URGENTLY HIRING CELLAR TECHNICIANS!!!! WILLING TO TRAIN!!!

Meier’s Wine Cellars, Inc. is a growing manufacturer of bulk and packaged wine, beer, spirits and consumer beverages industries. Meier’s has operated in this space for over 100 years and focuses on the growth of its portfolio of wines and juices. Meier’s services customers in all 50 states and multiple European countries. It is the oldest and largest winery in Ohio and is focused on the growth and development of its core brands as well as the success of its customers.

MONDAY-FRIDAY: DAYSHIFT ONLY!!!!

PAY RANGE-$17.50-$19.00

BENEFITS: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with a Company Match, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Employee Discounts

Position Summary: The Cellar Technician assists with all of the duties for the cellar to ensure quality, accuracy, and efficiency in the Processing Department.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures wines, juices, and other products are properly filtered
• Responsible for proper filling, labeling, and storage of totes, drums, and pails
• Ensures bottling and storage tanks are properly cleaned and sanitized
• Responsible for sending samples from filter, bottling tanks, and bulk items to QC lab
• Maintains flavor room and takes inventory of flavors as needed
• Assist as needed with blending of wines, juices, and spirits
• Assist as needed with loading/unloading of tankers and railcars
• Transfer bulk storage from one tank to another
• Conduct blending operations in the fiberglass or blending room
• Chill-filter high value spirits
• Filter wines and other products through the Cross Flow and Star Pad Filters
• During inclement weather, ensuring that all outdoor areas are properly treated to avoid slips and falls due to ice buildup
• Move hoses of more than 50 feet in length according to standards by using a second person for the lift
• Perform cleaning and organizing tasks as necessary to maintain a clean and safe working environment
• Ability to adapt and perform additional responsibilities as the role and the department evolve

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma;
• Previous experience in the wine, beer, or spirits industries preferred
• Must have ability to read English and do basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) found on a batch sheet
• Attention to detail
• Ability to move hoses of various lengths across the plant to make necessary connections
• Ability to climb above and below railcars and tanker trucks
• Ability to unload and load railcars and tanker trucks
• Preferred experience with filtration, blending/flavoring, and pump operations

Physical Demands/ Work Environment:

This is a physical job in a winery/production setting that will require long periods of standing, walking, lifting, climbing ladders and the ability to observe others and the work environment. This position may occasionally be exposed to wet or humid conditions, work near moving mechanical parts, outdoor power equipment, chemicals, and outdoor weather conditions.

Vintage Wine Estates provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.