Control and Combustion Technician - #2179188

Control & Combustion Technician

Salary: £47,000 + Quarterly Bonus

Location: Sheffield

Hours: Monday to Friday | Days Only | 37.5 Hours

Benefits: Private Medical | 33 Days Holiday | Up to 8% Employer Pension

Looking for a technically interesting engineering role without the night shifts, weekends or rotating shift patterns?

We're recruiting a Control & Combustion Technician to join an established specialist manufacturer in Sheffield, offering an excellent salary, a Monday-to-Friday working week and the opportunity to work with a wide range of industrial control and combustion systems.

If you've got experience with instrumentation, PLCs, electrical fault finding or industrial process controls, this could be an excellent opportunity to put your skills to use in a challenging and rewarding environment.

What's in it for you?

• £45,000–£47,000 salary, depending on experience
• Quarterly bonus scheme with potential payments of 2.5%–15%
• Monday to Friday, days only – no rotating shifts
• 37.5-hour working week
• 33 days holiday, including bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Employer pension contributions up to 8%
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Ongoing technical training and development
• Long-term career opportunities with an established manufacturer

What will you be doing?

As a Control & Combustion Technician, you'll be part of an engineering team responsible for keeping essential control, instrumentation and combustion systems operating safely and reliably.

It's a varied role combining practical fault finding, preventative maintenance and opportunities to improve equipment performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Diagnosing and resolving faults across electrical, instrumentation and control systems
• Maintaining and troubleshooting industrial combustion and furnace control equipment
• Supporting PLCs, Burner Management Systems and associated control equipment
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and responding to breakdowns
• Completing calibration activities, Thermal Uniformity Surveys (TUS) and System Accuracy Tests (SAT)
• Identifying recurring faults and helping improve equipment reliability
• Supporting equipment upgrades and continuous improvement projects
• Working alongside experienced engineers and specialist equipment suppliers
• Recording maintenance activities and ensuring equipment operates safely and efficiently

What experience are we looking for?

We're interested in speaking with engineers who have a background in electrical controls, instrumentation, industrial maintenance or process engineering.

You might currently be working as an:

• Instrumentation Technician
• Control & Instrumentation Technician
• EC&I Technician
• Electrical Maintenance Technician
• Controls Engineer
• Instrument Engineer
• Combustion Technician

Ideally, you'll have experience with electrical fault finding, industrial instrumentation, PLCs or process control systems, together with the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.

An engineering qualification such as an apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds, ONC or HNC would be beneficial.

Experience with industrial furnaces, combustion systems, burner management, calibration or process heating equipment would be particularly useful, but you don't necessarily need experience in every area.

We're open to engineers from a range of manufacturing and industrial backgrounds, including steel, metals, foundries, glass, chemicals, power generation, oil and gas, food manufacturing and other process industries.

Interested?

If you're looking for a well-paid, days-only engineering position where you can develop your technical knowledge, work with interesting equipment and enjoy a better work-life balance, we'd like to hear from you.

Apply today to find out more about the Control & Combustion Technician opportunity in Sheffield.