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Facilities Management Team Build for a Maldives Resort Group

Client Background

The client is a resort group operating a portfolio of properties across the Maldives, where facilities management directly affects guest experience, asset condition, and operational cost — factors that compound across a multi-property portfolio far more than at a single site.

The Challenge

The group needed three facilities management professionals placed simultaneously, one for each property in its portfolio requiring dedicated coverage. This wasn’t a matter of filling three isolated vacancies, each hire needed to operate to the same maintenance, safety, and service standard across geographically separate resort properties, so guests received a consistent experience regardless of which property they stayed at. 

Facilities management in a resort environment also demands specific technical range: building systems, groundskeeping, safety compliance, and vendor management, all in an island-resort context with its own logistical constraints. 

Our Approach

Formix ran the engagement as a coordinated team build, sourcing all three facilities management roles in parallel from our property and facilities management talent database. We worked with the resort group’s leadership to establish a consistent operational standard across all three properties, then screened every candidate against that standard, not just against the requirements of their individual site. 

Active headhunting was central to the search, since experienced resort facilities management professionals, particularly those familiar with the operational realities of island-resort properties, are rarely found through open job postings. 

The Result

Formix delivered verified shortlists for all three roles within seven business days through active headhunting across our property and facilities management network. The resort group gained a facilities management team operating to a consistent standard across its portfolio, protecting both guest experience and asset value across multiple properties at once.

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