Facilities Maintenance Technician

GALLO; Town of Canandaigua (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401k plans

Employee wine shop access

Job summary

GALLO, a family-owned leader with a 90+ year legacy, seeks a hands-on mechanic to maintain and repair winery equipment, ensuring safe, reliable production. You’ll troubleshoot, replace parts, reassemble, and test equipment while documenting work in CMMS.

You’ll perform basic plumbing, piping, machining, and welding tasks, interpret technical docs, and support continuous improvement across cross-functional teams. On-site, some travel may occur.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED plus 2 years maintenance experience.
• Associates degree in Mechanical or Automotive Maintenance with 1 year experience.
• Experience in manufacturing/industrial environments.
• Willing to work shifts, weekends, and overtime as needed.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and work at heights.
• Own basic hand tools.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair winery equipment to keep production running safely and reliably.
• Perform preventive maintenance on wine processing, packaging, and filtration equipment and document repairs in CMMS.
• Interpret technical documents and read electrical schematics; maintain shop tools and facilities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and maintain high safety and quality standards.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Reading schematics

PLC skills

Willing to lift up to 50 lbs

Shift work (day, swing, graveyard)

Team collaboration

Education

High School or GED + 2 years mechanical maintenance

Associate degree in Mechanical or Automotive Maintenance

Tools

CMMS

SAP Fiori

MS Word/Outlook/Excel

Job description

Job Req ID: 107807

Job Type: Full-time

Work Category: Onsite,

Sponsorship: Not Available

Compensation: $29.14 - $39.37 / Hourly

Gallo Privacy Policy

We are GALLO

We're a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, that's 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 #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. - Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.

View our Corporate Values and Mission Statement here.

A Taste of What You'll Do

Bring your mechanical know-how to a hands-on role supporting winery operations. You'll help keep production running safely and reliably by maintaining, repairing, troubleshooting, and testing equipment while supporting quality, GMP, and occupational safety standards.

In this role, you'll troubleshoot machinery, identify needed repairs, replace or repair defective parts, reassemble and test equipment, and respond to emergency maintenance needs. You'll provide preventive maintenance and troubleshooting support for wine processing, packaging line, and filtration equipment while documenting repairs and labor through the Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

Your work will also include basic plumbing, piping, machining, drill press, and welding operations, along with the safe use of electrical test equipment, hand tools, and power tools. You'll interpret technical documents, troubleshoot basic winery-system alarms, perform routine facility inspections, and help maintain shop tools, machines, and facilities.

You'll work across functions to identify continuous improvement opportunities and bring an ownership mindset to your work. By taking initiative, maintaining high quality standards, and reinforcing safe work practices, you'll help create a dependable and continuously improving operation.

What You'll Need

• High School diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 2 years of mechanical or automotive maintenance experience working on equipment or industrial motors and pumps reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Associates degree or 2-year Technical Degree in Mechanical or Automotive Maintenance and Repair plus 1 year of mechanical or automotive maintenance experience working on equipment or industrial motors and pumps reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, production, industrial mechanical or automotive environment.
• Required to work assigned shift (day, swing, and graveyard) and weekends and overtime as needed.
• Required to conduct work at heights.
• Required to lift and carry equipment that weighs up-to 50 pounds.
• Required to work in a tight and confined space.
• Required to provide own basic hand tools.
• Skilled in calculating figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• 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

• High School diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 4 years of mechanical or automotive maintenance experience working on equipment or industrial motors and pumps reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Associates degree or 2-year Technical Degree in Mechanical or Automotive Maintenance and Repair plus 3 years of mechanical or automotive maintenance experience working on equipment or industrial motors and pumps reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Industrial trade experience to include Refrigeration and HVAC; skilled in forklift and aerial lift operation; experience working in a food and beverage manufacturing facility; operates well in a team setting; and knowledge of drinking water and/or waste water systems.
• Experience maintaining and repairing large production equipment; skilled in the use of MS Word, MS Outlook and MS Excel at a basic level; previous experience using SAP Fiori (Computer Maintenance Management System); and experience writing reports and procedures manuals.
• Skilled in reading electrical schematics; possess PLC skills; and bilingual in English and Spanish.

To view the full job description, please click here.

Our Benefits & Perks

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.
• We offer a broad salary range to allow for long-term growth. Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. 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.

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 209.341.7000.

Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.

E-Verify Notice

Right to Work

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Family Medical Leave Act

USERRA Notice