Optiver is looking for a Facilities Manager on a 12 month contract to join our Office Management team. This is an opportunity to work with a collaborative team and to grow your facilities career.

WHO WE ARE

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. For over 35 years, Optiver has been improving financial markets around the world, making them more transparent and efficient for all participants. With more than 1,600 employees in offices around the world, we’re united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and thorough risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world, we actively trade on 70+ exchanges, where we’re trusted to always provide accurate buy and sell pricing – no matter the market conditions.

Optiver’s Sydney office is one of the primary players within Asian markets, trading a range of products. Established in 1996, we're an active participant on the Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan exchanges, and act as Optiver’s APAC head office. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As the Facilities Manager, you will be responsible for managing the day to day running of our building and building related projects. Working collaboratively with a small team to ensure minimum standards are met, and minimising risk to the business. You will also be accountable for:-

• Creating a safe and healthy work environment
• Managing relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring all Workplace Health & Safety requirements and internal controls are met
• Incident response and disaster recovery
• Working closely with the building managers and owners
• Managing the Facilities Supervisor and Co-Ordinator
• Managing the cleaning and security teams
• Problem management and suggest improvements to tasks and issues
• Presenting business cases and project updates to the leadership team
• Managing contractor accounts and contracts to ensure best practice and performance
• Environmental projects and assessments

WHO YOU ARE:

Optiver needs our next Facilities Manager to be someone with:

• 3 years or more experience in a similar role
• Experienced working under pressure
• Ability to work alongside a number of stakeholders with competing priorities
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Exemplary incident management skills
• Willingness to learn and shows initiative to problem solve
• Excellent communication skills
• FM experience in a sole tenanted or Heritage building advantageous

WHAT YOU’LL GET:

• The chance to work alongside diverse, intelligent, and driven peers in a rewarding environment
• Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
• Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages
• Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista
• Regular social events including a family day and annual company trip
• A work-from-home allowance and support.

As an intentionally flat organisation, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected, because we believe our best work is done together.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.