Industrial Combustion & Control Engineer
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Job Description: Industrial Combustion & Controls Engineer
Job Title: Industrial Combustion & Controls Engineer (Multi-Skilled Plant)
Location: [Insert Bakery Location, UK]
Position Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary Range: £48,000 – £60,000 per annum (Depending on experience) + Overtime + Benefits
About Us
We are a high-volume industrial bakery operating a fast-paced, continuous production facility. Our site features 30 large-scale continuous tunnel ovens alongside automated provers, conveyor networks, and packing lines. To minimize downtime and drive thermal efficiency across our primary baking assets, we are recruiting a full-time, dedicated Industrial Combustion & Controls Engineer.
Role Overview
You will be the on-site technical authority for our continuous tunnel ovens. This is a multi-skilled role balancing precision gas combustion tuning with industrial automation PLC fault-finding and heavy mechanical drive maintenance. You will lead preventative maintenance (PPM) windows and react rapidly to operational breakdowns to protect our live production lines.
Key Responsibilities
* Burner Maintenance & Tuning: Service, calibrate, and fault-find high-output forced-draught package burners (Weishaupt, Riello, Nu-way, Eclipse) across 30 multi-zone tunnel ovens.
Thermal Efficiency Optimization: Conduct regular flue gas analysis to adjust air-to-fuel ratios, ensuring optimal heat profile consistency, minimizing gas wastage, and keeping carbon emissions compliant.
Electrical & PLC Diagnostics: Read complex electrical schematics to diagnose faults within oven control panels. Troubleshoot loop controls, temperature zones, flame safeguards, and PLC systems (Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, or Mitsubishi).
Mechanical Asset Maintenance: Oversee the structural mechanical health of the tunnel ovens, including high-temperature conveyor chain tracks, gearboxes, extraction fans, and steam injection systems.
Safety & Dust Management: Execute strict safety inspections and deep-cleaning maintenance programs to eliminate flour dust accumulation within burner air intakes and gas trains.
Contractor Oversight: Coordinate and supervise external specialist engineering services or OEM field visits during major annual shutdowns.
Qualifications & Skills Required
Mandatory Gas Certifications: Valid Gas Safe Registration with Commercial/Industrial Core tickets: COCN1 (Core Commercial Gas Safety), CIGA1 (Indirect Fired Commercial Appliances), and TPCP1 / TPCP1A (Testing & Purging).
Engineering Qualification: NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC/HND, or time-served apprenticeship in Electrical, Mechanical, or Maintenance Engineering.
Industrial Experience: Proven background maintaining heavy thermal process machinery, ideally within an industrial food manufacturing or high-speed FMCG environment.
Automation Mindset: Competent in electrical fault-finding with an understanding of process instrumentation and automated temperature controllers.
Pay: £48,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- * UK visa sponsorship
Work Location: In person
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