Facilities Manager, Plant Management & Operations

Fox Corporation • Los Angeles, CA

3d • $102,000 - $130,000 • 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 to property assets and operations. The role is based at Fox’s 53-acre, century-old Century City campus, which includes more than 2 million square feet across more than 100 buildings supporting office, production, editing, data center, food service, and critical broadcast functions. The Facilities Manager helps sustain safe, dependable 24/7 operations of complex systems and leads union technicians, consultants, contractors, tenants, and internal partners.

The role oversees Plant Management departments and physical plant operations, including lot-wide mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems; central chilled-water and steam plants; electrical and life-safety infrastructure; and critical spaces with redundancy. It also has responsibility for staffing and payroll processes, operating and capital budgets, workforce development, procedures and standards, change management, energy management, compliance, project coordination, and administrative reporting.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of progressive experience in facilities, plant operations, construction, or a similar environment.
• Experience leading or working in a trade environment, with the ability to direct work, develop staff, and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
• Understanding of operating and supporting a media production, broadcast, IT, data center, or similar high-tech facility or campus 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 degree in progress, in Engineering, Facilities or Construction Management, or a related field.
• Applicable certification or accreditation, professional qualification, and/or skilled-trade qualification.
• 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

• Oversee Plant Management departments and coordinate day-to-day operational and personnel management.
• Supervise and support union technician teams, including responsibilities, schedules, and operational coverage.
• Set priorities, track work, and communicate status among staff, consultants, contractors, clients, tenants, and management.
• Provide hands-on oversight of physical plant operations to sustain dependable 24/7 operations across the property.
• Manage maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and future planning for lot-wide MEP systems, including central chilled-water and steam plants and associated support systems.
• Administer electrical and life-safety 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 uptime.
• Oversee staffing and payroll-related processes and seek cost savings in staffing, estimating, repairs, updates, and improvement assignments.
• Identify and communicate departmental requirements to employees and management.
• Manage annual financial planning and forecasting for capital and operational 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 support 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 MOPs, SOPs, 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 work across internal teams, consultants, contractors, tenants, and management; track deliverables and communicate status.
• Perform or support administrative work involving budgets, payroll, purchasing, payments, project closeout, operational reporting, and annual financial planning.
• Provide on-call coverage outside normal business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents; benefits for union-represented employees are in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed