Maintenance Supervisor (1st shift)

CP Flexible Packaging•Buffalo, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

C-P Flexible Packaging is a successful and fast-growing essential manufacturing company that uses an impressive array of digital pre-press and wide-web flexographic printing capabilities and extrusion and adhesive laminators to produce creative flexible packaging solutions for our customers. With a primary focus on serving the food industry, C-P specializes in roll stock, pouches, re-sealable packaging and shrink sleeves. Our headquarters and main manufacturing facility is located York, PA, with additional operations in Bristol, PA, Buffalo, NY, Lakeville, MN, and Aurora, Ontario. We are seeking a highly skilled, proactive, and exceptionally organized Hands-On Maintenance Supervisor to lead our maintenance team in Buffalo, NY. This is a full-time, hands-on supervisory role. The teammate will spend significant time on the production floor working alongside your team, directly diagnosing faults, and driving asset reliability for our high-speed, wide-web flexographic printing presses, converting machinery, and our Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO). The ideal candidate must possess master-level mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills—specifically with automated control systems (Siemens & Allen-Bradley PLCs, Rexroth & Emerson Servo Drives). Prior experience in a Flexible Packaging Manufacturing environment is strongly preferred. We require a leader who balances a strong organizational mindset with the advanced technical ability to turn a wrench, troubleshoot complex system failures in real time, and closely collaborate with and assist the Plant Engineer in maintaining flawless record-keeping for seamless oversight by third-party auditors, state agencies, and federal agencies.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum 3–5 years of maintenance supervisory or lead technician experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
Proven "tool-in-hand" troubleshooting mastery across complex, automated machinery.
Candidates must demonstrate they are active field technicians.
Demonstrate excellence in organization and record-keeping, with a proven history of assisting management/engineering with audit-heavy administrative tracking (OSHA, EPA, NYSDEC, NYSDOL, or GFSI logs).
Deep proficiency with Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs, as well as Bosch Rexroth and Emerson (Control Techniques) servo drives/VFDs.
Ability to connect to processors, go online, trace logic, and use diagnostics to solve machine issues.
Strong working knowledge of Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) systems, burners, gas trains, and airflow controls.
Deep understanding of mechanical drive systems, web tension controls, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
Lifting of 60 lbs or less (frequent), lifting up to 80 lbs (occasional).
Standing and sitting (frequent).
Crawling, stooping, and kneeling (occasional).
Reaching with arms & crouching (occasional).
Working and reaching overhead (occasional, could be for extended periods).
Movement of head and neck in sometimes odd positions depending on area of machine or activity being worked on (frequent).
Required to work at heights using ladders or lifts, or in confined spaces for short periods of time during equipment inspections and modifications.
Required to use hand tools and repair machinery; grasping, fine manipulation (frequent).
Ability see and read effectively to interpret work instructions, work orders, read tape measure (standard and metric) and read other operational materials. (frequent).

Nice To Haves

Associate or Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Flexible Packaging Manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
Deep familiarity with web handling, tension controls, and printing environments is highly advantageous.
Hands-on experience working under GFSI food-safety compliance frameworks within a manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

Directly assist the Plant Engineer in compiling, tracking, and maintaining comprehensive facility records required for rigorous inspections and audits.
Ensure constant readiness for agency oversight, organizing documentation to satisfy federal and state regulators (OSHA, EPA, NYSDOL, NYSDEC) as well as commercial inspectors.
Manage OSHA & NYSDOL workplace safety compliance tracking, archiving completed Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures, Hot Work permits, Confined Space entry logs, arc flash safety records, and employee safety training documentation.
Oversee EPA & NYSDEC environmental compliance logging, systematically recording parameter data for the RTO to ensure constant VOC destruction efficiency and air permit compliance.
Coordinate audit-ready maintenance files, ensuring all vendor service sheets, contractor safety certifications, and hazardous waste disposal manifests are up-to-date and organized.
Lead by example on the plant floor, spending a majority of the shift actively executing repairs, tracking down elusive faults, and providing immediate technical backup to technicians.
Serve as the primary technical point of escalation for complex electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment failures.
Supervise, schedule, and delegate tasks to a team of maintenance technicians, ensuring labor resources are optimized across continuous manufacturing operations.
Cultivate a culture of rapid, precise diagnostics to systematically reduce Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and safely get high-volume machinery back online.
Champion a highly structured PM culture, utilizing strong organizational skills to shift the facility from a reactive mindset to a rigorously planned, predictive maintenance model.
Organize and optimize the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to accurately track asset history, analyze breakdown root causes, and schedule regular machine overhauls.
Maintain continuous audit readiness for all facility maintenance practices in alignment with GFSI benchmarks (e.g., SQF, BRCGS, FSSC 22000 packaging standards).
Strictly enforce food safety protocols within the maintenance department, including the correct usage and logging of food-grade lubricants, tool control accountability, and proper clean-up procedures.
Diagnose industrial control systems, including connecting to processors, going online to trace or modify Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLC logic, and tuning/replacing Rexroth and Emerson servo drive systems.
Troubleshoot and repair fluid power systems, diagnosing faults in complex high-pressure hydraulic pumps, proportional valves, cylinders, and pneumatic tension control circuits.
Execute precision mechanical repairs, including the alignment of high-speed gears, chill rollers, bearings, and web-handling assemblies common to printing and converting.
Oversee operation and maintenance of the RTO and plant utilities (industrial air compressors, chillers, HVAC units, electrical distribution).