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.
Off-the-shelf field service tools handle basic job creation and invoicing. We build the compliance documentation workflow, materials tracking, and multi-crew dispatch that keeps electrical operations running without the paperwork overhead pulling technicians off billable work.
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
Summary
RaftLabs builds custom software for electrical contractors and electrical services companies. We develop job scheduling and dispatch systems, electrician mobile apps with job cards, compliance documentation, and photo capture, quoting and estimating tools, compliance certification tracking, materials and inventory management, invoicing and payment processing, customer communication tools, and multi-crew management platforms. Fixed cost, 12-14 week delivery.
3xFaster compliance certificate completion with in-app digital forms
·60%Reduction in quote turnaround time using materials library automation
·12-14Week fixed-cost delivery
·ZeroPaper job cards -- all documentation captured in the field
Electrical contractor software built for compliance, field operations, and multi-crew management
Electrical contracting has compliance requirements that generic field service software doesn't handle -- installation certificates, test result records, Part P notifications, and compliance documentation that needs to be accurate, complete, and retrievable years after the job is done. Adding multi-crew dispatch, materials tracking across multiple jobs, and a quoting process fast enough to win commercial contracts, and the operational complexity exceeds what most field service platforms were designed for.
We've built job management and field operations platforms for trade contractors. We design for the compliance and documentation reality of electrical work, not a simplified job-and-invoice model.
What we build
Job scheduling and dispatch
Job scheduling with crew assignment based on availability, location, and required certification level -- domestic installation jobs assigned to Part P certified electricians, commercial high-voltage work assigned to appropriately qualified staff. Real-time crew location and job status visibility for dispatchers without requiring electricians to manually update their status. Priority job insertion for emergency callouts with automatic notification to the assigned electrician. Recurring job management for maintenance contracts and inspection schedules. Customer notification when an electrician is dispatched and when they are en route with an estimated arrival time. Job history by address and customer so returning to a site means all previous work records are available before the electrician arrives.
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 within the app with all required fields -- consumer unit details, circuit schedules, test results, and inspector signature capture. Photo documentation for before and after conditions, meter readings, consumer unit labels, and any defects identified. Compliance checklist completion with mandatory field enforcement so no job can be closed without the required documentation. Offline mode so the app works in basements, plant rooms, and anywhere else without reliable mobile signal. Parts usage capture against job for accurate materials reconciliation at the end of the week.
Quoting and estimating
Quote builder with a materials library pre-loaded with your standard products, supplier pricing, and preferred alternatives. Labour calculation based on job type, crew size, and estimated duration -- applying your standard labour rates with override capability for commercial negotiations. Markup rules applied automatically by job category with margin visibility before the quote is sent. Quote PDF generation branded to your company and sent to the customer for digital approval. Quote status tracking with automated follow-up when a quote goes unanswered. Won quote conversion to job order with all quote data carried through to the job record so nothing needs to be re-entered. Quote history by customer and job type for pricing review and win rate analysis.
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 schedule management with automated alerts when properties on service contracts are due for their next inspection. Electrician qualification and certification tracking -- expiry dates for AM2, 18th Edition, Part P, ECS cards, and any specialist qualifications -- with alerts before expiry. Test result storage for EICR, EIC, and MWC documentation retrievable by address, certificate number, and date. Compliance reporting for commercial clients managing large property portfolios who need a scheduled delivery of certification status across their sites.
Materials management and inventory
Van stock management with a parts inventory per vehicle -- current stock levels, reorder thresholds, and parts allocated to open jobs. Purchase order creation from the field when a job requires materials not on the van. Supplier integration for order status tracking and delivery confirmation. Materials cost capture per job for accurate job profitability reporting -- actual materials cost against quoted materials cost. Wastage tracking for commercial projects with project-level materials reconciliation. Stock take tools for periodic van inventory audits. Materials allocation from a central store to individual jobs or crews for larger commercial projects with centralised materials procurement.
Invoicing and customer communication
Automated invoice generation on job completion with labour, materials, and any additional charges pulled from the job record. Integration with Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage so invoice data flows to your accounting system without manual re-entry. Staged billing management for commercial projects with milestone-based invoice schedule. Customer review request automation sent after invoice payment -- directing satisfied customers to Google or Trustpilot. Customer portal for viewing job history, downloading certificates, and tracking the status of open jobs. Multi-crew performance reporting with revenue per crew, job completion rate, and average job duration for operations management.
Problems we solve for electrical contractors
Electrical compliance certificates completed on paper and chased at the end of the week, arriving back incomplete or not at all
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 cannot produce it.
Multi-crew dispatch without certification checks, risking unqualified electricians assigned to jobs requiring Part P or specialist qualifications
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. An unqualified assignment creates a compliance risk, a potential liability, and a job that may need to be redone.
Quoting large commercial electrical jobs taking three or more days because materials pricing is looked up manually from supplier catalogues
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, the quote takes days. A competitor with a pre-loaded materials library sends a proposal the same afternoon.
No record of which electrician was qualified for a specific job at the time it was completed, creating audit risk
If a certification dispute or insurance claim arises after job completion, the business needs to demonstrate that the assigned electrician was qualified at the time. Without a system that logs qualification status at the point of job assignment, this is impossible to prove reliably.
Periodic inspection schedules for commercial property portfolios managed in spreadsheets, with no automated alert when an EICR is due
Commercial property managers expect their electrical contractor to proactively flag when a building is due for its next periodic inspection. When due dates are tracked in a spreadsheet and reviewed manually, properties are missed. The contract goes to a contractor who sends the alert automatically.
Van stock levels unknown until an electrician calls mid-job to say they lack a required component, forcing a second site visit
Without per-van stock tracking, electricians leave in the morning without knowing what materials they have available. A missing consumer unit fuse board or cable length discovered mid-install means a return trip, a delayed completion, and an invoice that cannot be raised until the second visit.
How we work with electrical contractors
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 -- or avoid -- their current tools, and map every external system the business depends on. The output is a requirements document that distinguishes what the platform must do from what is nice to have.
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 -- Xero, Sage, supplier catalogues -- are required. You review and approve the architecture before the build begins.
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.
Offline mode for the mobile app is tested explicitly: an electrician works through a full compliance form in a signal-dead environment, reconnects, and we verify the data lands in the back office correctly. Every integration -- accounting sync, supplier catalogue, certification alert emails -- is tested against your live or staging systems before go-live.
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.
What to ask any electrical contractor software team
Technical depth
Does the mobile app work fully offline and sync compliance documentation and job records when signal returns?
Can the crew assignment engine check current electrician certifications against job requirements before dispatch?
Does the quoting module support a pre-loaded materials library with supplier pricing that propagates to quotes automatically?
How is certification expiry tracked -- and what alerts are sent before a qualification lapses?
Domain experience
Have you built compliance documentation workflows for electrical contractors -- EIC, EICR, Part P, and test results?
Do you understand the difference between domestic and commercial electrical job types and the certification requirements for each?
Have you integrated with accounting systems like Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage from a field invoicing workflow?
Delivery model
Is the project priced at a fixed cost agreed before development starts, with no hourly overruns?
Do you get fortnightly working demos during the build, or just a final delivery?
Who owns the IP and codebase after the project completes?
What is covered in post-launch support, and what is charged separately?
Electrical contractor software development cost
Scope
Estimated range
Timeline
Job scheduling and dispatch with electrician mobile app and basic invoicing
Job scheduling and dispatch with electrician mobile app and basic invoicing
$35,000–$60,000
12–14 weeks
Quoting with materials library plus compliance certificate management and multi-crew reporting
Quoting with materials library plus compliance certificate management and multi-crew reporting
$65,000–$110,000
14–18 weeks
Full platform -- scheduling, mobile app, quoting, materials inventory, compliance tracking, customer portal, Xero integration
Full platform -- scheduling, mobile app, quoting, materials inventory, compliance tracking, customer portal, Xero integration
$100,000–$160,000
18–24 weeks
Large multi-crew operation with complex compliance and commercial portfolio management
Large multi-crew operation with complex compliance and commercial portfolio management
Scoped individually
22+ weeks
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 that 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 rather than 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 the job type and alerts the dispatcher if an assignment would put an unqualified electrician on a job that requires 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 ensure that 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--$60,000. Adding quoting and estimating with a materials library, compliance certificate management, and multi-crew reporting brings the total to $65,000--$110,000. A full platform with all of the above plus materials inventory management, Xero integration, customer portal, and certification tracking for a larger operation typically runs $100,000--$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 -- fixed cost agreed before development starts.
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.
