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Why Gallo
Gallo is proud to be expanding into Chester County, South Carolina! Our Chester County Operations facility will be situated on 630 acres and include bottling and canning capabilities, warehousing, a regional distribution center, and will serve as the eastern hub for our import and export business.

We're approaching 100 years of bold ideas and hard work that unite us in our goal to serve joy in the moments that matter. As a company that has thrived on the simple belief of taking care of our people first, we appreciate and value what matters most to you. We're all about providing some of the best benefits, rewards, and development programs available in your area. We focus on caring and respecting each other, because together, we make growth possible.

At Gallo, we're passionate about bringing our culture to life in Chester County and to building something truly amazing, together.

Chester County Operations | We Serve Joy!

Gallo, Chester County Operations is hiring a Lab Technician to help bring quality to how we Serve Joy!

Job Overview:

• Shift: 12 Hour Night Shift, 2-2-3 Schedule
• As a Lab Tech, with general supervision, you will perform physical, microbiological and chemical analysis of alcoholic beverages, grapes, grape products, water, incoming materials, and other related materials required for quality control, winemaking, and environmental monitoring facilitating the production of winery products and evaluation of winery processes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Supports microbiological analysis and preparation such as, sampling, monitoring of bottling lines for sanitation efficacy, media prep, sterilizing bottles, and saline bottle prep as directed.
• Performs a broad range of analyses utilizing appropriate distillation, titrimetric, colorimetric and instrumental methods.
• Operates equipment such as auto-titrators, refractometers, densitometers, gas chromatographs, infrared analyzers, and spectrophotometers.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned by the supervisor including, but not limited to, cleaning, recordkeeping and special projects.
• Evaluates laboratory quality control data to determine acceptability and releases customer data as appropriate.
• Performs laboratory instrument calibration and preventative maintenance as required.
• Makes suggestions to improve laboratory practices.
• Completes all initial and on-going quality and safety training in a timely manner
• Perform all duties with an understanding of the lab’s commitment to quality and customer service as outlined in the laboratory’s ISO 17025-compliant quality management system

What You Will Need:

• Associates degree plus 1 year of laboratory support experience; OR Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science, or Biochemistry OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 4 years of laboratory support.

• Skilled in writing simple correspondence.

• Skilled in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing using whole numbers.

• Required to maintain 3 shift availability (day, swing, and graveyard); required to work overtime when necessary; required to work weekends when necessary

• Required to be at least 21 years of age. 

• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

Gallo does not sponsor for employment based visas for this position now or in the future.

Compensation:

• Hiring Salary Range Posted: $21.72 - $29.34  /per hour
• Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Perks & Benefits:

• This position includes a competitive benefits package.
• Winery - Please click here to view our full list of benefits or click here to watch our video.

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Application Window is Expected to Close On: March 1, 2024
Requisition ID: 103776 
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Gallo’s policy is to afford equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibit discrimination for lawful out-of-work behavior, such as off-duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.

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