Facilities Manager, Plant Management & Operations

Fox•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

FOX Studio Lot Development & Operations is seeking a Facilities Manager to lead day-to-day physical plant operations and projects, managing continued improvements of property assets and operations. The role is based at FOX’s Century City campus, a 53-acre, 100-year-old property with more than 2 million square feet across more than 100 buildings serving studio functions such as tenant offices, production, editing, data center, food service, and critical broadcast facilities. The Facilities Manager helps sustain safe, dependable 24/7 operations of complex systems across the lot and leads union technicians, consultants, contractors, tenants, and internal partners. The role provides oversight of Plant Management departments and their personnel, including Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, Paint, Maintenance/Carpentry, and Labor. It oversees physical plant operations and technical systems, including lot-wide mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure, central chilled-water and steam plants, UPS systems, standby generators, fire/life-safety systems, and critical spaces designed with redundancy. The Facilities Manager is responsible for operational and financial planning, staffing and payroll-related processes, capital and operating expense budgets, employee training, procedures and technical standards, change management, regulatory and company compliance, and coordination of repairs, upgrades, and improvements. The position requires on-call coverage outside normal business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive experience in facilities, plant operations, construction, or a similar environment.
Experience leading or working within a trade environment, with the ability to direct work, develop staff, and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
Understanding of operations and support for media production, broadcast, IT, data center, or similar high-tech facilities or campuses where reliability and uptime are essential.
Exceptional written, verbal, and collaborative communication skills, including the ability to explain technical conditions and requirements to employees, consultants, contractors, tenants, clients, and senior management.
Ability to provide on-call coverage outside normal business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and to work effectively in a demanding environment with shifting priorities.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree, or progress toward one, in Engineering, Facilities or Construction Management, or a related field.
Applicable certification or accreditation, professional qualification, and/or skilled trade experience.
Experience in plant operations or facilities management at a media, IT, broadcast, or similar high-tech facility or campus, preferably in a union work environment.

Responsibilities

Provide oversight of Plant Management departments, coordinating day-to-day operations and personnel management.
Supervise and support union technician teams, including assigning responsibilities, managing schedules, and maintaining coverage in a fast-paced environment.
Set priorities, track work, and communicate status among in-house personnel, consultants, contractors, clients, tenants, and management.
Provide hands-on oversight of physical plant operations to support dependable, consistent 24/7 operations across the property.
Manage and coordinate maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and future planning for lot-wide mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, including central chilled-water and steam plants and their associated support systems.
Oversee electrical and life-safety support infrastructure, including UPS systems, standby generators, fire/life-safety systems, and redundant critical spaces.
Assess facility conditions and prioritize, plan, and implement repairs, infrastructure improvements, equipment refurbishment, and supervisory-system updates while maintaining daily operations.
Monitor and respond to abnormal facility conditions, escalating issues and coordinating corrective action to protect safety, service continuity, and operational uptime.
Oversee staffing and payroll-related processes and seek cost savings through staffing decisions, estimating, and implementation of repair and improvement assignments.
Identify and communicate requirements across the group and management.
Manage annual financial planning and forecasting for capital and operating expense budgets, and approve expenditures within delegated authority.
Monitor the operational and financial viability of assigned departments through cost and savings tracking and performance reporting.
Guide employee training and development to maintain staff capability, technical standards, and safe, consistent work practices.
Develop, implement, maintain, and enforce plant-management, maintenance, and operational procedures and technical standards.
Develop and apply change-management protocols for significant work, including Methods of Procedure, Standard Operating Procedures, and Work Authorizations as required.
Apply energy-management practices and identify opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, and efficiency.
Monitor compliance with regulatory, governmental, and company standards and policies.
Coordinate repairs, upgrades, improvements, and other tasks across internal teams, consultants, contractors, tenants, and management; track deliverables and communicate status.
Perform or support administrative duties related to budgeting, payroll, purchasing, payments, project closeout, operational reporting, and annual financial planning.
Provide on-call coverage outside normal business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.