diff --git a/services/domain/Big.Infrastructure/BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor.cs b/services/domain/Big.Infrastructure/BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor.cs
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+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Big.Infrastructure;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// One poll tick of the beoordeling-escalation worker (S-14, ADR-0015): acquire the parked
+/// <c>BeoordelingEscaleren</c> jobs — the tokens the 14-day boundary timer on <c>Beoordelen</c> spawns
+/// — reassign each instance's still-open <c>Beoordelen</c> task to the teamlead, and complete the job.
+/// A job that fails is logged and left un-completed so Flowable redelivers it (§8.6). Split out from
+/// the hosted pump so the acquire→reassign→complete logic is unit-testable without a running host.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor(
+    IBeoordelingEscalatieClient client,
+    ILogger<BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor> logger)
+{
+    /// <summary>Acquire and process up to <paramref name="maxJobs"/> escalations. Returns the number acquired.</summary>
+    public Task<int> PumpOnceAsync(int maxJobs, CancellationToken ct = default)
+        => throw new NotImplementedException();
+}
diff --git a/services/domain/Big.Tests/BeoordelingEscalatieProcessorTests.cs b/services/domain/Big.Tests/BeoordelingEscalatieProcessorTests.cs
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+using Big.Application;
+using Big.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Big.Tests;
+
+// S-14 (#15): the escalation drain loop. Mirrors OpenZaakJobProcessor — acquire the parked
+// BeoordelingEscaleren jobs, reassign each instance's Beoordelen task to teamlead, then complete the
+// job. A job whose reassignment fails is logged and left un-completed for Flowable to redeliver (§8.6).
+public class BeoordelingEscalatieProcessorTests
+{
+    /// <summary>A fake escalation client: scripts the jobs to acquire, records reassignments and
+    /// completions, and can be told to throw on reassigning a given instance.</summary>
+    private sealed class FakeEscalatieClient(params EscalatieJob[] jobs) : IBeoordelingEscalatieClient
+    {
+        public int AcquireCount { get; private set; }
+        public List<string> Reassigned { get; } = [];
+        public List<string> Completed { get; } = [];
+        public string? ThrowOnInstance { get; set; }
+
+        public Task<IReadOnlyList<EscalatieJob>> AcquireBeoordelingEscalatieJobsAsync(int maxJobs, CancellationToken ct = default)
+        {
+            AcquireCount++;
+            return Task.FromResult<IReadOnlyList<EscalatieJob>>(jobs.Take(maxJobs).ToList());
+        }
+
+        public Task ReassignBeoordelingToTeamleadAsync(string processInstanceId, CancellationToken ct = default)
+        {
+            if (processInstanceId == ThrowOnInstance)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("reassign failed");
+            Reassigned.Add(processInstanceId);
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        public Task CompleteBeoordelingEscalatieJobAsync(string jobId, CancellationToken ct = default)
+        {
+            Completed.Add(jobId);
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Acquires_an_escalation_reassigns_to_teamlead_and_completes_the_job()
+    {
+        var client = new FakeEscalatieClient(new EscalatieJob("job-9", "pi-1"));
+
+        var acquired = await new BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor(
+            client, NullLogger<BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor>.Instance).PumpOnceAsync(5);
+
+        Assert.Equal(1, acquired);
+        Assert.Equal("pi-1", Assert.Single(client.Reassigned));
+        Assert.Equal("job-9", Assert.Single(client.Completed));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task A_failing_reassign_is_left_uncompleted_for_flowable_to_redeliver()
+    {
+        var client = new FakeEscalatieClient(new EscalatieJob("job-9", "pi-1")) { ThrowOnInstance = "pi-1" };
+        var logger = new CapturingLogger<BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor>();
+
+        var acquired = await new BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor(client, logger).PumpOnceAsync(5);
+
+        Assert.Equal(1, acquired);
+        Assert.Empty(client.Completed);
+        var error = Assert.Single(logger.Entries, e => e.Level == LogLevel.Error);
+        Assert.Contains("job-9", error.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Does_nothing_but_poll_when_there_are_no_escalations()
+    {
+        var client = new FakeEscalatieClient();
+
+        var acquired = await new BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor(
+            client, NullLogger<BeoordelingEscalatieProcessor>.Instance).PumpOnceAsync(5);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, acquired);
+        Assert.Equal(1, client.AcquireCount);
+        Assert.Empty(client.Completed);
+    }
+}