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Working for DIO in Germany

Posted by: Gareth Wilmot, Posted on: 5 August 2024 - Categories: Estates, Germany, Recruitment, Sennelager, Working at DIO
A man in a grey jumper and skirt smiles at the camera in front a road in Germany. The buildings behind him are yellow and white.

Hi, I'm Gareth Wilmot and I'm a Senior Estate Surveyor for DIO in Germany. This role is to provide estate surveying and estate management advice throughout Germany on behalf of the UK MOD. This includes land management for NATO Forward …

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How DIO discovered a mysterious painting of the Falklands War

Posted by: Jon Rickman-Dawson, Posted on: 15 January 2024 - Categories: Defence Estate, Royal Navy, Working at DIO
A DIO employee wearing a blue shirt is seen sitting in front of a striking painting depicting the Falklands War. The abstract image features blues and oranges as it show the Bluff Cove air attacks in June 1982.

I’m the DIO Facilities Manager for HMS Raleigh, a training establishment for new recruits to the Royal Navy. A while ago, I found something a rather unusual painting hidden away in one of the rooms and now I’m on a …

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Interested in working for the Estates Team?

Posted by: Catherine Davies, Posted on: 24 May 2021 - Categories: Accommodation, Estates, Facilities Management

The Estates team is the home of our in-house real estate experts within DIO. We advise, acquire, manage, safeguard and dispose of the Defence land and buildings for our military customers.

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Working in the Government Property Profession

Posted by: Julian Chafer, Posted on: 25 February 2020 - Categories: Working at DIO
An image of HMS Queen Elizabeth, looking towards the stern, taken from a jetty and showing the ship alongside another jetty.

    The Ministry of Defence is one of the largest landowners in the UK with extensive, diverse and unique infrastructure. This DIO-managed estate is vital for Defence personnel to live, work, train and deploy. Life at DIO I joined …

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