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| RAIL PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW
Interview
Peter Lindley, Managing Director at SigTech Rail Consultancy Ltd Sam Sherwood-Hale spoke to Peter Lindley about his signalling career, how SigTech came to be and what the company’s journey has been like so far I suppose), nearly 30 years of railway signalling experience, personal finances and many, many hours in the office all into getting SigTech to where it is today. What was the inspiration for starting the company? My passion for railway signalling and knowing I could do things better and more efficiently. I believe there’s room for improvement in the industry, and SigTech has an important role to play. You became Managing Director in January 2019, how did your role and day-to-day work change? It just got more intense, there’s a lot more to do now and I am having to focus more on the management side of things. This is great because we are busy, but bad because we’re not quite at the level where I can go out on track to see the workforce in action. You have extensive experience in trackside signalling work, when did you make the leap to a management role and what was that transition like? The first two years were all about learning the office side of things, but I had to keep one foot on track and the other in the office. That’s because I know I have to be able to see things from both perspectives to be effective in my management role. This third year has proved that thought process/decision to be a good one. It hasn’t been easy I must say, very challenging and also enjoyable? You have been with SigTech Rail since its founding in 2016, what has the journey been like so far? Tough, big learning curve and lots of juggling! It’s been challenging, seeing a world I know so well from a different Rail Professional
perspective (as a director) was a bit daunting, it has also been very exhilarating. It has been rewarding, especially when you go on sites and see other people wearing PPE with your company name on their backs doing the job right and professionally. I’ve put in my reputation (good and bad
Your signalling career goes back nearly 30 years – how has the technology changed in that time? Computers, Internet, remote monitoring of signalling, high speed data transfer and fibre optic communications. There weren’t
