Quality Assurance Technician

Treasury Wine Estates • Sonoma, CA

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About The Position

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is a global wine company focused on cultivating value through its brands, wine, people, and environment. The Quality Assurance Technician supports quality assurance, packaging quality, laboratory testing, food safety, and regulatory compliance across wine production and packaging operations. The role maintains quality records and digital systems, supports investigations and continuous improvement, and works with Operations, Packaging, Maintenance, Winemaking, and suppliers to resolve quality issues and validate packaging materials, processes, and technologies. The anticipated base compensation is $24.04 to $26 per hour. The role may also be eligible for incentive compensation, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits, as applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific discipline, or an associate’s degree in a scientific discipline with relevant experience.
• 1–3 years of experience in wine production, beverage manufacturing, food manufacturing, laboratory operations, packaging, or quality assurance.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Occasional overtime, weekends, and alternate shifts as required.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain compliance with company health, safety, and environmental policies and applicable quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Implement and maintain the food safety and quality management system, reporting food safety hazards and quality problems.
• Perform routine bottling-line quality inspections, packaging audits, line-release validations, and pre-operational inspections.
• Verify packaging components meet specifications; evaluate packaging defects and investigations; inspect incoming packaging materials; and support supplier quality investigations.
• Support product hold, release, and disposition activities, and maintain traceability records for track-and-trace exercises and product investigations.
• Conduct chemical analyses of wines, juices, and production samples; perform microbiological testing, environmental monitoring, and sanitation verification; and maintain laboratory equipment and records.
• Support bench trials, packaging validation trials, and product evaluations.
• Support compliance with FSSC-ISO 22000, HACCP, FSQM, GMPs, TTB, and export requirements.
• Participate in food safety and quality audits and conduct GMP, sanitation, and operational compliance inspections.
• Identify and report food safety, quality, and regulatory risks.
• Use company quality systems to document inspections, incidents, investigations, and corrective actions; support the administration and use of MyQI, Tillit, Labworks LIMS, and JDE.
• Maintain electronic quality records and data integrity, and support quality reporting and KPI tracking.
• Participate in root-cause investigations, quality incident reviews, continuous-improvement projects, statistical data collection, trend analysis, and performance reporting.
• Collaborate with Operations, Packaging, Maintenance, and Winemaking teams to resolve quality issues.
• Support implementation and validation of new packaging materials, processes, and technologies; assist with supplier quality investigations and qualification of new packaging components.
• Participate in closure, glass, label, and packaging performance evaluations and support packaging-related sustainability initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive vacation and sick leave, 12 paid holidays, and a TWE4ME Day.
• Paid parental and caregiver leave.
• Two paid volunteer days each year.
• Flexible work options, including hybrid and custom schedules for certain roles.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; free mental health support; and a wellness program.
• 401(k) with company match; 100% vested from day one. Regular full- and part-time employees are eligible after 60 days of employment.
• Employee pricing on wines and a product allowance.
• Recognition and rewards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level