FSM software for electrical contractors
Service calls, panel upgrades, EV chargers and generator installs all start as an estimate and end with an inspector’s signature. FSM Flow carries every job through that path: quote, permit, crew, rough-in, trim-out, inspection and invoice, with nothing re-keyed in between.
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At a glance
Electrical contractor software is field service management software configured for the way electrical contractors work: estimates and bids that must be won before any truck rolls, service calls and troubleshooting dispatched by licence and certification, panel upgrades and EV charger or generator installs that depend on permits and inspections scheduled by the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ), and multi-day projects billed in phases.
FSM Flow carries each of those jobs through one record. Estimators build quotes from a price book with labour and material line items and an expiry date; the accepted quote becomes the work order. Dispatchers run a drag-and-drop board where AI suggests the electrician for each call by skill, licence and proximity. Crews work from an offline-first mobile app with the site’s panel schedule, photos and safety checklists, and record permit numbers and inspection outcomes as they happen. The office gets invoices generated from completed work orders, one per job or one per project phase.
The result is an electrical business where quotes go out the same day, nobody arrives at a site before the inspector has signed off the previous stage, and every panel, charger and generator the company has installed is a known asset with a service history.
821,000
Electricians employed in the US (2025)
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
~72,700
Electrician job openings projected per year, 2025–35, with 9% growth overall
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
~251,800
US electrical contractor firms, averaging 4.8 employees each (2026)
Source: IBISWorld via Northeastern Advisors
~7.5%
Average profit margin across US electrical contractors (2026)
Source: IBISWorld via Northeastern Advisors
Job types
Each job type carries its own duration, checklist, required licence and pricing method, so dispatch and the AI scheduler know what a call involves before it hits the board.
Emergency service call & troubleshooting
Priority dispatch for power loss, tripping breakers and burning smells, with panel history on the app.
Panel upgrade & service change
100 A to 200 A upgrades with permit, utility coordination, rough and final inspection tracked to close.
Dedicated circuits & rewiring
Kitchen, workshop and hot-tub circuits quoted from the price book; rough-in and trim-out as separate visits.
EV charger install
Level 2 charger installs with load calculation, permit and commissioning photos stored on the new asset.
Standby generator install & service
Transfer switch, gas line coordination and annual service visits generated from the install date.
Lighting retrofit & controls
Multi-site LED and controls retrofits with fixture counts per site and progress invoicing by phase.
Electrical safety inspection & code correction
Residential inspection checklists with photo prompts; findings become quotes on the spot.
Surge protection & whole-home
Add-on installs sold on service calls, tracked as equipment with warranty dates.
Solar, battery & main-panel bundle
Electrification packages with interconnection paperwork and the panel upgrade scheduled first.
Commercial tenant build-out
Multi-day projects with crews, GC dependencies, change orders and phased invoices.
Emergency lighting & fire alarm testing
Periodic testing contracts with per-device results and certificates attached to the site.
Estimate & site survey
Survey visits with photos and measurements that feed the quote; expiry and follow-up automated.
Where time gets lost
The problems that show up in every estimator’s and dispatcher’s inbox, and what FSM Flow does about each one.
Estimates live in one tool, jobs in another.
Quotes are built in FSM Flow from a price book with labour and material line items, templates per job type and an expiry date. The accepted quote becomes the work order, so nothing is re-typed and margin is visible from day one.
See how it worksThe schedule depends on inspectors and GCs.
Permit numbers, inspection appointments and outcomes are recorded on the job. The board shows which jobs are waiting on a rough or final inspection, and the next visit is not scheduled until the previous stage has passed.
See how it worksThe wrong licence shows up on site.
Each electrician’s journeyman or master licence, certifications and expiry dates are on their profile. AI scheduling only suggests electricians who hold what the job type requires.
See how it worksPaperwork eats the evenings.
Checklists, photos, LOTO steps and materials used are captured on the mobile app during the job. The invoice is generated from the completed work order, so the office is not re-keying a notebook at 7 pm.
See how it worksMulti-day projects are invoiced late and short.
Projects are broken into phases with their own work orders; each phase can be invoiced on completion and change orders are added as quoted line items, with the audit trail showing who approved what.
See how it worksNobody knows what the company has installed.
Every panel, charger and generator is an asset on the customer’s site with model, serial, install date and warranty, so service visits and recall notices start from a list rather than a memory.
See how it works
Built for electrical contractors
One platform for estimating, the office, the trucks and the AI that connects them.
Quotes & estimates
Line-item quotes from a price book, with templates per job type, PDF output and automated follow-up.
- Labour and material line items
- Quote expiry and reminder workflows
- Accepted quote becomes the work order
AI dispatch by licence and skill
A drag-and-drop board with day, week and month views and AI technician matching for every call.
- Journeyman, master and certification matching
- Emergency priority and on-call rotation
- Crew scheduling for multi-day installs
Permits, inspections & checklists
Permit numbers, inspection outcomes, safety checklists and LOTO steps recorded on the job.
- Rough-in and final inspection stages
- Photo prompts and required fields
- Documents attached to the work order
Installed equipment records
Panels, EV chargers, generators and lighting controls tracked per site from install to retirement.
- Model, serial, install date and warranty
- Generator and emergency lighting service intervals
- Full service history per asset
Invoicing by job or by phase
One-click invoices from completed work orders, in bulk for commercial accounts or per phase for projects.
- Progress invoicing on multi-day jobs
- Change orders as quoted line items
- Custom tax, terms and PDF templates
AI assistant & workflows
Ask “which jobs are waiting on a final inspection?” or automate the permit reminder on every panel upgrade.
- Natural-language questions on live data
- Workflow builder for reminders and escalations
- AI-generated job summaries for the customer
A day with FSM Flow
How a residential and light-commercial electrical contractor keeps service, installs and a tenant build-out moving at once.
- 6:30 am
The board is already built
Overnight, the AI placed today’s service calls around two EV charger installs and the build-out crew, holding the master electrician for the panel upgrade with a 10 am inspection.
- 7:15 am
Crews leave with drawings and materials
Each electrician opens the mobile app, sees the route, the site’s panel schedule and photos, and the materials picked for each job. Customers receive an ETA message.
- 8:50 am
A no-power call comes in
The dispatcher adds the job with a priority flag; AI suggests the journeyman two streets away. One drag, and the displaced lighting call slides to the afternoon.
- 10:05 am
Inspector signs off the panel upgrade
The master electrician records the final inspection outcome and permit closure on the job, photographs the labelled panel, and the next stage is released on the board.
- 12:30 pm
Survey becomes an estimate
On a generator site survey, the estimator captures photos and measurements and builds the quote from the price book with the transfer switch, pad and gas coordination as line items. It goes out before lunch is over.
- 3:15 pm
Build-out phase two invoiced
The crew lead completes the rough-in checklist for the tenant build-out; the phase closes and its invoice is generated with the approved change order included.
- 5:00 pm
Tomorrow is planned before the office closes
The AI assistant answers “which jobs are waiting on a rough inspection this week?” and the dispatcher books crews around the inspector’s windows.
Compliance & records
FSM Flow stores the evidence against the job, the asset and the electrician, so inspections, audits and warranty claims are a report away.
NEC adoption & AHJ inspections
The National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) is revised every three years; the 2026 edition is current and each jurisdiction adopts and amends it on its own timetable. Permit numbers, inspection stages and the inspector’s outcome are recorded on every job.
NFPA 70E electrical safety
Arc-flash boundaries, PPE and lockout/tagout steps captured as checklist items with required photos, so the safety record for commercial work lives on the work order.
Journeyman & master licensing
State and local licence numbers, classifications and expiry dates kept per electrician and used by the scheduler so only qualified staff take the work that requires them.
EV charger & generator permitting
Load calculations, utility notifications, interconnection paperwork and commissioning photos attached to the install and the new asset record.
Periodic safety testing & emergency lighting
Recurring test contracts with per-device results and certificates stored against the site, including UK-style periodic inspection and fire alarm checks where required.
Contractor licensing & insurance
Company licence numbers and insurance expiry dates kept with the company profile and printed on quotes and invoices.
Numbers worth watching
Every one of these is a dashboard widget in FSM Flow, or a question you can ask the AI assistant.
Quote approval rate
Shows whether estimates are priced right and followed up; FSM Flow tracks each quote from sent to accepted or expired.
Job margin (quoted vs. actual)
Labour and materials recorded on the job are compared with the quote so thin margins are visible per job type.
Industry average margin ~7.5% (IBISWorld via Northeastern Advisors, 2026)Jobs waiting on inspection
The count and age of jobs blocked at a rough or final inspection; the main hidden cause of late invoices in electrical work.
Revenue per electrician per day
The headline productivity number, visible per electrician and per crew on the dashboard.
Days to invoice
Should be zero for service work and one per phase for projects: invoices are generated when the work order closes.
Callback rate
Re-visits within 30 days of a repair are tagged automatically and attributed to the original job.
What is electrical contractor software?
Do I still need separate electrical estimating software?
How does skill- and licence-based dispatching work?
Can FSM Flow track permits and inspections?
Does it handle multi-day projects and progress billing?
Does the mobile app work in a basement or a building under construction?
How much does FSM Flow cost for an electrical contractor?
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