Maintenance Floor Supervisor

For over 74 years, the Zaffiro family has provided the highest quality North Atlantic seafood. Channel Fish has grown and developed from a local Boston fish processor of Cod and Haddock, to a nationwide seafood distributor, providing a wide variety of fresh and frozen seafood products.

We are a family-owned business made up of not only one, but many local families. From management to our highly experienced and skilled fish cutters, the family aspect of our business has transcended far beyond the Zaffiro family name.

Mission: We are a strategic, long-term partner to our customers helping grow their value-added food business as if it was our own.

Vision: To create a bright and sustainable future for our family of employees by being a trusted, adaptive food manufacturer

Company Core Values

• Respect: Working together collaboratively and with accountability enables us to consistently do the right thing for each other and our customers
• Adaptive: Embracing change and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development allows us to respond quickly to market shifts and customer needs.
• Accountable: Hold ourselves responsible for core metrics by measuring, tracking, and rewarding KPIs by continuously improving our products, services, and operations.
• Loyal: Building long term partnerships with customers, suppliers, and employees

About the role

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Maintenance Floor Supervisor to oversee daily maintenance activities and ensure production equipment operates safely and efficiently in our fresh fish processing facility.

The ideal candidate has strong mechanical troubleshooting skills, experience maintaining food production machinery, and the ability to lead and support a maintenance team.

Experience with fish cutting and processing equipment is preferred but not required. Candidates with experience in other food manufacturing or industrial production environments are encouraged to apply.

What you'll do

• Supervise and assist with daily maintenance, troubleshooting, and equipment repairs.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment issues.
• Maintain production machinery, including cutting equipment, conveyors, and packaging systems.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance to minimize equipment downtime.
• Provide hands-on leadership, training, and direction to maintenance personnel.
• Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns to keep production running.
• Work closely with production management to prioritize maintenance needs.
• Ensure compliance with workplace safety, sanitation, and food manufacturing standards.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of industrial maintenance experience, preferably in food processing or manufacturing.
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting and equipment repair skills.
• Experience working with automated production machinery.
• Working knowledge of electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Previous supervisory or team lead experience preferred.
• Experience with fish cutting, filleting, skinning, or portioning machines is a plus, but not required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, refrigerated production environment.
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.