Studio Facilities and Asset Manager
Role purpose
Serve as the operational owner of the film studio’s physical assets, ensuring soundstages, workshops, backlots, offices, utilities, and supporting infrastructure remain safe, functional, compliant, and production-ready. The role is responsible for facilities oversight, asset performance tracking, vendor coordination, maintenance planning, and operational readiness across activation and steady-state studio operations.
Key responsibilities
Ensure all studio facilities, soundstages, workshops, backlots, offices, support spaces, and infrastructure remain operational and production-ready.
Oversee preventive and reactive maintenance activities, including MEP services, utilities, cleaning, waste management, and general site upkeep.
Manage facilities contractors, technical service providers, and specialist vendors against agreed SLAs, scope, quality, and response standards.
Maintain asset registers, maintenance schedules, condition reports, lifecycle plans, and performance dashboards.
Coordinate facilities readiness requirements for productions, tenants, workshops, events, and temporary installations.
Translate production and tenant requirements into facilities, utilities, logistics, site access, and operational readiness plans.
Support development-to-operations handover, commissioning close-out, defects tracking, and asset acceptance activities.
Monitor asset condition, equipment performance, service disruptions, and recurring maintenance issues.
Coordinate with HSE to ensure facilities operations comply with safety requirements and statutory obligations.
Coordinate with security, IT, finance, procurement, and corporate enablement teams on operational dependencies and service continuity.
Support budget planning, maintenance cost tracking, asset lifecycle assumptions, and facilities-related procurement requirements.
Implement operating procedures, readiness checklists, inspection routines, and escalation protocols for facilities services.
Manage facilities-related incident reporting, corrective actions, and risk mitigation plans.
Prepare operational reports, maintenance dashboards, vendor performance updates, and asset performance insights for leadership.
Identify opportunities to improve reliability, cost efficiency, sustainability, and service quality across studio assets.
KPIs
Facility uptime and production readiness rate
Preventive maintenance completion rate
Reactive maintenance response and closure time
Vendor SLA compliance
Asset condition and lifecycle tracking accuracy
Number of unresolved facility-related incidents
Budget adherence for facilities operations
Candidate profile
Education
Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, engineering, construction management, property management, or related field.
Facilities management, asset management, or engineering certification preferred.
Experience
7–10 years of experience in facilities management, technical asset management, property operations, or infrastructure operations.
Experience managing complex, asset-intensive, operational, entertainment, production, hospitality, or mixed-use environments preferred.
Experience supporting commissioning, operational readiness, and handover from development to operations preferred.
Preferred background
Film studios, entertainment venues, destination assets, real estate operations, hospitality assets, industrial campuses, or technical facilities environments.
Experience managing MEP services, technical contractors, site readiness, and service provider performance preferred.
Technical & functional expectations
Strong knowledge of facilities management, MEP systems, utilities, preventive maintenance, and lifecycle planning.
Ability to manage vendors, SLAs, operational risks, inspections, and service continuity requirements.
Strong understanding of HSE, compliance, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness processes.
Strong reporting, coordination, and issue resolution capability in operational environments.
Key competencies
Facilities management
Asset performance management
Vendor management
Operational readiness
Maintenance planning
Risk management