As a Graduate Quantity Surveyor you will take part in a structured training scheme approved by the RICS, be fully encouraged and supported throughout the programme to gain knowledge and be provided with experienced supervisors and counsellors who will oversee your work and provide guidance. You will have regular meetings with your supervisor/counsellor to discuss progress and update your Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) diary and Continued Professional Development (CPD) log.
There are 3 posts available across two of DIO’s business areas: Major Programmes & Projects (MPP) and Regional Delivery (RD).
Major Programmes & Projects
MPP are the capital infrastructure delivery specialists to the DIO & MOD. Based in the UK & overseas, our dedicated professionals are passionate about the work they do and the projects we deliver as an organisation. These include the development of runways and jetties, key refurbishments, accommodation for US forces and much more. MPP’s portfolio includes high profile and complex projects, with our major programmes in value over £1bn. We have 7 directorates, some which are directly aligned to our Front-Line Commands which strengthens our support in the delivery of Capital Infrastructure. Army, Air, Navy, UK-StratCom, United States Visiting Forces (USVF), Defence Continuity Team (DCT) and the Portfolio Office. All are diverse and unique, delivering excellence to our customers and stakeholders.
Regional Delivery
RD is a large, complex and geographically dispersed operation within the DIO covering circa 58,000 assets, across over 500 sites and 275,000 Ha of freehold and leasehold estate in the UK and a further 580,000 Ha overseas; with a multitude of £multi-million contracts to manage. We deliver soft and hard FM services - building, maintaining, and servicing – across the majority of MODs built assets in the UK and overseas; hard and soft FM services across MODs training estate, including feeding, accommodation, range bookings, targetry support, management of the rural training estate and tenanted estates; administration of UK and Overseas utility contracts, bill payments, and recoveries; and management of the USVF Built Estate comprising c.4503 assets.
Quantity Surveyors are highly trained professionals offering expert advice on construction costs. They are essential for life cycle costing, cost planning, procurement and tendering, contract administration and commercial management. The DIO employs approximately 50 Quantity Surveyors in the UK and abroad. They work on a range of fascinating multi-million pound projects covering a range of exciting programmes in the UK & overseas.