Studio Facilities and Asset Manager- Film Studio (SPA5-50012978)

Role Overview

Studio Facilities and Asset Manager at Qiddiya Investment Company. The role manages the operational ownership of the Film Studio's physical assets and infrastructure.

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

Facilities Operations & Readiness

• Ensure all studio facilities, soundstages, workshops, backlots, offices, support spaces, and infrastructure remain operational and production-ready.
• 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.
• Implement operating procedures, readiness checklists, inspection routines, and escalation protocols for facilities services.

Maintenance & Asset Management

• Oversee preventive and reactive maintenance activities, including MEP services, utilities, cleaning, waste management, and general site upkeep.
• Maintain asset registers, maintenance schedules, condition reports, lifecycle plans, and performance dashboards.
• Monitor asset condition, equipment performance, service disruptions, and recurring maintenance issues.
• Support development-to-operations handover, commissioning close-out, defects tracking, and asset acceptance activities.

Vendor & Service Provider Management

• Manage facilities contractors, technical service providers, and specialist vendors against agreed SLAs, scope, quality, and response standards.
• Coordinate with Security, IT, Finance, Procurement, and Corporate Enablement teams on operational dependencies and service continuity.

Compliance & Safety

• Coordinate with HSE to ensure facilities operations comply with safety requirements and statutory obligations.
• Manage facilities-related incident reporting, corrective actions, and risk mitigation plans.

Budget & Reporting

• Support budget planning, maintenance cost tracking, asset lifecycle assumptions, and facilities-related procurement requirements.
• Prepare operational reports, maintenance dashboards, vendor performance updates, and asset performance insights for leadership.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, cost efficiency, sustainability, and service quality across studio assets.

Qualifications & Experience

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.
• Film studios, entertainment venues, destination assets, real estate operations, hospitality assets, industrial campuses, or technical facilities environments preferred.
• Experience managing MEP services, technical contractors, site readiness, and service provider performance preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Facilities management
• Asset performance management
• Vendor management
• Operational readiness
• Maintenance planning
• Risk management
• Knowledge of MEP systems, utilities, preventive maintenance, and lifecycle planning
• Ability to manage vendors, SLAs, operational risks, inspections, and service continuity requirements
• Understanding of HSE, compliance, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness processes
• Strong reporting, coordination, and issue resolution capability in operational environments

Additional Information

Key Performance Indicators

• 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