Seasonal Sr. Lab Technician

Job Req ID: 107036

Job Type: Full-time

Work Category: Onsite

Application Close Date: 05/31/2026

Sponsorship: Not Available

Compensation: $ - $

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A Taste of What You'll Do

As a Seasonal Senior Laboratory Technician, you’ll play a hands-on role in ensuring the quality, safety, and integrity of our wines and spirits during one of the most critical times of the year. Working in a dynamic laboratory environment, you’ll perform physical, microbiological, and chemical analyses that directly support winemaking, environmental monitoring, and product evaluation. Your work helps ensure that every product meets GALLO’s high standards for quality and compliance.

In this role, you’ll operate and troubleshoot a wide range of laboratory instrumentation, interpret analytical data, and take action when results fall outside of specifications. You’ll collaborate closely with production and laboratory teams to investigate issues, support corrective actions, and improve laboratory practices. Your attention to detail and commitment to quality will be essential as you manage samples, maintain data integrity, and follow ISO 17025-compliant quality systems.

You’ll also serve as a knowledgeable resource within the lab, supporting the training and onboarding of newer team members and providing guidance when supervisors are not available. This is an opportunity to build your technical expertise, contribute to continuous improvement, and make a meaningful impact during the harvest season while working independently and as part of a collaborative team.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree with a combined 20 college coursework units of chemistry, biology, and/or microbiology plus 2 years of chemistry/microbiology laboratory experience OR 2 Harvest Seasons at GALLO; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 6 years or 6 seasons of paid laboratory experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibilities; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 20 college coursework units of chemistry, biology, and/or microbiology plus 4 years of chemistry/microbiology laboratory experience OR 4 Harvest Seasons at GALLO.
• Skilled in writing simple correspondence.
• Skilled in the use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• 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 lift and carry cases of product that can weigh up to 50 pounds.
• 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.
  
  

Our Benefits & Perks

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We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports 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.

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 the 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 participate 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.
  
  

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