Job Status: Filled

HARVEST CELLARMASTER (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

Full Time

  Long Meadow Ranch

  St. Helena, California

Long Meadow Ranch has an exciting opportunity to join the winemaking team as a Harvest Cellarmaster! Long Meadow Ranch is a family­-owned and operated producer and purveyor of world­-class wine and food that is economically successful and socially responsible using diversified, sustainable, and organic farming methods. Long Meadow Ranch produces award­-winning wines, handcrafted extra virgin olive oils, grass­-fed beef, eggs, and heirloom fruits and vegetables.

We are seeking a Harvest Cellarmaster as a shift leader for crush, ferment and barrel down activities at our winery.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and be accountable for all shift activities during Harvest
  • Prioritize, facilitate and supervise operational activities in the cellar area and barrel rooms
  • Supervise and train cellar workers in the performance and quality of cellar and cleaning procedures, ensuring compliance with all operational policies and procedures
  • Perform all levels of wine-work and equipment operations
  • Ensure proper equipment use, maintenance, storage, and sanitation for all cellar equipment
  • Reconcile and approve completed work orders before they are returned
  • Special projects and other responsibilities as assigned

Responsibilities if possess proper level of experience

  • Running crush equipment and sorting fruit
  • Barrel cleaning, stacking and filling
  • Cap management
  • Press operations
  • Juice / wine transfers
  • Additions and Inoculations
  • Daily Brix and Temperature measurements
  • Equipment sanitation and cleaning

Education, Experience and Required Skills

  • Minimum 5 years of winery production experience (premium winery preferred)
  • Good verbal communication skills 
  • Remain positive, detail-oriented and energetic in the face of long hours
  • Lift and carry 75 lbs. repeatedly
  • Follow written and oral English instructions
  • Provide reliable transportation with a valid license
  • Work rotating shifts, long hours and most weekends in a fast paced environment
  • Walk and stand for long periods of time
  • Climb up and down stairs

Compensation

  • This is a temporary position to begin Late August and end at the completion of Harvest 2017.
  • Competitive compensation depending on experience.

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