Ventro - Fire Compliance
Fire Door Estimator
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About Ventro Group
Ventro Group is a leading fire safety and building compliance business, delivering critical life safety services across the United Kingdom. Backed by private equity investment from KLAR Partners, we are on an ambitious growth trajectory, scaling operations, investing in people, and setting new standards in the fire safety sector.
Operating through specialist brands Ventro, Firntec, and HJS, we provide a comprehensive range of solutions:
- Active fire protection: Fire alarm design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance
- Passive fire protection: Fire stopping, compartmentation surveys, and remediation
- Façade inspection, assessment, and remediation
- Fire risk assessments and building compliance consultancy
- Fire door inspection, maintenance, and replacement
With KLAR Partners' investment and strategic support, Ventro Group is positioned for significant expansion. This is an exciting opportunity to join a business that values professionalism, best-class infrastructure, and genuine impacts on the safety of buildings and occupants.
The Role: Fire Door Estimator
This is a rare opportunity to join Ventro Group’s Passive Fire Division at a pivotal growth phase and play a key role in securing work for our delivery teams and clients.
As our Fire Door Estimator, you will lead our preconstruction capability, producing accurate, competitive, and compliant cost estimates for passive fire protection projects across the UK. Reporting to the Sales Manager, you will collaborate closely with sales, engineering, and project delivery teams.
Duties & Responsibilities
You will be expected to:
- Take ownership of detailed cost estimates for fire doors, fire stopping, compartmentation, and associated passive fire systems
- Analyze drawings, specifications, and technical documents to build accurate pricing submissions
- Support the sales team in generating quotations and tender submissions while working with suppliers to secure competitive pricing
- Identify technical risks, scope gaps, and compliance issues before complications arise on-site
- Attend site surveys as required, ensuring your estimates reflect real-world conditions
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This role has direct commercial impact, influencing project values from £10k to £1M+. Your ability to balance competitiveness and margin will be crucial. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy managing multiple tenders simultaneously, and take pride in precision, this role aligns perfectly with your strengths.
What We’re Looking For
We assess all candidates against our SKEB framework: the Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Behaviours essential for success. These principles support our mission: keeping people safe.
Skills
- Strong estimating and cost modelling ability—numerical precision and analytical thinking
- Proficiency in Excel and estimating software
- Expertise in reading architectural drawings and specifications
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills for multi-project tender pipelines
- Ability to communicate complex technical details clearly to stakeholders
Knowledge
- Deep understanding of passive fire protection—fire stopping, compartmentation, fire doors, and coatings
- Familiarity with Building Regulations Part B and relevant British Standards
- Knowledge of construction pricing structures (labour, materials, subcontractors)
- Advantage: Experience with third-party certification schemes (e.g., FIRAS, BM TRADA)
- Broad knowledge of construction contracts and tendering processes
Experience
- Proven estimator with a track record of accurate, competitive bids in construction
- Exposure to passive fire protection or fire stopping is ideal
- Experience working directly from drawings, specifications, and tender packages under commercial deadlines
- Preferred: Conducting site surveys and managing cross-functional collaboration between sales, delivery teams, and tender pipelines
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Behaviours
- Takes personal accountability for work quality and deadlines
- Proactive, collaborative, and compliance-conscious
- Continuous improvement mindset with commercial awareness
- Capable of managing high-pressure situations with clarity and efficiency
Our Values
At Ventro Group, our core values shaped by action:
- Right from the Start: Deliver the best first time, prioritize customer success.
- Extreme Ownership: Influence outcomes, take responsibility, bring solutions—not problems.
- Day 1 Mindset: Stay curious, lean, and client-focused—progress daily.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Career progression in a PE-backed, high-growth business
- Investment in professional development and training
- Values-driven culture with recognized contributions
- Sector impact in fire safety, shaping safer environments
How to Apply
If this opportunity resonates, email your CV to recruitment@ventrogroup.co.uk with the subject line:
"Fire Door Scheduler and Estimator — Somerset"
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; apply early. Next steps include:
- A competency-based interview
- A practical estimating exercise
Diversity, inclusion, and equality are core to Ventro Group. We invite applications from all backgrounds and are happy to make adjustments for support. Speculative applications are unsolicited; no fees apply.
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