Are you an honest, hardworking, common sensed person with a positive attitude looking for work in the upcoming vintage in 2019?
This job would be suited to someone who can show up to work on time/early, isn’t distracted by their phone while working, learn new skills very fast, love the challenge of new tasks and complete these tasks efficiently and with high levels of accuracy.
Have extremely high levels of pride in their work and think through their tasks. Be honest, humble, work well with others as well as by yourself.
Various tasks such as operating wine pumps, crusher/destemmer operation, must pump operation, analysis (using an Oeono Foss system), barrel washing and filling, ferment monitoring and pump overs, digging out fermenters, and many more tasks.
Previous forklift experience/license. Drivers license required.
You'll be part of a small team of hard working individuals and required to put in quality work and to be self-motivated and have solid initiative to think through tasks and problem solve by yourself at times. While most times you'll be required to follow directions from our winemaking/management team.
Expected work period (Timing of vintage dependent)
- Induction period Mid-February.
- Vintage approx. first week of March - Early/Mid-April.
- Hours 38-40 hours per week but this can be negotiated depending on skill level/attitude of applicant.
If successful you'll be working at a small family owned and operated winery which produces mostly premium Shiraz wine grapes as well as smaller volumes of Cab Sauv, Grenache and various alternate varieties of wine grapes. Due to the high intake of Shiraz there will be a 3-4 week period where operations will be very busy and a need to produce high quality work is extremely important.
Previous experience or an active/keen interest in the wine industry would be highly beneficial.
Please send resume with previous experience, past employers and references (we will be checking these).
Only the best candidates will be considered for this role. Please only apply if you fit into the description above.
Thanks in advance for your application if you choose to do so!