Harvest Lab Technician

Trinchero Family Estates•Paso Robles, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves performing various analyses on wine and grape components. The technician will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of analytical results, preparing chemicals, and understanding the Food Safety and Quality Management System, including ISO standards. The position requires adherence to all safety requirements and reporting any food safety system issues to a supervisor.

Requirements

Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Enology, Chemistry or similar Science preferred
Lab courses or familiarity with winemaking a plus
Good interpersonal skills
Proven ability to communicate effectively and work well with other employees
Ability to follow instructions and take direction
Valid California Driver’s license and clean DMV report

Responsibilities

Understand and comply with all safety requirements
Obtain wine samples from tanks and juice samples from grape trucks
Perform pH, TA, brix, and nutritional analyses on grape and juice samples
Perform analysis on bottling tanks, bottled wine, and wines in storage
Work safely and maintain a clean work station
Generate analytical results accurately and efficiently
Perform wine analyses using equipment such as gas chromatography, turbidimeter, spectrophotometer, enzymatic analyzer
Chemical preparation (acids, bases, buffers, reference standards)
Understand the Food Safety and Quality Management System and related activities, including ISO standards
Report problems with the food safety management system to supervisor
Perform other duties as assigned