California: Quality Control Technician I
Trinchero Family Estates is a family-owned California wine company that offers a diverse collection of fine wines from the premier growing regions of California and Australia. Since 1947, the Trinchero family has owned Sutter Home Winery in Napa Valley.
We currently have a Quality Control Technician I position available in our Production department.
This position must be available to work day, swing, or graveyard shift.
Job Summary:
To provide technical support and monitoring of all bottling equipment and packaging techniques.
The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
• Perform routinely scheduled packaging line audits including but not limited to:
• Monitor wine temperature throughout the production process.
• Monitor winemaking for compliance with wine specifications.
• Monitor oxygen levels in the wine throughout the process from pad tank to bottle.
• Monitor pressure and vacuum settings and performance on various pieces of bottling equipment.
• Monitor corker performance by checking headspace vacuum and cork integrity.
• Monitor capper performance by checking headspace pressures, headspace oxygen, removal torques and seal integrity.
• Monitor fill volumes to insure that they are within TFE and ATF specifications.
• Verify that the proper labels are being used and that their placement on the bottle is correct.
