Date: Dec 20, 2024
Company: E. & J. Gallo
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Winery: Rombauer Winery
Location: Plymouth, CA
As a Winemaking Technician, you will operate grape receiving equipment for both white and red grapes, and clean press equipment to maintain optimal conditions. You will ensure that all additions to juice or wine are made accurately according to work orders, complete juice racking, and conduct red fermentation processes per standard operating procedures and daily fermentation logs. Your responsibilities will also include performing barrel fills, topping, SO2 addition, ingredient additions, and managing barrel in-and-out duties.
In addition to winemaking tasks, you will handle wine receiving and shipping activities, set up and operate filtration processes, and ensure accurate barrel scanning and recordkeeping. You will also assist on the bottling line when needed and drive a forklift to operate warehouse systems.
We value team members who exhibit Intrapreneurship and Ownership behaviors—those who think boldly, take appropriate risks, learn from mistakes, show initiative, and encourage innovation. You will be expected to set high expectations, drive candid discussions, and hold yourself and others accountable.
If you are detail-oriented, organized, and a multi-tasker with a passion for winemaking, we invite you to apply. Join us and be a part of a team that values expertise, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Apply today to make a significant impact on our winemaking operations!
What You Will Need:
- High School Diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 3 years of wine production experience; OR 5 years of winery or brewery production experience reflecting increasing levels or responsibility.
- May be required to work a rotating shift/schedule (e.g., day, swing, graveyard, 5x8, 4x10) as well as weekends and overtime.
- Required to wear a respirator when necessary.
- Required to undergo onsite forklift certification.
- Strong attention to detail and works with a sense of urgency.
- Skilled in reading, comprehending, interpreting and executing simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Skilled in writing simple correspondence.
- Skilled in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing using whole numbers and units of measure (inches, feet, gallons, etc.).
- Required to comply with company GMP Policies.
- Must be a team player and follows company policies and corporate values.
- Flexibility and a strong work ethic required.
- Experience in the use of computers and entering, retrieving and create reports in production software systems.
- Know and understanding of emergency procedures.
- Required to lift, roll and carry up to 50 pounds
- Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
- Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description
Compensation:
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Hourly rate listed: $30.58/hr - $41.25/hr
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Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Perks & Benefits:
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This position includes a competitive benefits package.
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Gallo does not sponsor for employment based visas for this position now or in the future.
Location Category: On-Site - This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting and requires working on-site with no telecommuting option. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.
Application Window is Expected to Close On: December 24, 2025
Requisition ID: 105382
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Gallo’s policy is to afford equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibit discrimination for lawful out-of-work behavior, such as off-duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.
Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verifying program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.