Mechanic III

Job Description

Job Description:\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Company: Bronco Wine CompanyReporting to: Maintenance ManagerTravel Requirements: Approximately 20%, based on business needs, including travel to Santa Rosa and Napa facilities as assignedFLSA Status: Non-ExemptEmployment Category: Full-Time RegularPay Range: $30.23–$38.00 per hourLocation: Onsite, Ceres, CAPrimary Area Supported: Bottling OperationsShift: Based on operational needs; ability to work assigned shifts as required\n Bronco Wine Company is seeking a Mechanic III based in Ceres, CA to support Bottling Operations. The Mechanic III is a senior-level maintenance position responsible for supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of bottling lines, production equipment, and related facility systems.\n This position applies advanced mechanical, electrical, controls, and troubleshooting knowledge to diagnose equipment issues, perform preventive and corrective maintenance, support line changeovers and startups, and help bottling equipment operate at established performance targets. The Mechanic III works with minimal supervision and serves as a technical resource to Maintenance, Bottling, Production, Cellar, Quality Assurance, Engineering, and other operational teams.\n Bronco Wine Company was founded in 1973. Our family-owned company strives to continue and improve upon being vertically integrated, from the vineyard to the table, focusing on crafting quality wines for every table. Our family’s resilience and sustained growth will continue to be fostered through stewardship of family, valued employees, respected partners, and future generations.ESSENTIAL DUTIES:\n \n Understand and follow applicable ISO 9001, HACCP, GMP, company, maintenance, quality, and safety requirements and procedures.\n Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair bottling-line machinery, controls, and related production equipment.\n Apply advanced mechanical and electrical troubleshooting techniques to identify and correct equipment failures.\n Connect to and troubleshoot applicable programmable logic controllers (PLCs), including ladder-logic programs, within applicable training and authorization.\n Modify PLC logic as required and authorized to support troubleshooting, equipment operation, or approved system changes.\n Support PLC programming, testing, and related controls activities based on assigned responsibilities and technical qualifications.\n Troubleshoot, wire, and rewire control panels and related line equipment within applicable training and authorization.\n Troubleshoot and maintain variable-frequency drives (VFDs), PLC controls, motors, sensors, electrical components, and other bottling-line control systems.\n Diagnose equipment by evaluating the complete machine cycle of operation and identifying mechanical, electrical, controls, or process-related causes of equipment problems.\n Troubleshoot industrial electrical systems, including 110V, 220V, and 480V three-phase systems, within applicable training and authorization.\n Safely use electrical diagnostic equipment, including volt-ohm meters and other approved electrical testing equipment.\n Troubleshoot and support HVAC systems, boilers, chillers, air compressors and dryers, nitrogen generators, and other applicable facility or production-support equipment.\n Perform corrective, preventive, predictive, and routine maintenance on bottling equipment, production systems, and related facility equipment.\n Support planned equipment-overhaul work, major repairs, installations, and maintenance projects.\n Perform bottling-line equipment changeovers accurately and within established production requirements.\n Support bottling-line startup following changeovers and assist with restoring equipment to established operational and OEE performance targets.\n Read and interpret equipment manuals, mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, P&IDs, technical specifications, and other equipment documentation.\n Follow applicable Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), electrical-safety, machine-safety, and other established maintenance procedures.\n Communicate equipment conditions, maintenance activity, downtime, repairs, and technical information to Maintenance, Bottling, Production, Cellar, Quality Assurance, Engineering, leadership, and other appropriate personnel.\n Record parts used and identify replacement-part needs for appropriate Parts Room personnel.\n Maintain accurate maintenance-turnover information, work records, and other required maintenance documentation.\n Work with company Engineering personnel, vendors, contractors, and other technical resources to troubleshoot problems and support equipment or system improvements.\n Provide technical guidance, training, mentoring, and hands-on support to other Maintenance and Engineering team members.\n Identify equipment and process improvements that support safety, reliability, maintainability, production performance, and efficiency.\n Safely perform basic welding or fabrication activities when appropriately trained and authorized.\n Supply and maintain required personal hand tools in accordance with the approved tool list for the position.\n Wear company-provided uniforms as required.\n Travel to other company facilities as assigned to provide maintenance, bottling, project, or technical support.\n Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned, consistent with the position’s purpose and operational needs.\n JOB REQUIREMENTS:\n Minimum Qualifications:\n \n Two-year technical certificate or equivalent technical education in automotive, marine, machining, welding, industrial electrical and controls, aviation maintenance, or another directly related technical discipline, plus at least ten years of progressively responsible journey-level or senior-level industrial maintenance, electrical, controls, or related technical experience in a manufacturing environment; OR, in lieu of the technical certificate, at least fourteen years of directly related progressively responsible experience may be considered.\n Demonstrated senior-level experience troubleshooting and repairing mechanical, electrical, controls, and production equipment.\n Demonstrated experience supporting manufacturing, processing, packaging, bottling, or comparable automated production equipment.\n Advanced experience with industrial electrical and controls systems, including motors, VFDs, PLCs, control panels, and related equipment.\n Experience troubleshooting PLC-controlled production equipment and industrial automation systems.\n Ability to safely troubleshoot applicable industrial electrical systems up to 480V within established training and authorization.\n Experience reading and interpreting mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, P&IDs, manuals, and technical specifications.\n Experience performing preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment changeovers, troubleshooting, and equipment repairs.\n Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while appropriately escalating equipment, safety, or technical issues.\n Current CPR and First Aid certification, or ability to obtain and maintain required CPR and First Aid certification within the company-established timeframe after hire.\n Valid driver’s license.\n Reliable transportation.\n Ability to travel approximately 20% based on business needs, including travel between Ceres, Santa Rosa, Napa, and other assigned company facilities.\n Ability to work assigned shifts and adjust schedules as required based on production, maintenance, project, or other business needs.\n Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and outside regularly scheduled hours when required by business or production needs.\n PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n \n Experience supporting high-speed beverage manufacturing, including wine, beer, soda, juice, dairy, or comparable processing and packaging environments.\n Experience supporting high-speed bottling, filling, labeling, packaging, or conveyance equipment.\n Advanced PLC programming and ladder-logic development experience.\n Experience working with VFDs, industrial automation, instrumentation, and control systems.\n Experience supporting HVAC, boilers, chillers, air compressors, dryers, nitrogen-generation equipment, or other production-support utilities.\n Welding and fabrication experience, including TIG or stick welding.\n Sanitary welding experience.\n Experience providing hands-on technical training, mentoring, or coaching to other maintenance personnel.\n Experience supporting Continuous Improvement, OEE, equipment-reliability, or production-performance initiatives.\n KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:\n \n Advanced knowledge of bottling and packaging equipment operation, maintenance, changeover, and troubleshooting.\n Advanced knowledge of mechanical and industrial electrical troubleshooting.\n Knowledge of PLC-controlled production equipment, ladder logic, VFDs, sensors, control panels, motors, and related automation technologies.\n Knowledge of industrial electrical systems, including applicable 110V, 220V, and 480V three-phase systems.\n Knowledge of safe electrical-testing practices and appropriate diagnostic equipment.\n Knowledge of complete equipment cycles of operation and the interaction between mechanical, electrical, control, and production systems.\n Knowledge of preventive-maintenance schedules, corrective maintenance, equipment overhaul practices, and equipment-reliability principles.\n Ability to read and interpret equipment manuals, technical specifications, mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, and P&IDs.\n Ability to diagnose complex equipment failures and identify appropriate corrective actions.\n Ability to plan and organize assigned maintenance activities.\n Ability to perform bottling-line changeovers and support timely equipment startup and production recovery.\n Ability to work independently while making sound technical decisions within assigned authority.\n Ability to communicate effectively with Maintenance, Bottling, Production, Cellar, Quality Assurance, Engineering, vendors, contractors, supervisors, and managers.\n Ability to train, mentor, and provide technical guidance to Maintenance and Engineering team members.\n Ability to remain effective and appropriately prioritize work during equipment downtime and other time-sensitive operational conditions.\n Ability to identify conditions requiring Engineering, vendor, contractor, management, or other specialized technical support.\n PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\n \n Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, or move tools, parts, equipment, and materials weighing up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation and/or appropriate material-handling equipment, as applicable to the assigned task.\n Ability to carry and use an approximately 10–15-pound tool pouch as required to perform assigned maintenance activities, with or without reasonable accommodation.\n Ability to walk and stand frequently throughout bottling, production, maintenance, and related operational areas, with or without reasonable accommodation.\n Ability to occasionally climb stairs and use approved ladders or other access equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.\n Ability to kneel, crouch, squat, bend, lie down, reach, grasp, and work in awkward or restricted positions while accessing and repairing equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.\n Ability to work at heights and access elevated work areas when required and when appropriately trained, authorized, and equipped, with or without reasonable accommodation.\n Ability to safely use hand tools, power tools, electrical-testing equipment, diagnostic equipment, and other approved maintenance equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.\n WORK ENVIRONMENT:\n \n Work is primarily performed onsite at the Ceres facility in bottling, production, maintenance, utility, and other operational areas.\n Work may also be performed at Santa Rosa, Napa, and other company facilities based on assigned maintenance, bottling, project, or technical-support needs.\n Work involves exposure to moving machinery, automated production equipment, electrical systems, moderate to high noise levels, solvents, chemicals, and other industrial conditions.\n Work may be performed indoors or outdoors and may involve varying temperatures and environmental conditions.\n Employees must follow applicable maintenance, electrical-safety, Lockout/Tagout, machine-safety, chemical-handling, equipment-operation, fall-protection, and personal protective equipment requirements.\n The position may require work on different shifts, overtime, weekends, holidays, and outside regular working hours based on production and maintenance needs.\n PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:\n \n Side-shield safety glasses.\n High-visibility safety vest or other required high-visibility apparel.\n Head protection in designated production, maintenance, construction, or other operational areas.\n Hearing protection in designated high-noise areas.\n Appropriate safety footwear.\n Electrical PPE, gloves, eye or face protection, fall protection, and other task-specific personal protective equipment when required based on the assigned activity, equipment, voltage, identified hazards, and applicable safety procedures.\n \n \n \n WHAT WE OFFER At Bronco Wine Company, we understand that our success is driven by our talented, committed workforce. We value the contributions each employee makes to our achievements, and our aim is to offer a comprehensive benefits program that is competitive, helping us attract and retain top talent. Our Benefits are crafted to support the needs of our employees and their families, ensuring the package is simple to understand, easy to access, and affordable for all.\n \n \n Health Care Coverage including medical, dental, vision & prescription – eligible on date of hire for full-time employees\n Paid Vacation & Holidays\n 401(k) with Employer Match\n Employee Wine Discounts\n Life and AD&D\n Voluntary life and AD&D\n Group Short-Term Disability\n