Estimator Support

We’re looking for an organised, detail-focused Estimator Support to join the R.D. Jukes team. You’ll provide essential administrative and technical support to the Estimating team - managing quotation enquiries from registration through to write-up, carrying out basic quantity take-offs, and inputting material and labour quantities into the Trimble estimating system. You’ll also draw on strong electrical product knowledge to support estimators, and provide cover to the Procurement function during periods of absence or peak workload, including sourcing materials and equipment, checking supplier stock, raising purchase orders, and booking in deliveries. Day to day, you’ll register and file quotation enquiries and drawings, issue and progress supplier enquiries, maintain the estimating database, attend weekly estimating meetings, and keep the business up to date on daily copper rate changes. It’s a varied role at the heart of the business - ideal for someone who’s organised, proactive, and

We assess all candidates against our SKEB framework - the Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Behaviours required to succeed in this role and contribute to our mission of keeping people safe., * Strong administrative and organisational skills, able to manage multiple quotation enquiries, files, and deadlines accurately

• Confident use of Excel and estimating software (e.g. Trimble) to input material and labour quantities
• Ability to carry out basic quantity take-offs from technical drawings, particularly for luminaires and associated materials
• Competent using online systems and portals to source and track plant, materials, and equipment

Knowledge

• Understanding of the quotation and estimating process, including enquiry registration, supplier enquiries, and write-ups
• Working knowledge of purchase order processes and supplier stock checking
• Knowledge of electrical products, materials, and suppliers within the wholesaling or estimating sector (desirable)

Experience

• Previous administrative or coordination experience, ideally within an estimating, procurement, or technical sales environment
• Experience inputting data accurately from schedules or drawings into a database or software system
• Many years of experience within the electrical wholesaling sector, with established product knowledge and supplier contacts (desirable)

Behaviours

• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail across quotations, records, and documentation
• Reliable and proactive, able to progress enquiries and follow up outstanding information
• Effective communicator, confident liaising with suppliers, estimators, and project teams
• Collaborative team player, willing to support Procurement during busy periods or absence, * Do you have previous experience in an administrative, estimating, procurement or technical sales role?
• Do you have a background working within the Electrical industry?

Pulled from the full job description

• Free parking
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Company events, At Ventro Group, our values aren’t just words on a wall - they define how we work, how we treat each other, and how we deliver for our customers. We look for people who share these principles and can demonstrate them every day.

Right from the Start - Get it right first time, take pride in quality, and always deliver for the customer.

Extreme Ownership - Own your outcomes, understand your impact, and bring solutions not problems.

Day 1 Mindset - Stay hungry, stay lean, put the customer first, and be better today than yesterday.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity to be part of a PE-backed, high-growth business with genuine career progression
• Investment in your professional development and training
• A values-driven culture where your contribution is recognised and rewarded
• The chance to work in a sector that makes a real difference to people’s safety, * Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme

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 our operations, investing in our people, and setting new standards across the fire safety sector.

Operating through our specialist brands - Ventro, Firntec, HJS, and RD Jukes - we provide a comprehensive range of fire safety and building compliance solutions including:

• 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
• Electrical engineering: mains infrastructure, power distribution, standby power, UPS/IPS, emergency lighting, and life-safety systems

With KLAR Partners’ investment and strategic support, Ventro Group is positioned for significant expansion. This is an exciting time to join a business that is professionalising at pace, building best-in-class infrastructure, and making a genuine difference to the safety of buildings and the people who live and work in them.

About R.D. Jukes

R.D. Jukes is Ventro Group’s newest acquisition, bringing a long-standing reputation for delivering specialist electrical engineering services, particularly across the NHS and wider public sector.

R.D. Jukes brings extensive technical expertise across mains infrastructure, power distribution and complex electrical systems, including standby power, UPS and IPS solutions designed to support critical environments. The business also delivers advanced emergency lighting, electrical testing and compliance services, alongside specialist systems such as nurse call, and life-safety systems, where reliability and precision are essential.

Joining R.D. Jukes means becoming part of a respected, close-knit team with decades of technical expertise - now backed by the investment, infrastructure, and growth opportunities of Ventro Group.