Harvest Coordinator

Pay Rate: $30/hr, plus overtime (when applicable)

Assist the Winemaking team in performing and coordinating grape arrival, juice processing to fermentation stages for the harvest season.

Job Responsibilities

• Create and maintain an Excel spreadsheet documenting grape receiving, juice movements and additions
• Cellar work order Data entry in our Winemaking software for grape and juice receiving and all cellar movement from juice pressing to fermentations.
• Selection of tanks for juice settling and racking of juice into selected tanks for primary fermentation with all necessary additions.
• Record and Monitor fermentation process. Temperature and Brix every day.
• Troubleshoot cooling system and cascade issues to Cellar Supervisor or Winemaking team and maintenance team in case of any problem
• Coordinate daily winemaking tasting and trials.
• Coordinate with laboratory and cellar regarding work orders, samples and analysis.
• Cellar and lab support as needed.

Education: High school diploma or GED required.       

Bachelor’s degree in food science and / or Enology preferred or 4 to 6 years equivalent experience required,           

Languages:  English required

Professional experience & know how:

• Minimum 1-year winery cellar experience.
• Knowledge or ability to learn safe cellar practices, including safe handling of chemicals
• Knowledge of winery cellar operating procedures
• Ability to be trained in confined space entry process and procedures
• Computer skills including Word processing, Data base and spreadsheet.

Technical & management skills:

• Previous experience in sparkling wine operations preferred but not required
• Knowledge of cellar operations and specific activities of cellar functions
• Skill in project management and/or logistics
• Skill in mathematics wine additions based on formulas
• Skill in lab analysis and reading lab results
• Ability to organize and detail work process
• Ability to use Microsoft products such as Word and Excel
• Ability to work flexible work shifts and schedules

Personal & interpersonal skills: Ability tocommunicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

• Ability to work harmoniously with co-workers and with different departments to coordinate a result

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to climb stairs
• Ability to stand and walk for long hours
• Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds
• Ability to work both inside and outside in varying, often cold or wet, weather conditions