Maintenance Technician 1 - Courtside Cellars

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Under general supervision, provides mechanical maintenance/repair support for central coast winery operations.
What You Will Do:

• Participates in machinery trouble-shooting; documents repairs made.
• Replaces or repairs defective parts.
• Reassembles equipment and tests for conformance to specifications.
• Works on assigned projects; responds to emergency maintenance calls.
• Disassembles malfunctioning equipment; examines and tests mechanisms on large and small pieces of machinery.
• Inspects and calibrates instruments.
• Tests equipment and adjusts calibration to ensure equipment is functioning within specified standards.
• Interprets technical documents (prints, manuals) as required.
• Maintains constructive cross-functional relationships.
• Searches for and executes against continuous improvement opportunities.
• Performs work in a quality fashion.
• Performs basic electrical installation; installs wiring and conduit safely in compliance with company, state, & federal regulations.
• Performs basic plumbing and piping operations.
• Operates machining tools and drill presses; performs basic welding operations.
• Services pumps and drive system components.
• Troubleshoots basic alarms related to key winery systems.
• Provides preventative maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting services for barrel processing equipment, bottling line equipment, and filtration equipment.
• Provides preventative maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting services for de- stemmers, presses, and crush pits.
• Maintains shop machines, tools and facilities.
• Promotes occupational safety standards; gives others feedback on their safety performance.
• Follows shop safety practices and shop housekeeping practices.
• Operates electrical test equipment, hand tools, and power tools safely.
• Provides general facility maintenance and servicing for other departments.
• Must maintain satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness.

What You Will Need:

• Associates degree/2-year Technical Degree in Mechanical Maintenance and Repair plus 2 years of mechanical maintenance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility OR High School diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 4 years of mechanical maintenance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Experience working in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Candidates for this position must have a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record. Required to obtain a California driver’s license or appropriate state driver’s license within 30 days of hire.
• Required to conduct work at extreme heights.
• Required to lift and carry equipment that weighs up-to 60 pounds.
• Required to provide own tools.

What Will Set You Apart:

• Associates degree/2-year Technical Degree in Mechanical Maintenance and Repair plus 4 years of mechanical maintenance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Skilled in forklift and aerial lift operation.
• Experience working in a food manufacturing facility.
• Operates well in a team setting.
• Knowledge of drinking water systems.
• Experience maintaining and repairing large production equipment.
• Skilled in the use of MS Word, MS Outlook and MS Excel at a basic level.
• Experience writing reports and procedures manuals.
• Skilled in reading electrical schematics; possess PLC skills.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Skilled in calculating figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

Gallo does not sponsor for employment based visas for this position now or in the future. 
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Requisition ID: 60649 

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