Xwatch grows training provision through promotion

Xwatch Safety Solutions has promoted two of its experienced installation engineers as the business strengthens its training capability in the UK and across its growing global network.

Adam Guilfoyle has been appointed senior product support trainer, while Billy Hughes has been promoted to the same role. Both will focus on delivering technical training to Xwatch engineers, as well as supporting customers and partner companies with training for their own engineering teams.

Xwatch Safety Solutions promotes Billy Hughes (left) and Adam Guilfoyle. (Image: Xwatch).

The appointments come as Xwatch continues its development as part of Hexagon, following the completion of the acquisition of the business. Hexagon announced the acquisition of Xwatch in April 2024, which provides machine control hardware and software technologies designed to improve safety protocols on construction sites.

Its technologies include height control, slew control, and rated capacity indication for heavy machinery, enabling operators to set working limits and improve safety around excavators and other plant.

The business operates within Hexagon’s broader safety and construction technology portfolio, alongside companies such as Leica Geosystems and IDS GeoRadar. 

Against that backdrop, the new training roles for Guilfoyle and Hughes mark an important step in supporting Xwatch’s next phase of growth.

Both Adam and Billy started their Xwatch careers as installation engineers. Their new roles will see them dedicated to training company engineers, helping to ensure that installation standards, product knowledge and technical confidence remain consistent as Xwatch systems are fitted to more machines in more markets around the world.

Stepping up support 

Jemma Dycer Hopkins, operations manager at Xwatch Safety Solutions, said, “Billy and Adam have both earned these promotions through their technical knowledge, work ethic and the way they support the wider engineering team. Both joined Xwatch as installation engineers, so they understand the job from the ground up.

“As the person responsible for deploying our engineers, I see firsthand how important good training is. It gives engineers confidence, helps maintain high standards, and ensures customers receive the level of support they expect from Xwatch.

“These new roles give Billy and Adam the opportunity to pass on their experience in a more structured way, whether they are training Xwatch engineers here in the UK or supporting customer and partner engineering teams around the world. It is a brilliant step forward for them both, and it strengthens the support we can offer as Xwatch continues to grow.”

Xwatch added that the promotions also underline the importance of developing people from within the business. By moving experienced installation engineers into dedicated training roles, the company said it is putting practical site knowledge at the centre of its training programme, helping engineers learn from people who have worked directly on the machines, systems and customer sites themselves.