Director Facilities - Francis Ford Coppola Winery

Delicato Family Wines•Geyserville, CA

78d•$106,312 - $166,227•Hybrid

About The Position

Acting on own initiative, the Director Facilities is responsible for establishing the methods, procedures, and technical requirements necessary to assure that winery infrastructure, buildings, and equipment are maintained to a high degree of reliability to support day to day winery operations across our Geyserville (Francis Ford Coppola Winery) and Napa sites (Black Stallion Estate Winery, Delicato Corporate Offices). This role is also responsible for assuring that all hospitality areas including restaurants, tasting rooms, retail and memorabilia displays, pool, pavilion, changing cabines, bocce courts, event space, grand staircase, guest houses, guest suites, etc. are maintained to a high standard to assure a visually impressive and safe experience for our guests. This includes establishing leadership and performance standards to which all applicable departments and vendors operate, and ensuring managers and teams are consistently performing to those standards. Strong cross-functional communication, collaboration and process improvement drive are required to keep pace with company growth, technology advances and changes in the industry.

Requirements

AA/AS degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial maintenance and basic refrigeration and electrical a plus
7+ years mechanical experience in Industrial Maintenance
5+ years leadership/supervisory experience
Valid California Drivers License
Demonstrated knowledge of winery production or similar manufacturing background, project management, process improvement and team leadership
Strong computer knowledge is a prerequisite and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) skills are required with a strong emphasis and track record using Excel for data analysis
Excellent communication skills – both formal and informal with the ability to communicate within all levels of the organization
Knowledge of managerial finance

Responsibilities

Oversees, directs, and manages departmental activities and team performance
Drives and models company culture and holds self, peers, and direct reports accountable for demonstrating a constructive company culture through influential, personal behavior and actions
Develops and implements clearly defined operational and individual goals to develop employees, achieve productivity levels, and to attain the company's strategic plan
Researches best practices, stays abreast of industry trends, and maintains awareness of regulatory changes to ensure compliance and continually improve operations
Executes departmental financial objectives by preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action
Achieves departmental results to ensure the effective delivery of the strategic plan
Develops staffing needs; attracts, motivates, and retains a workforce with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve goals and objectives
Promotes and ensures a safe and healthy work environment for all employees
Leads the way and prepares departmental staff for success in a continually changing environment
Fosters a work environment that encourages creative thinking, promotes flexibility, and drives innovation
Addresses employee issues, concerns, and complaints in an objective and confidential manner; notifies HR Business Partner and keeps immediate manager informed as appropriate
Ensures compliance and consistent application of company policies, initiatives, and decisions
Coaches, guides, and develops direct reports; fully engages in the GPS (Performance Management) process; provides high-quality feedback, and ensures proper GPS documentation of employee performance, recognition, and deficiencies
Oversees all facilities and production maintenance
Plans and executes all phases of preventative and reactive maintenance adhering to quality, productivity, customer, compliance, and budgetary standards
Ensures accurate regulatory reporting for all distribution and treatment of domestic water, process water, domestic waste, elevators, and restaurant compliance
Owns the capital budget to support the needs of winery operations and hospitality, including equipment and infrastructure are maintained to a high degree of reliability and overall functionality; management of Capital Expense Requests, project cost tracking, and timely completion of projects
Ensures continuous improvement processes are developed, maintained, and utilized to enable team collaboration, analysis, and problem solving in the pursuit of equipment reliability, quality, efficiencies, and lower operating costs
Communicates and coordinates with winemaking, cellar, bottling, compliance, and support functions to ensure wine quality focus, annual harvest processing delivery, project delivery where applicable, maintenance requirements and overall facility process/performance effectiveness
Enforces Safety, ISO, cGMP, and other applicable business critical standards
Promotes skill development programs to keep pace with current and future technology requirements