Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Instrumentation & Controls Technician

£47,000 + Quarterly Bonus + Private Medical

Sheffield

Days Only | Monday to Friday 37.5 Hours

Are you an Instrumentation & Controls Technician who enjoys fault finding, diagnostics and getting to the root cause of complex engineering problems?

This is an opportunity to join a specialist manufacturing site where instrumentation, control systems and plant performance are critical to production success. You'll play a key role in maintaining and improving a wide range of control and combustion systems, helping to maximise reliability across a technically advanced operation.

If you enjoy working with PLCs, instrumentation, furnace controls and process equipment, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

What's On Offer

* £47,000 salary

* Quarterly bonus scheme paying between 2.5% and 15%

* Private medical insurance

* Life assurance (death in service)

* 33 days holiday including bank holidays

* Pension scheme with employer contributions up to 8%

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Monday to Friday days role

* Ongoing training and development

* Long-term career opportunities

The Role - Instrumentation & Controls Technician

* Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a specialist manufacturing facility

* Fault finding on instrumentation, control systems and combustion equipment

* Supporting PLC and Burner Management System diagnostics

* Conducting Thermal Uniformity Surveys (TUS), System Accuracy Tests (SAT) and calibration activities

* Maintaining and improving preventative maintenance schedules

* Recording maintenance activities through the CMMS system

* Identifying and specifying critical spare parts

* Supporting continuous improvement projects across the site

* Working closely with specialist OEM engineers and internal engineering teams

* Ensuring high standards of safety, quality and compliance at all times

What We're Looking For

* Experience working as an Instrumentation Technician, Controls Technician, EC&I Technician, Instrument Engineer or Controls Engineer

* Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills

* Understanding of PLCs, instrumentation and industrial control systems

* Experience working within manufacturing, process, heavy industrial or engineering environments

* Ability to read electrical and mechanical engineering drawings

* Knowledge of calibration activities and process instrumentation

* Engineering qualification such as Apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds, ONC or HNC preferred

* Experience of combustion systems, furnaces or burner management systems would be advantageous

This role would suit engineers from steel, foundry, glass, chemicals, power generation, oil & gas, cement, paper, food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, process manufacturing and other industrial environments.

If you're looking for a technically challenging Instrumentation & Controls Technician role where you can genuinely influence plant performance and reliability, we'd like to hear from you
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed