About Us

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world's leading wine companies. We know that it's the thinkers, makers, and doers who have the most impact as we continue to strive towards being recognized as the world's most admired premium wine company. We are proud of our portfolio of brands that have tremendous heritage, rich quality, and a reputation for excellence across the globe. From the iconic luxury of Penfolds, Stags' Leap, Beaulieu Vineyards, and Beringer, to the broad appeal of Sterling Vineyards, Frank Family Vineyards and 19 Crimes and newer brands like Daou Vineyards, we are committed to creating memorable wine experiences for our consumers.

About the Role

This position will work closely with the winemaking, viticulture, sensory, and research teams across multiple brands to coordinate and perform all daily analytical analysis required for production needs; including, but not limited to, grape, must, finished wine, and bottled wine analysis, monitoring, and tracking fermentations, monitoring and tracking bottling operations, bench-top analysis, data collection, and recording.

The successful candidate will have laboratory experience, strong organizational skills and time management, computer proficiency, have a quest for quality results and work well individually as well as in a team atmosphere.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Wine Chemist must have the ability to work efficiently and accurately in a high throughput advanced analytical laboratory.
* Perform routine juice, must, and wine analysis using automated equipment such as FTIR, UV-Vis, NIR, GCTQ, auto-titration, and discrete analyzer. This includes pH, titratable acidity, brix, alcohol, ammonia, free-amino nitrogen, free and total sulfur, volatile acidity, residual sugar, anthocyanin, tannins, brettanomyces, haloanisoles, and various other analyses.
* Perform all quality assurance functions during bottling operations.
* Record and enter data in Excel, JDE, VinoEZ, and AgCode.
* Maintain equipment in proper working order.
* Perform quality control measures and instrument calibrations as needed.
* Work with other laboratory staff including other wine chemists and harvest interns.
* Support the Laboratory Supervisor in other responsibilities such as training and maintaining SOPs, SDSs, GMPs, GDPs, and GLPs.
* Participate in HACCP related activities.
* Clean glassware, countertops, lab equipment and instrumentation regularly, maintaining good general housekeeping of the lab.
* Understand and abide by safety guidelines and laboratory procedures.
* Collect wine samples from tanks.
* Flexibility regarding work hours and shift assignment a must.
* Perform other duties as assigned.

About You

* You have a Bachelors degree in chemistry or an Associate or Bachelors degree in any physical, chemical, or biological science with at least 30 credits of chemistry. A Bachelors degree in enology or food sciences will also be considered.
* Previous winery and laboratory experience is desired, but not required.
* You have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with an emphasis on accuracy and timeliness.
* You can work both independently and as a dynamic, contributing team member.
* You have a positive attitude, eagerness to learn, and willingness to work long hours inside or outside.
* You are motivated to ask questions, to overcome obstacles, and find solutions.
* You remain composed and calm under pressure.
* You have strong computer skills not limited to but including Office applications such as Outlook, Excel, and Word.
* You can perform physical labor if necessary, and to lift 50lbs.
* You have strong organizational and problem-solving skills; ability to manage priorities and workflow.
* You have excellent communication skills; can communicate effectively in English. Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.

What's in it for you

* The opportunity to be bold and make an impact in the world of wine
* Access to the world's most celebrated wines through our employee product allowance
* True flexibility in determining how, when, and where you work to achieve your potential
* Global opportunities across the US, Australia & New Zealand, Asia, UK/Europe
* Opportunity to build a career across multiple functions (we're really good at doing this!)
* Structured development programs to support your health, wellbeing, and career
* "TWEforME Day" -an additional day of leave each year, for you to do you!
* Competitive benefits package including: Medical, Dental, and Vision, Paid Time Off (vacation, sick time, and holidays), 401K with company match, and much more!

Culture

We bring our whole selves, we're courageous and we deliver together -that's our DNA. We're a passionate bunch who enjoy working together, like to have fun, and keep things down-to-earth. We're brave enough and care enough to have the right conversations to get the best outcome and are famous for our can-do attitude. We're definitely "glass half full" people and see challenges as opportunities and move with pace to achieve our goals.

If you're ready to help us be the world's most admired premium wine company, please apply now!

Inclusion Equity and Diversity

Just like the wide range and variety of brands in our wine portfolio, TWE embraces diversity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

Pay Transparency Disclosure: The base pay range offered for this position is $24 to $26.92 per hour. These figures represent what we reasonably expect to pay for this position, but the actual compensation offered will depend upon numerous job-related factors, including but not limited to candidate qualifications, skills, experience, education, location, and alignment with market data. Our expectation is that the incumbent w