Lab Technician

Company Overview We’re a family‑owned company with a 90+ year legacy, consistently recognized as a Glassdoor “Best Places to Work.” We have 130+ brands in our total alcohol beverage portfolio, including wine, malt, spirits, and ready‑to‑drink beverages. We’re home to the U.S. #1 wine and spirits brands and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America. At GALLO South Carolina, we produce some of your favorite ready‑to‑drink, wine, and spirits products like High Noon and New Amsterdam. We are committed to providing competitive compensation, benefits, perks, and a culture that supports your well‑being. A Taste of What You’ll Do Join a dynamic laboratory team at Gallo where science, quality, and innovation come together to support world‑class winemaking. As a Lab Tech, you will play a critical role in ensuring product excellence by performing chemical and physical analysis across a wide range of materials including beverages, grapes, and water. Your work will directly impact quality control, environmental monitoring, and the continuous improvement of winery processes. In this hands‑on role, you will operate advanced analytical instrumentation while supporting sample preparation and laboratory operations. You’ll collaborate closely with your team to identify trends, troubleshoot unexpected deviations, and contribute to corrective actions that ensure product integrity. Your attention to detail and commitment to safety will help maintain a high‑performing, ISO‑compliant laboratory environment. This position offers an opportunity to develop your technical skills while contributing to a culture that values ownership, initiative, and continuous improvement. If you are passionate about science, thrive in a fast‑paced setting, and are eager to make a meaningful impact, this is your opportunity to grow your career with Gallo. Shift Graveyard 6pm-6:15am, 12 hours What You’ll Need Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science, or Biochemistry OR Associate’s degree plus 1 year of laboratory support experience; OR High school diploma or State‑issued equivalency certificate plus 4 years of laboratory support. Skilled in writing simple correspondence. Skilled in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing using whole numbers. Required to maintain 3‑shift availability (day, swing, and graveyard); required to work overtime when necessary; required to work weekends when necessary. Required to be at least 21 years of age. 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. How You’ll Stand Out Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science, or Biochemistry plus 2 years of chemistry/microbiology laboratory experience. Skilled in the use of MS Word and Excel. Strong verbal, written, analytical and interpersonal skills. Experience working in an ISO:17025 accredited laboratory. Experience reading and interpreting documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Skilled in applying concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Skilled in interpreting a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Benefits Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more. Additional information will be provided before your first interview. The Fine Print The Company does not sponsor for employment‑based visas for this position now or in the future. Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participation in tasting room tip pools, as applicable. 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. It is the Company’s policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days. Equal Employment Opportunity 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 View phone number on click.appcast.io. 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