Racker / Blender Trainee

Trinchero Family Estates•Lodi, NV

5d•$22 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

This position assists with or accurately performs routine winemaking tasks as delegated by and in accordance with the verbal or written direction of the Winemaking management staff. The role supports attaining a safe workplace, ensuring team members work safely and meet all safety standards for procedures and protective equipment. It is responsible for maintaining high cleanliness, GMP, and sanitation standards in the work area, and requires initiative when working and assisting others. Effective communication and collaboration with cellar staff and other departments such as lab, winemaking, bottling, EH&S, and maintenance are essential. The role involves completing cellar sanitation and maintenance documentation, performing safety and quality audits, and identifying and reporting equipment and safety issues and violations to cellar leadership. Responsibilities include assisting in the transfer, racking, or blending of wines and juices, assisting in filtration, cleaning and/or sterilizing tanks, hoses, pumps, and other related winemaking equipment, and assisting in the treatment of wines and juices with fining agents and/or cellar chemicals as directed. The role also assists in the preparation of cellar chemicals and ingredients and uses a forklift to move equipment and chemicals and ingredients as needed. The position is responsible for understanding the Food Safety and Quality Management System and related activities, including the Food Safety & Quality Policy, and reporting problems with the food safety management system to a supervisor. Familiarity with ISO Quality Systems is also required. Where barreling operations exist, responsibilities include barrel-related activities such as moving barrels, filling, emptying, topping, and additions, and helping to clean and maintain wood barrels and tanks.

Requirements

Values safety above all else
High School Diploma or G.E.D. required
Previous harvest/winery experience required
Effective observation, and written/verbal communication
Attention to detail and ability to follow through with assignments and projects
Ability to accurately carry out written and verbal instructions
Good interpersonal skills and ability to work as a "team player"
Ability to respond to frequently changing production pressures
Ability to work in a safe, efficient and cooperative manner
Ability to perform regular strenuous physical work
Ability to fill out forms accurately and legibly
Ability to operate all winery process machinery in an efficient, safe and sanitary manner
Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Word/Excel) and ability to write basic reports
Proficient math, reading, and writing skills

Responsibilities

Support attaining a safe workplace and ensuring team members work safe and meet all safety standards for procedures and protective equipment.
Responsible for maintaining high cleanliness, GMP and sanitation standards in work area
Show initiative when working and assisting others.
Effectively communicate and collaborate with the cellar staff and other departments such as lab, winemaking, bottling, EH&S, and maintenance.
Complete cellar sanitation and maintenance documentation
Perform safety and quality audits on a needed basis
Identify and report equipment and safety issues and violations to cellar leadership.
Assist in the transfer, racking or blending of wines and juices.
Assist in the filtration of wines and juices.
Clean and/or sterilize tanks, hoses, pumps, and other related winemaking equipment.
Assist in the treatment of wines and juices with fining agents and/or cellar chemicals as directed
Assist in the preparation of cellar chemicals and ingredients.
Use forklift to move equipment and chemicals and ingredients as needed.
Responsible for understanding the Food Safety and Quality Management System and related activities, including the Food Safety & Quality Policy.
Food Safety Responsibility: Report problems with the food safety management system to supervisor.
Familiarity with ISO Quality Systems.
Barrel related activities: moving barrels, filling, emptying, topping, additions.
Help clean and maintain wood barrels and tanks.