SAFETY
Progress – Tees Fire Systems ’ MD David Hynes aims to continue winning new contracts and growing the business .
All Systems go !
Expansion leads to recruitment drive for Tees Fire Systems
The year is coming to a fantastic close for Riverside Parkheadquartered Tees Fire Systems , with the award of a number of lucrative new contracts leading to the expansion of its premises and a welcome recruitment drive .
The company is celebrating the win of a framework with Sunderland Council and contracts with a major Teesside firm and a national company with blue chip clients for which Tees Fire Systems will work across the whole of the north .
“ These are fantastic wins for Tees Fire Systems ,” says managing director David Hynes , whose firm specialises in the maintenance and installation of alarms , AOVs ( automatic opening vents ), fire safety systems and disabled refuges , CCTV , intruder alarms and access control systems .
“ With the instability of the economy and the threat of recession , to have these contracts in place , more contracts waiting to be confirmed and the promise of further work later in 2023 , is very reassuring .”
The upturn in business has also led to an increase in staff numbers from 40 in 2022 to what will be 50 in January 2023 .
“ We recently appointed a new service contract administrator and have another starting , along with a finance assistant , a business admin apprentice and a fire and security estimator .
“ We ’ ve also promoted an engineer internally and he steps up as estimator . All these roles begin in the New Year .”
David is thrilled that the company ’ s expansion has led to the creation of jobs for local people .
“ Investing in Teesside talent has been a constant throughout Tees Fire Systems ’ history , so it means a lot to me .
“ That we have also been able to promote Jess Ross to business developer and Simone Simms to operations manager is also fantastic .
“ Both ladies have been with us for many years and this continuity , and their dedication , adds to the company ’ s great reputation for being reliable , fair and honest .
“ We believe in internal progression and rewarding our staff with promotion when it ’ s deserved , and these two ladies have really proved very worthy .”
Also up for grabs are roles for four full-time engineers and two engineering apprentices , who will be employed in March with a view to the company ’ s new contracts starting in April .
With the addition of so many new staff members , David has taken the decision to extend the company office space in order to house the new starters . The extension will see three additional offices and a training room for engineers .
The work will commence in January , but in the meantime , it ’ s all hands on deck as current contracts continue or come to fruition .
“ We have just handed over Hartlepool Hospital , which was one of our largest projects , and continue to work on both the North Tees Hospital and the Friarage Hospital ,” says David .
David ’ s father Kevin , who founded Tees Fire Systems in 1996 and handed over the reins to David in 2020 , must be happy with the way his son is expanding the business .
“ Tees Fire Systems has always been a family concern and I had a lot to live up to ,” smiles David .
“ I ’ m thrilled that I have retained the company ’ s great reputation and moved it on a level by tapping into different markets , while retaining the work we ’ ve always had .”
As for the future , the aim is simple – a continuance of the current growth and an injection of new blood .
“ We are lucky that all the apprentices we take on are offered full-time roles after they have finished training and choose to stay with us ,” says David .
“ One thing I am aware of however , is the lack of female engineers – I ’ ve never come across one yet , so that ’ s something that , as a forward-thinking company , we are really keen to change .”
To learn more about TFS and job opportunities , visit teesfire . co . uk
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