Director of Facility Management
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About the Role
Accor seeks a Director of Facility Management for Rixos Premium Qetaifan Island North. The role leads engineering and maintenance teams across the hotel, waterpark, and beach club.
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Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and oversee all facility management, engineering, and maintenance operations across the hotel, waterpark and beach club
- Develop and implement comprehensive preventive and corrective maintenance programs
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering and facility teams
- Ensure full compliance with local regulations, health and safety requirements, environmental standards, brand guidelines, and statutory inspections
- Develop and manage annual operating and capital expenditure budgets
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of capital projects, renovations, and facility enhancements
- Establish and monitor facility performance metrics, maintenance KPIs, asset lifecycle management, and service level agreements
- Ensure timely resolution of maintenance requests, emergency breakdowns, and operational incidents
- Conduct regular facility audits and risk assessments
- Drive sustainability initiatives, utility conservation programs, and environmental compliance
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil Engineering, Facilities Management, or related discipline
- Minimum of 8–10 years of progressive experience in engineering or facilities management
- 5 years in a senior leadership role within a luxury hotel, integrated resort or waterpark
- Strong knowledge of hotel engineering systems, waterpark mechanical systems, water treatment, MEP services, life safety systems, and building automation systems
- Demonstrated experience in strategic facilities management, asset management, capital planning, and project delivery
- Proven expertise in budget management, financial planning, procurement, and contract/vendor management
- Strong understanding of local building codes, regulatory compliance, occupational health and safety, and environmental standards
- Exceptional leadership, people development, and stakeholder management skills
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Company Description
- Rixos Premium Qetaifan Island North offers a luxurious breakaway with a waterpark, private beach, retail area, beach club, and fine dining.
What you will be doing
- Provide strategic leadership and oversee all facility management, engineering, and maintenance operations across the hotel, waterpark and beach club
- Develop and implement comprehensive preventive and corrective maintenance programs
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering and facility teams
- Ensure full compliance with local regulations, health and safety requirements, environmental standards, brand guidelines, and statutory inspections
- Develop and manage annual operating and capital expenditure budgets while driving cost optimization, sustainability, and energy management
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of capital projects, renovations, and facility enhancements
- Establish and monitor facility performance metrics, maintenance KPIs, asset lifecycle management, and service level agreements
- Ensure timely resolution of maintenance requests, emergency breakdowns, and operational incidents
- Conduct regular facility audits and risk assessments
- Drive sustainability initiatives, utility conservation programs, and environmental compliance
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related discipline. Master's degree is an advantage.
- Minimum of 8–10 years of progressive experience in engineering or facilities management, including 5 years in a senior leadership role within a luxury hotel, integrated resort or waterpark.
- Strong knowledge of hotel engineering systems, waterpark mechanical systems, water treatment, MEP services, life safety systems, and building automation systems.
- Demonstrated experience in strategic facilities management, asset management, capital planning, and project delivery.
- Proven expertise in budget management, financial planning, procurement, and contract/vendor management.
- Strong understanding of local building codes, regulatory compliance, occupational health and safety, and environmental standards.
- Exceptional leadership, people development, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, project management, and decision making abilities.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience working within luxury hospitality brands and large scale leisure facilities is highly desirable.
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