DIO – Quantity Surveyor

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

SE Region and PFIs (SERP) is one of the main delivery areas of the DIO delivering Hard and Soft Facilities Management and extensive construction programmes. Outputs are delivered across the UK with a centre of mass in the SE of the United Kingdom.

The SE Region covers an area stretching from the Thames Estuary across to Oxfordshire and South to Portsmouth. This includes the complexities of the Central London Estate, the strategic importance of RAF Brize Norton and the history and reputation of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Hard Facilities Management is delivered through a single contract for the whole Region and Soft Facilities Management is delivered through two sector leading Soft Services contracts. We focus on delivery of outputs and providing cogent estate advice with day-to-day contact with our customers.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

As a Quantity Surveyor within the South East Region and Private Finance Initiatives (SERP) team, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of Facilities Management and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts that directly enable Defence operations across the UK.

This is a unique opportunity to work across a diverse estate that includes military headquarters, airfields, training establishments and operational bases, providing expert commercial and cost assurance support to ensure value for money, compliance and effective contract performance.

Working as part of the Performance and Technical Team, you will review and challenge contractor pricing submissions, support cost forecasting and assurance activities, provide contractual advice to site teams, and help drive continuous improvement across a portfolio worth billions of pounds throughout its life cycle.

You will work closely with DIO colleagues, industry partners and senior stakeholders, helping to deliver safe, compliant and sustainable infrastructure that enables Defence personnel to live, work, train and deploy.

This role offers excellent development opportunities for individuals with a commercial, construction, facilities management or quantity surveying background who are looking to build their experience within a complex and rewarding environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide cost assurance and quantity surveying support across Facilities Management and PFI contracts.
• Review, challenge and validate contractor quotations, pricing submissions and cost proposals.
• Support the delivery of value-for-money outcomes across Additional Works and infrastructure projects.
• Advise site teams and stakeholders on commercial processes, contractual requirements and pricing mechanisms.
• Assist with cost forecasting, budget monitoring and financial reporting activities.
• Support contract performance monitoring and help identify opportunities for improvement.
• Produce reports, analysis and recommendations to support decision-making by senior leaders.
• Build effective relationships with DIO teams, customers, commercial specialists and industry partners.
• Support risk management activities, ensuring commercial and contractual risks are identified and managed appropriately.
• Contribute to assurance reviews, audits and governance activities across the region.
• Promote compliance with MOD and DIO policies, standards and contractual obligations.
• Support the delivery of a safe, compliant and operationally effective Defence estate.

Qualified Quantity Surveyor or Cost Manager

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.

Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the CV and Personal Statement

In this instance the remaining elements will be tested at interview.

At application you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

Experience:

• CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Personal Statement 750 words

• Experience of supporting commercial, cost management, quantity surveying or contract management activities.
• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships and influencing outcomes.
• Experience of identifying and managing risks, issues or performance concerns.
• Your ability to deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced and complex environment.

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Experience:

• Career history
• Experiences

Interviews will be conducted in person, and you will receive confirmation of the location as soon as possible.

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

To assist with your application please find attached below:

1. DIO Candidate Information Guide

2. Functional Framework if applicable?

For help and support with your application check out our

Civil Service Careers Homepage and the How to apply section

Further information:

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.