Lead Engineer
| Posting date: | 26 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £50,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2025 |
| Location: | LE14 4PJ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Long Clawson Dairies Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Lead Engineer
Long Clawson Dairy (Clawson Farms)
Based: Long Clawson (LE14 4PJ)
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum Dependant on Experience + Great Benefits
Hours: Day Shift – Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
Why Clawson?
We are a truly unique business! Our award-winning cheese is considered a national treasure, and we have over a hundred years of cheesemaking experience. From our dairy farmers’ cooperative through our modern factories and on to our multiple customers from all over the world, our Protected Designation of Origin Stilton is a British heritage brand to be truly proud of.
Our people are experts in their craft – they care passionately about what they do, have great integrity, constantly innovate and stick together.
We are now seeking a Lead Engineer, to join the Clawson family situated in the picturesque village of Long Clawson, just 6 miles from Melton Mowbray.
We are an award-winning Heritage brand with a broad customer base. We have a dedicated team of engineers who manage the highly specialized equipment in our factories, whilst fixing breakdowns is a key part of the job, you will spend a significant amount of time in developing improvements and supporting the strategy of investment and installation of new equipment.
If you have experience in leading a small team of engineers in a food production environment or a related industry, you could be a perfect fit for this role.
What you’ll do
Assisting the Engineering Manager in managing the workload and leading the team on site to ensure optimum Engineering Performance. You will have the opportunity to engage in the installation of new lines and the maintenance of existing kit. You will be encouraged to use your experience to suggest and implement improvements whilst having the opportunity to train in the tools and techniques that are required to stay up to date with the latest innovations in our industry.
Our values and what you will be doing.
Innovation
• Drive the team to be effective in all tasks.
• Improvement and rationalisation of PPMs.
• Identify and implement improvement projects.
Passion
• Prioritise the day-to-day workload for their team including planned and unplanned work.
• Share learnings with other shifts.
• Act as a behaviours role model for the rest of the team. Set and maintain the standards.
We Care
• To drive good practice in health, safety and environmental matters.
• Support the project team with modifications / installations.
Togetherness
• Schedule jobs on the Agility system for their team.
• Use RCA (Root Cause Analysis) to prevent recurring issues.
• Support the development of their team members.
Integrity
• To ensure that their team complies with all company policies and procedures including completing DRAs (Dynamic Risk Assessments) & food safety hand-backs for jobs.
• Issue permits and act as the permit controller.
• Ensure items are booked out of stores and any stock-outs are raised
• Complete shift reports accurately and to the required standard.
What are we looking for?
• Time served apprentice or other appropriate qualification.
• Good understanding and experience of electrical/mechanical engineering
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Leadership experience (small team)
• Knowledgeable of food factory protocols and systems of work.
• Understands the demands of the business.
• Works well with wider teams.
Benefits include:
• Competitive salary
• Pension Scheme
• Company Profit Related Bonus
• Life Assurance
• Clawson Connect (Rewards and savings portal)
• Plus many others
Does this sound like you?
Then we would love to hear from you, send us your CV using the link below.
Excited about the role, but your experience or qualifications don’t perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.
We are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or other future roles across our business.