Electrical Contractor Software Development

Custom software for electrical contractors and electrical services companies who need job management, compliance documentation, and field operations built around how electrical work actually runs, not how a generic field service platform imagines it does.

  • Job scheduling and dispatch with real-time crew location, job status, and capacity visibility

  • Electrician mobile apps with digital job cards, compliance documentation, photo capture, and offline mode

  • Quoting and estimating with materials libraries, labour rate calculation, and customer approval workflow

  • Compliance certification tracking, materials management, and multi-crew reporting

Recognition

Sound familiar?

  • Chasing electricians for completed job cards and compliance certificates at the end of every week because your field team is still working from paper forms that come back incomplete or never at all?

  • Losing jobs to competitors because your quoting process takes three days and involves manually calculating materials, labour, and markup on a spreadsheet with no audit trail?

In short

RaftLabs builds custom software for electrical contractors. We ship job scheduling and dispatch systems, electrician mobile apps with digital job cards and compliance documentation, quoting and estimating tools with pre-loaded materials libraries, compliance certification tracking with expiry alerts, materials and inventory management, invoicing and payment processing, and multi-crew management platforms. Most projects deliver in 12 to 14 weeks at a fixed cost agreed before work starts.

01 Diagnosis

Problems we solve for electrical contractors

  1. 01
    Problem

    Compliance certificates completed on paper and chased at the end of the week

    Solution

    Paper EIC and EICR forms are filled out on site and handed in at the depot. By the end of the week, forms are missing fields, illegible, or simply not returned. The compliance record for that job is incomplete. When a client or regulator requests documentation months later, the business can't produce it. That's a liability that compounds with every job that goes undocumented.

  2. 02
    Problem

    Quoting large commercial electrical jobs taking three or more days

    Solution

    Commercial electrical jobs require accurate materials pricing across dozens of line items. When a technician or estimator looks up every item from a supplier catalogue one by one, the quote takes days. A competitor with a pre-loaded materials library and standard labour rates sends a proposal the same afternoon. The job is gone before your quote lands.

  3. 03
    Problem

    Multi-crew scheduling without visibility of who is qualified for each job

    Solution

    When crew assignment is manual, the dispatcher may not know which electricians hold current Part P registration, 18th Edition certification, or specialist qualifications for solar PV or EV charging. According to the NECA and Electrical Contractor Magazine's 2024 Profile of the Electrical Contractor, only 13% of NECA member firms invested in technology in 2022, rising to just 33% planning to in 2024, the majority of electrical contractors are still operating without meaningful scheduling or operational software to support accurate crew qualification checks. An unqualified assignment creates a compliance risk and a job that may need to be redone at your cost.

  4. 04
    Problem

    Parts sourced from multiple suppliers with no purchase trail against jobs

    Solution

    When materials come from three or four suppliers and get logged on paper van sheets, it's impossible to reconcile actual parts cost against what was quoted. Jobs close with no accurate materials record. Profitability reporting is guesswork, and over-ordered stock sits on vans untracked.

02 What we ship

Electrical contractor software we ship

  1. Job scheduling and dispatch

    Job scheduling with crew assignment based on availability, location, and required certification level. Domestic installation jobs go to Part P certified electricians; commercial high-voltage work goes to appropriately qualified staff. Real-time crew location and job status give dispatchers full visibility without requiring electricians to manually call in. Priority job insertion handles emergency callouts with automatic notification to the assigned electrician. Recurring job management covers maintenance contracts and inspection schedules. Customers receive notification when an electrician is dispatched and again when they're en route with an estimated arrival time. All previous work records for a site are visible before the electrician arrives.

  2. Electrician mobile app

    Mobile app for iOS and Android with digital job cards that capture all work performed, materials used, and time on site. Electrical installation certificate completion happens within the app: consumer unit details, circuit schedules, test results, and inspector signature capture are all required fields. Photo documentation covers before and after conditions, meter readings, consumer unit labels, and any defects identified. Compliance checklists enforce mandatory fields so no job can be closed without the required documentation. Offline mode keeps the app working in basements, plant rooms, and anywhere else without reliable mobile signal. Parts usage is captured against the job for accurate materials reconciliation at the end of the week.

  3. Quoting and estimating

    Quote builder with a materials library pre-loaded with your standard products, supplier pricing, and preferred alternatives. Labour calculation applies your standard rates to job type, crew size, and estimated duration, with override capability for commercial negotiations. Markup rules apply automatically by job category with margin visibility before the quote goes out. Quote PDFs are branded to your company and sent to the customer for digital approval. Won quotes convert to job orders with all data carried through so nothing needs to be re-entered. Quote history by customer and job type supports pricing review and win rate analysis.

  4. Compliance certification tracking

    Electrical installation certificate management with status tracking across all issued certificates: issued, registered with Part P scheme, and copy sent to customer. Periodic inspection and testing schedules generate automated alerts when properties on service contracts are due for their next inspection. Electrician qualification tracking covers expiry dates for AM2, 18th Edition, Part P, ECS cards, and specialist qualifications, with alerts before expiry. Test result storage for EICR, EIC, and MWC documentation is retrievable by address, certificate number, and date. Compliance reporting for commercial clients managing large property portfolios delivers certification status across all sites on a scheduled basis.

  5. Materials management and inventory

    Van stock management tracks parts inventory per vehicle: current stock levels, reorder thresholds, and parts allocated to open jobs. Purchase orders are created from the field when a job requires materials not on the van. Supplier integration tracks order status and delivery confirmation. Materials cost per job is captured for accurate profitability reporting, showing actual cost against quoted cost. Wastage tracking on commercial projects supports project-level materials reconciliation. Stock take tools handle periodic van inventory audits. Materials allocation from a central store to individual jobs or crews covers larger commercial projects with centralised procurement.

  6. Invoicing and customer communication

    Automated invoice generation on job completion pulls labour, materials, and additional charges from the job record. Integration with Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage sends invoice data to your accounting system without manual re-entry. Staged billing management covers commercial projects with milestone-based invoice schedules. Customer review requests go out automatically after invoice payment, directing satisfied customers to Google or Trustpilot. A customer portal lets clients view job history, download certificates, and track the status of open jobs. Multi-crew performance reporting shows revenue per crew, job completion rate, and average job duration.

03 How we work

How we build electrical contractor software

  1. 01

    Discovery

    We spend the first two weeks understanding your job types, crew structure, compliance documentation requirements, and quoting workflow. We review a sample of completed EIC and EICR forms, talk to a field electrician about how they use their current tools, and map every external system the business depends on. The output is a requirements document that separates what the platform must do from what's nice to have.

  2. 02

    Architecture

    We design the data model around your compliance requirements before writing any code. This covers how certification records are stored and checked at job assignment, how the materials library is structured and updated, what the mobile app stores locally for offline use in basements and plant rooms, and which integrations are required: Xero, Sage, supplier catalogues. You review and approve the architecture before the build begins.

  3. 03

    Build

    Development runs in two-week sprints with a working demo after each sprint. We build job scheduling and crew assignment first, then the mobile app with digital job cards and compliance forms, then quoting and materials management, then invoicing and the customer-facing layers. You test each module against real job scenarios as it completes.

  4. 04

    Launch and Support

    Go-live starts with one crew running on the new system alongside the existing process. When data accuracy is confirmed, the rest of the business cuts over. We monitor the first month, fix any production issues at no additional cost, and hand over documentation and training materials. Post-launch changes are scoped and priced as discrete items.

Companies we've built for

Vodafone
Nike
Microsoft
Cisco
T-Mobile
Aldi
Heineken
GE

04 Track record

What we've shipped for electrical contractors

Faster compliance certificate completion with in-app digital forms
3x
Reduction in quote turnaround time using materials library automation
60%
Week fixed-cost delivery
12-14
Paper job cards, all documentation captured in the field
Zero

05 Case studies

Case studies

06 Client voices

What our clients say

Three-year average engagement. Founders and operators describing the work in their own words. No marketing varnish.

Charles E.
Charles E.
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Entrepreneur at Aggie Technologies

All of the sprints were completed on schedule and on budget. We highly recommend RaftLabs!

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07 Why us

Why choose us?

  1. 01

    Only what you need

    Every feature ties to a specific business goal. You get what you need to launch. Not a bloated spec that takes twice as long and ships half-baked.

  2. 02

    We show up

    Production fire at 11pm? We're there. We take ownership, fix fast, and keep your business running when it matters. No hiding behind tickets.

  3. 03

    Expert, not yes-men

    If the idea won't work, we say so before a line of code is written. Honest advice saves you more than a team that nods along.

08 Questions

Frequently asked questions

Off-the-shelf trade contractor platforms handle standard job creation, invoicing, and basic scheduling well for smaller electrical operations. Custom software is the right choice when your compliance documentation workflow, electrical installation certificates, EICR records, Part P registration, is complex enough that the platform's forms can't capture all required fields accurately; when your quoting process involves materials libraries, supplier pricing, and margin rules the platform's quoting module doesn't support; when you're managing multiple crews with certification-level dispatch requirements; or when you're building a field service product to sell to other contractors. We'll tell you honestly if platform configuration would cover your needs rather than recommending custom development where it adds cost without proportionate benefit.

Yes. Offline functionality is a core requirement for electrical contractor apps, not a nice-to-have. Plant rooms, basements, and commercial buildings are regularly outside reliable mobile coverage. The offline architecture stores the full job record, materials library, and certificate forms locally on the device so the electrician can complete all documentation without signal. Data syncs automatically when connectivity is restored. The engineering consideration is conflict resolution: if a dispatcher updates a job while the electrician is offline, the system needs a defined rule for which update takes precedence when the device reconnects. We design the sync logic around your operational workflow. Typically, the field update takes precedence for on-site work records and the office update takes precedence for scheduling changes.

Yes. Certification tracking is built into the crew assignment layer. Each electrician profile holds their current qualifications: Part P registration, 18th Edition, AM2, ECS card, and any specialist certifications for high-voltage, solar PV, or EV charging installation, with expiry dates. When a job is created and assigned, the system checks that the assigned electrician holds the required certification for that job type. It alerts the dispatcher if an assignment would put an unqualified electrician on a job requiring a specific certification. This protects the business from compliance risk and provides an audit trail of who was qualified for each job at the time it was completed. Certification expiry alerts mean renewals are managed proactively rather than discovered after an electrician has already been dispatched.

A job scheduling and dispatch system with an electrician mobile app and basic invoicing for a single crew typically runs $35,000 to $60,000. Adding quoting and estimating with a materials library, compliance certificate management, and multi-crew reporting brings the total to $65,000 to $110,000. A full platform covering all of the above plus materials inventory management, Xero integration, customer portal, and certification tracking for a larger operation typically runs $100,000 to $160,000. Cost depends on the number of crews, the complexity of the compliance documentation workflow, and how many external system integrations are required. We scope every project before pricing, and the fixed cost is agreed before development starts.

Electrical services software by product

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Talk to us about your electrical contractor software project.

Tell us the operational challenge: job scheduling, compliance documentation, quoting, or multi-crew management. We'll tell you what we'd build and how.

  • Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
  • Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
  • Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
  • 60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
  • All conversations are NDA-protected.