Control & Combustion Technician
Orange Monkey Recruitment
Burngreave · posted 18 August 2026
Salary
£45,000 – £47,000 a year
Job type
full time
Location
Burngreave, South Yorkshire
Category
Engineering
Control & Combustion Technician
Sheffield
£47,000
Monday – Friday 37.5 hours
Are you an experienced Control & Combustion Technician, Combustion Engineer, Controls Engineer, Instrumentation Technician or Furnace Engineer with experience working on industrial furnaces in heavy engineering?
We're recruiting a Control & Combustion Technician for a large heavy engineering manufacturer in Sheffield.
What we're looking for
The successful Control & Combustion Technician will ideally have experience with:
* Industrial furnaces and combustion systems
* Burners and furnace controls
* Heavy engineering, steel, forging, foundry or similar environments
* Controls and instrumentation
* PLC fault finding
* Electrical fault finding
* Temperature and process control
* Planned and reactive maintenance
* Fault finding on complex industrial equipment
The key requirement is genuine furnace experience within a heavy industrial environment.
The role
As a Control & Combustion Technician, you'll be responsible for maintaining, fault finding and improving the site's furnace, combustion and control systems.
This will include:
* Planned and reactive maintenance
* Furnace and combustion fault finding
* Controls and instrumentation
* PLC and electrical fault finding
* Supporting furnace and burner systems
* Process and temperature controls
* Supporting equipment reliability and performance
* Continuous improvement
* Working alongside engineering and production teams
What's on offer?
* £45,000 – £47,000
* Monday – Friday
* 37.5-hour week
* 33 days holiday including Bank Holidays
* Quarterly bonus
* Enhanced pension
* Private medical insurance
* Life assurance
* On-site physiotherapy
* Ongoing training and development
This isn't a general Controls Engineer position. We're specifically looking for a Control & Combustion Technician with experience around industrial furnaces, combustion, controls and instrumentation within heavy industry.
If you're a Control & Combustion Technician, Combustion Engineer, Furnace Engineer, Controls Technician, Instrumentation Technician, EC&I Technician or Electrical Controls Engineer and this sounds like your background, apply and I'll give you a call
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