Instrumentation & Controls Technician
CV-LibraryS4, Burngreave, SheffieldpermanentPosted: 1 July 2026
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£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
£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