Job Description

Why Gallo?

With a global portfolio of over 100 unique wine and spirits brands, we are the largest family-owned winery in the world. Apply Today! Our Brands. Your Future.

Location:

Rombauer Vineyards 

The Facilities Maintenance and Grounds Assistant role works under general supervision and is responsible for conducting general building maintenance service calls, preventative maintenance (PM), and routine equipment checks. Performs basic building maintenance functions for assigned areas and location, ensuring that maintenance is achieved at lowest cost, consistent with service standards and the highest possible quality.

What You Will Do:

• Assists with a range of building and office projects and repairs, including plumbing, electrical work, painting, and general facility maintenance.
• Installs, runs, and maintains new electrical fixtures, generators, and other electrical equipment.
• Conducts routine inspections of building equipment, ensuring optimal performance and notifying supervisors of major issues.
• Completes repairs and adjustments to facility equipment such as wine pumps and cellar machinery, and communicates significant repair needs to managers.
• Performs landscaping duties, including tree trimming, irrigation maintenance, and debris removal, ensuring fire protection standards are met.
• Drives pomace trucks during harvest season and performs associated tasks.
• Responds to routine and non-routine maintenance service calls across Gallo properties, performing necessary repairs and adjustments.
• Supports preventative maintenance on basic electrical equipment, HVAC units, water coolers, and other minor building equipment.
• Troubleshoots issues, logs service activities, and coordinates maintenance for winemaking, tasting rooms, and administrative areas.
• Conducts inspections and maintains records for critical systems such as fire extinguishers, emergency lighting, power generators, and more, ensuring timely completion and compliance with regulations.

What You Will Need:

• High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 3 years of maintenance/handyman experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Required to work one weekend per month as needed.
• Candidate is required to have a valid driver’s license, a safe driving record and reliable vehicle (if applicable) at the time of hire. This position will undergo a motor vehicle check (MVR) to confirm a history of safe and responsible driving. If needed, candidate must obtain the appropriate state driver’s license based on the position’s location within 30 days of hire.
• Required to lift 100 lbs as well as lift and carry 75lbs up flights of stairs and ladders.
• Required to work on ladders, building rooftops and crawl through tight spaces (e.g. attics and basements).
• Skilled in reading, comprehending, interpreting and executing simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Skilled in writing simple correspondence.
• Skilled in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing using whole numbers.
• 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.

What Will Set You Apart:

• High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 5 years of maintenance/handyman experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Facilities maintenance experience.
• Post-secondary education coursework to include electronics and welding.
• Possess strong mechanical aptitude.
• Experience using and operating building maintenance equipment such as welders, torches, vacuum pumps, recovery systems, volt and amp meters, refrigeration gauges, computers, plumbing and light equipment.

Compensation:

• Hiring Range Posted: $25.96 / hr - $35.00 / hr
• 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:

We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a work-life balance supporting your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.

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Gallo does not sponsor for employment based visas for this position now or in the future.
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Requisition ID - 105696 

Anticipated Close Date - June 18, 2025

This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting and requires working on-site with no telecommuting option. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.

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Gallo’s policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits 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 prohibiting 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 accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.

Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.

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