Lufkin Gears Repair Proposals Specialist

Do you enjoy developing accurate and competitive repair quotations for complex industrial equipment?
Are you passionate about collaborating across teams to deliver technically sound and customer‑focused solutions?

Join our Team!

Baker Hughes is being recognized as a global energy technology company serving the oil and gas sector across more than 120 countries. Our Lufkin Gears business delivers high performance gearbox solutions and repair services that support customer reliability, efficiency, and long‑term asset performance across critical industrial applications.

Partnering with the best

As a Lufkin Gears Repair Proposals Specialist, you are developing accurate and timely repair quotations for industrial gearbox services. You are acting as a key coordinator between Sales, Engineering, and Operations teams, ensuring proposals are technically complete, commercially competitive, and aligned with pricing standards. You are managing RFQs, validating repair scope, and supporting customers through the quoting lifecycle while driving continuous improvement in processes and tools.

As a Lufkin Gears Repair Proposals Specialist, you are responsible for:

• Developing repair quotations (labor, material, services) using appropriate pricing methodology

• Managing RFQs and budgetary quotes, including identifying required parts and services based on customer inputs

• Reviewing engineering evaluations and validating repair scope, ensuring completeness and accuracy

• Coordinating across Sales, Engineering, and Operations to gather inputs and resolve gaps in technical scope

• Tracking and prioritizing active quotes to meet turnaround expectations and business priorities

• Validating lead times, scope inclusions, and proposal quality prior to release

• Providing support to Sales and engaging customers as needed for clarification and/or customer witness points

• Identifying and driving improvements in quoting processes, tools, and pricing consistency

• Maintaining on-site visibility in the repair shop to monitor progress and ensure alignment between quoted scope and repair execution timing

• Supporting with repair order entry, change order management, and spare parts quoting as volume dictates

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you are:

• Have to have a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma / GED.

• Have to have a high degree of experience in Microsoft Office platforms including Excel, with preferred experience in Oracle, and ability to utilize internally developed systems (New Order Workflow, Deal Machine)

• Have to have experience in industrial equipment, repair services, or technical quoting (preferred)

• Have to have strong technical aptitude and ability to interpret mechanical systems, parts lists, and technical drawings

• Have to have the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Core Competencies

• Customer focus

• Technical & commercial acumen

• Cross-functional coordination

• Execution and follow-through

• Customer focus

• Problem solving

Work in a way that works for you 

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:  

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive. 

• Work Schedule: Onsite

Working with us 

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other. 

Working for you 

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect: 

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities 

• Comprehensive private medical care options 

• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs 

• Tailored financial programs.

• Additional elected or voluntary benefits 

This position requires current work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to provide or continue work authorization sponsorship for this role.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found , and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sales Specialist - Proposals About Us:

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us:

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Apply Now