Join our Team!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 passionTo 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. 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
here, 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
