At Newkey Consulting, people are at the heart of everything we do. By partnering with purpose-driven organisations, we're proud to support meaningful careers while contributing to a more sustainable future.

The Role

Working within a pioneering green steel company, you will be responsible for developing, commissioning and continuously improving the combustion analysis systems used to monitor and optimise smelter performance. This role combines hands-on electronics, instrumentation and process development in a fast-paced R&D; steelmaking environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop, build, install and maintain combustion analysis systems that calculate furnace gas composition and support process optimisation.

- Design, build and test electronic circuits, instrumentation and data acquisition systems for high-temperature smelter operations.

- Integrate gas analysers, flow meters, pressure sensors, thermocouples and other process instrumentation into smelter control systems.

- Support commissioning, operation and troubleshooting of pilot-scale and commercial steelmaking smelters.

- Analyse combustion and process data to improve energy efficiency, emissions performance and product quality.

- Develop calibration procedures and validate the accuracy of gas composition measurements.

- Assist in the design and implementation of automated monitoring and control systems.

- Diagnose and rectify faults across electronic, instrumentation and mechatronic systems.

- Collaborate with metallurgists, process engineers and smelter operators to improve process performance and reliability.

- Support R&D; trials, experimental campaigns and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Prepare technical documentation, operating procedures, test reports and maintenance records.





- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental and quality standards within a high-temperature industrial environment.

About You You will bring:

- Familiarity with sensors used for measuring oxygen, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and other process gases.

- Ability to interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs; and instrumentation diagrams.

Key Skills
- Qualification in Mechatronics, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation or a related discipline.

- Hands-on experience with industrial instrumentation, process control and analytical equipment.

- Practical experience with PLCs, SCADA systems, data acquisition platforms or embedded electronics.

- Proven experience establishing combustion and gas analysis systems for smelters, furnaces, kilns, boilers or other high-temperature thermal processing equipment.

Highly regarded
- Experience working in manufacturing, steelmaking, mining, process plant, energy or heavy industrial environments.

- Background in manufacturing, steelmaking, mining, process plant, energy or heavy industrial environments is advantageous.

Why Join?

- Work within a pioneering green steel company enabling zero-emissions steel production
- Join a mission-driven organisation tackling global climate challenges
- Be part of a collaborative R&D; team building current industrial solutions

Next Steps

If you’re looking to join a purpose-driven organisation and play a key role in supporting innovative technology development, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply via the link provided, or for a confidential discussion, contact Karlie Farrell at [email protected]

At Newkey Consulting, we are committed to diversity and inclusion, ensuring everyone is valued, respected, and empowered. We put people first.

📌 R&D Systems Technician - Combustion Analysis (Melbourne)
🏢 NewKey Consulting
📍 Melbourne