GALLO ยท 8 hours ago
Winery Controls Tech
GALLO is a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy known for its diverse alcohol beverage portfolio. The Winery Controls Tech role involves maintaining and troubleshooting control systems, working collaboratively across teams to enhance process performance and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
Responsibilities
Maintaining, installing, and troubleshooting plant instrumentation and control systems with minimal supervision
Applying and expanding knowledge of PLC and HMI programming, MES, Historian tags, and Kepware
Diagnosing communication networks (DeviceNet, Data Highway, CAN I/O) and using electrical test equipment to keep processes running reliably
Executing minor PLC/HMI projects, equipment upgrades, parameter downloads, and instrument calibration while recommending and validating improvements to equipment and control strategies
Working cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, and engineering to gather and analyze technical and cost data, present test results, and support capital projects or product commercialization
Identifying technical issues, proposing practical solutions, managing project goals and timelines, and communicating status and roadblocks clearly
Ensuring safety, GMP, quality, and environmental compliance are integral to every task
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science Degree plus 1 year of working with PLC controls, logic circuits, pneumatic and electrical equipment experience; OR 2 years technical degree in electrical technology plus 3 years of experience working with PLC controls, logic circuits, pneumatic and electrical equipment; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 5 years of experience working with PLC controls, logic circuits, pneumatic and electrical equipment
Required to climb stairs and ladders; required to conduct work at heights
Knowledgeable of Electrical Safety procedures
May be required to work a rotating shift/schedule (e.g., day, swing, graveyard, 5x8, 4x10) as well as weekends and overtime
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
Required to be 18 years or older
Preferred
Bachelor of Science Degree plus 3 years of working with PLC controls, logic circuits, pneumatic and electrical equipment experience; OR 2 years technical degree in electrical technology plus 5 years of experience working with PLC controls, logic circuits, pneumatic and electrical equipment; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 7 years of experience working with PLC controls, logic circuits, pneumatic and electrical equipment
Knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics
Knowledge of motion control and servo drive technology (software and hardware)
Experience developing FactoryTalkView applications for ME Station (PanelView+)
Experience configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting FactoryTalkDirectory (local) and RSLinx Professional
Experience working with RSNetworx, able to configure industrial networks (ControlNet, DeviceNet, and EtherNet)
Knowledge of motor control and automated control circuits
One or more years of demonstrated experience in one of the following areas: CPG Manufacturing Systems (Filling, Labeling, Packaging, etc.), Winery Manufacturing Systems (Fermentation, Piping, Filtration, etc.), Control Systems (Rockwell, SCADA, PLC, Instrumentation), Project Management, Glass Manufacturing Systems
Benefits
Medical and dental coverage
401k plans
Profit sharing
Pet insurance
Company holidays
Access to an employee wine shop
Company
GALLO
We're proud to be home to the top wine and spirits brands in the U.S., including High Noon and Barefoot Wine.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
Research and Markets
2025-07-22
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