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Hands-on facilities professional responsible for day-to-day maintenance and upkeep of the London Victoria office. Acts as the main point of contact for building issues, supports planned and reactive works, and oversees contractors for renovations and maintenance. Plays a key role in health & safety, compliance, inductions, audits and emergency response, and supports IT and other teams with office moves and requests. Works closely with the Facilities Manager, Office Manager and external partners to maintain high standards across the office.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Description
About Javelin
Javelin Global Commodities is a leading global commodities marketing, trading, logistics services and investment firm with head offices in London and wider global offices in New York, Dallas, San Diego, St Louis, Canada, Switzerland, Poland, Dubai, India, Singapore, China and Australia. Javelin was founded in 2015 and now operates across 100 countries and six continents with respect to more than 20 different commodities across thermal coal, metallurgical coal, iron ore, steel scrap, metals, hydrocarbons, freight, agriculture, and renewables.
Established in 2015, Javelin employs over 200 people and is a unique place to grow your career. We take pride in our values, global reach, meritocratic culture and strong work ethic. Our success over the years has been built on our guiding principles of customer service, creativity, transparency, integrity, and responsibility.
Whilst our footprint grows, we still foster a small-company atmosphere. We have a flat company structure and encourage collaboration across all seniority levels, teams and locations to generate the best ideas. Javelin has a dedicated strategy to support local and meaningful charities through volunteer days, donation matching, a ‘give as you earn’ scheme and other fundraising activities. We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and organise various social evenings, sports clubs and lunchtime activities. Our London office has on-site gym facilities and a golf/sports simulator. Discover more at http://www.javelincommodities.com/.
The Role
We are looking for a hands-on Facilities professional to help maintain a safe, efficient and well-run office environment at our London Victoria site. This is a varied, practical role where you’ll take ownership of day-to-day building maintenance, act as the main point of contact for facilities issues, and support planned and reactive works across both soft and hard FM services. You’ll work closely with the Facilities Manager, Office Manager, IT and external contractors, playing a key role in health & safety, compliance, inductions, audits and emergency response, while building strong relationships with colleagues across the business.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Hands on facilities maintenance role, be confident to carry out repairs, completing maintenance tasks inhouse where possible
- Maintaining high standards of building fabric and associated works across the office
- Act as the main point of contact for any building issues via the Facilities Helpdesk
- Ongoing monitoring and proactive maintenance of facilities tasks including oversight of maintenance renovations, refurbishments, and building projects with external contractors, monitoring KPIs and SLAs
- Reviewing and organising scheduled works with external contractors, completing inhouse maintenance checks such as water management tasks
- Provide training to all new joiners, including a building tour
- Manging administrative tasks including completing work permits, updating PPM spreadsheets, closing completed actions, updating FM logbooks, recording worksheets
- Carry out building audits, including cleaning and H&S checks
- Maintain health and safety policies and procedures in the office, including acting as a fire marshal and first aider
- Provide cover in the absence of the Facilities Manager
- Support the Facilities Manager, Office Manager and Head of Infrastructure with all building requests
- Support IT department with any office moves and changes
- Respond quickly and effectively to building emergencies
- Liaise with landlord on building management and service charges
- Build strong relationships with all employees at Javelin




