Underwood-based fire and security alarm maintenance and installation specialists Tecserv UK has appointed Paul Hopcroft as security project manager.

Paul has more than 29 years of experience within the fire and security industry, starting out at Shorrock Security as an installation engineer and progressing to installation supervisor before moving into their national account division as a project engineer.

More recently Paul worked for Clymac Fire and Security as their senior technical engineer which involved project design support, internal auditing, engineer training and mentoring and providing onsite engineer support.

In his new role at Tecserv UK he will be responsible for all security projects involving the installation of intruder alarms, access control and CCTV systems and will manage all projects from confirmation of order right the way through to completion and successful handover to the customer.

Commenting on joining Tecserv UK, Paul said: “I was seeking a new challenge and when I heard about the opportunity to join Tecserv I jumped at the opportunity to join such a well-respected company. The team is well renown within the industry for its consultative approach and reputation for delivering high levels of customer service.”

In his spare time Paul, who lives in Selston, enjoys playing inline roller hockey and has represented Great Britain in four separate world championship competitions.  He is married with two children and also enjoy a relaxing round of golf.