Sales Surveyor - Fire Safety
Birmingham - Full-Time, Permanent
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 across the fire safety sector.
Operating through our specialist brands – Ventro, Firntec, and HJS – we deliver:
- Passive fire protection and fire stopping solutions
- Fire compartmentation surveys and remediation
- Fire risk assessments and compliance consultancy
- Fire door inspection, maintenance, and replacement
The Role - Fire Safety Sales Surveyor
We are hiring a Fire Safety Sales Surveyor to join our Midlands team in a field-based, dual-role position combining technical surveying with consultative sales.
This role is ideal for someone with experience in fire safety, construction, or compliance who enjoys being both on-site carrying out surveys and commercial activity driving revenue growth.
You will:
- Conduct 2–3 site visits per week, carrying out fire safety surveys and pre-works inspections
- Produce accurate quotes and estimates for passive fire protection works
- Manage key client accounts while developing new business opportunities
- Deliver a consultative sales approach within social housing, local authorities, and healthcare sectors
This is a high-impact role where your technical expertise and commercial mindset will directly contribute to business growth and improved building safety standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out fire safety surveys, site inspections, and technical assessments
- Gather site data, measurements, and photographic evidence to support quoting and delivery
- Generate accurate quotations, estimates, and scopes of work
- Deliver consultative selling, aligning solutions to client compliance needs
- Build and maintain key account relationships across public sector clients
- Identify and convert new business leads and sales opportunities
- Promote passive fire protection, fire stopping, and compartmentation services
- Engage with senior stakeholders and decision-makers
- Support tenders, frameworks, and procurement processes
- Maintain CRM systems and ensure a strong, active sales pipeline
What We’re Looking For
We assess all candidates against our Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Behaviours required to succeed in this role and contribute to our mission of keeping people safe.
Skills
- Strong consultative sales and technical surveying skills
- Ability to produce accurate quotes and cost estimates
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder engagement
- Confident working independently in a field-based role
- Strong commercial awareness and pipeline management
Knowledge
- Understanding of fire safety regulations, passive fire protection, or building compliance
- Working knowledge of surveying or estimating processes
- Awareness of public sector procurement frameworks (desirable)
Experience
- Experience as a Surveyor, Sales Surveyor, Estimator, or Technical Sales professional
- Background in fire safety, construction, compliance, or social housing sectors
- Proven success in key account management and business development
- Experience conducting site surveys, inspections, or pre-scoping works
- Track record of winning work and generating revenue
Behaviours
- Driven, target-oriented, and commercially focused
- Strong ownership mindset with accountability for results
- Customer-first approach with excellent communication skills
- Proactive, organised, and self-motivated
- Committed to quality, safety, and compliance excellence
Our Values
Right from the Start – Deliver quality and get it right first time
Extreme Ownership – Take accountability and deliver outcomes
Day 1 Mindset – Stay agile, ambitious, and customer-focused
What We Offer
- Salary £30,000 – £40,000 + uncapped commission / bonus
- Company vehicle or car allowance
- Career progression within a fast-growing, PE-backed business
- Ongoing professional development in fire safety and compliance
- Opportunity to make a real impact in life safety
- Supportive, collaborative culture
How to Apply
Apply now with your CV highlighting your experience in:
- Fire safety / passive fire protection / compliance
- Surveying, estimating, or technical sales
- Key account management or business development
Ventro Group values diversity and promotes equality. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to support your application.
Note: Ventro Group prefer to hire directly and will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible. We do not accept speculative CVs and no fee will be applicable if sent.
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Pay: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Experience:
- Fire Safety industry: 3 years (required)
Location:
- Birmingham B30 (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham B30
