Facilities Assistant - Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden (WBSL)

You'll be the first point of contact for requests, coordinating planned preventative maintenance, and managing the flow of work through our Facilities Management systems. You'll liaise with in-house technicians and third-party contractors to ensure everything from permits to urgent repairs is handled with speed and precision. From fielding client queries and issuing work orders to keeping our buildings and grounds compliant with UK legislation, you'll play a vital role in delivering a first-rate experience for everyone working at WBSL. You'll also help coordinate a range of administrative functions that keep our operations running like clockwork.

If you're ready to be part of the team that powers the magic behind the scenes, we'd love to hear from you!

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Reporting to the Facility coordinator all building matters daily.
• Responding to all help desk requests over email, telephone, and radio.
• Inputting all jobs onto the CAFM system, including updates and closeouts once completed.
• Allocating daily jobs to the maintenance team and third-party contractors, including weekend work allocation for the in-house maintenance technicians and third-party contractors, and emergency callouts.
• Arranging out-of-hours electrical cover for productions.
• Contractor bookings to ensure building compliance
• Contractor booking in the WBSL security access system
• Contractor inductions and NDA agreement checks
• Contractor Health and Safety document checks.
• Building Management System (BMS) daily changes and checks to the heating and ventilation systems for the Tour and Productions.
• Building fire alarm monitoring/isolations/reenabling.
• Recharge documents for the Sales and Bookings team.
• PPE ordering.
• Insurance RED TAG requests every week to enable weekly sprinkler tests.

Qualifications & Experiences...

• Customer service experience.
• Full UK driving license.
• Excellent computer skills, specifically intermediate level of Microsoft Windows operating system, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience working with technical or building maintenance software applications is preferable.

Business Overview

Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden (WBSL) is a world-class film and TV studio offering one of the largest facilities in the UK. The purpose-built studio site is home to 20 sound stages, production offices, workshops, an indoor water tank, and an extensive, clear-horizon backlot.

WBSL includes the on-site production rentals business, Warner Bros. Set Lighting & Rigging, which provides the industry with state-of-the-art lighting equipment, scaffolding, and production supplies for stage and location shoots worldwide. In addition, Warner Bros. De Lane Lea, based in London, provides picture and sound post-production services for film and TV, and has a dedicated Dailies department on the lot at WBSL.

Warner Bros. Leavesden Park, adjacent to the Studio, offers modern and flexible office space for productions and is home to The WonderWorks, a bespoke childcare facility available to those working on site.

With a range of services including an on-site gym, café, and wellbeing room, WBSL provides the perfect home for productions and has become the studio of choice for many filmmakers worldwide.

Onsite Working - This role is advertised as Onsite, meaning all working hours and days (regardless of shift pattern) will be carried out at the place of work. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement, where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done...

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

Client-provided location(s): Berkhamsted, United Kingdom

Job ID: Discovery-WAMEGLOBALR000097307EXTERNALENGLOBAL

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-15T19:50:44