Signal
Signal is a cloud-based workforce platform for rail, construction, and plant teams, including contractors, train operators, plant providers, and staffing age…
What Signal is
Signal is a cloud-based workforce platform for rail, construction, and plant teams, including contractors, train operators, plant providers, and staffing agencies. Rostering tools schedule workers by availability, preference, or proximity to a work site, and can recommend workers for shifts. Fatigue scores cover planned and actual hours and update using factors such as location, travel time, hotel, shift time, and breaks. The Safety Guard Algorithm considers fatigue alongside travel time, working regulations, competence, and site experience. Managers can set alerts for weekly hours, consecutive shifts, minimum breaks, and shift length. Signal also tracks rail compliance items such as passports, visa expiries, medicals, and PTS. Workers can view upcoming work, availability, shift details, travel and hotel bookings, and sign off timesheets through the web app. Timesheets work on mobile or desktop and can include digital signatures, GPS stamps, authorisation, and PDF generation. Shift changes can be sent by email, text, or push notification. Payroll data can be exported through the API or configurable files. Pricing is available on request.
Good
- Schedules staff by availability, preference, or site proximity.
- Fatigue scores update for planned and actual hours.
- Tracks rail compliance items including medicals and PTS.
- Timesheets support signatures, GPS stamps, and PDF generation.
Watch out
- Pricing is available only on request.
- The listed product is focused on workforce sectors including rail, construction, and plant.
Who it suits
Signal suits rail, construction, and plant workforce managers handling shift allocation, fatigue, compliance, and timesheets. Workers can use its web app to check upcoming work and sign off timesheets.
Verdict
Signal combines rostering, fatigue monitoring, compliance tracking, and timesheets for workforce operations. Contact the maker for pricing and a demo before deciding whether it fits your team.
The facts
Each one read from Signal's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Availability
- The maker states that its cloud infrastructure has 99.99% reliability.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Signal monitors rail-specific compliance items such as passports, visa expiries, medicals and PTS.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Digital timesheets
- Timesheets work on mobile or desktop and can include digital signatures, GPS stamps, authorisation and PDF generation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Fatigue monitoring
- Fatigue scores update in real time using factors such as location, travel time, hotel, shift time, and breaks, for planned and actual hours.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Hosting providers
- The listed subprocessors include Azure UK CDN for primary hosting and Rackspace UK for secondary hosting.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists shift imports from Primavera P6 and Oracle, a Signal API or custom exports for payroll, and integration with Syrinx for plant management.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Signal as built for rail, construction, and plant workforces, including contractors, train operators, plant providers, and staffing agencies.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- The worker app can send shift-change updates by email, text or push notification.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Workers and clients can receive shift change information by email, text, or push notification.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Other integrations
- The maker says shifts can be imported from Primavera P6 and Oracle, and its plant management product integrates with Syrinx.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Payroll integration
- Signal supports payroll data exports through its API or configurable export files.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Pricing availability
- The pages reviewed direct visitors to book a demo and do not state a price.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Signal is a cloud-based workforce platform built for the rail industry, including contractors, train operators, plant providers and staffing agencies.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Rostering
- The rostering tools schedule staff by availability, preference, or proximity to a work site and can automatically recommend workers for shifts.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Safety checks
- Its Safety Guard Algorithm combines fatigue, travel time, working regulations, competence and site experience when assessing schedules.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Scheduling and fatigue
- It schedules shifts and calculates fatigue scores for planned and actual hours, with alerts for management and workers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- Signal says it uses SSL encryption and is GDPR compliant.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- The maker lists ISO/IEC 27001, ICO compliance, Cyber Essentials, RISQS, Constructionline, and ACCLAIM accreditations.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Signal invites prospective customers to book a demo and says it can advise on product use and practical ways to get started.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Working time rules
- The system can alert on maximum weekly hours, consecutive shifts, minimum breaks, and shift length, with custom alerts assignable to clients or workers.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Company contact location
- The contact page lists an address at 71–75 Shelton Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Worker app
- The Signal web app gives workers a view of their upcoming work and supports shift details, availability, travel and hotel bookings, and timesheet sign-off.checked 4 Oct 2026
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