated progression into ownership-level responsibilities.
Hands-on experience with any CAFM systems (Planon - preferred), including space data management and reporting.
Proficiency in AutoCAD and drawing management best practices.
Intermediate skills in Excel and comfort working with dashboards, utilization metrics, and headcount data.
Experience developing and maintaining space utilization and occupancy metrics.
A data-driven and detail-oriented professional who thrives at the intersection of workplace strategy, design, and operations.
Comfortable managing ambiguity, balancing multiple priorities, and translating complex data into clear insights.
Clear, confident communicator able to support both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:
Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
Other perks to support your well-being
Career growth opportunities and product discounts
Broadband Salary Range: $79,000 – $131,000 CAD
Our typical hiring range is between $79,000 and $105,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.
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This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.
We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.
About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
Accommodations
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.