Laboratory Manager - St Helena

Treasury Wine Estates; Napa (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Treasury Wine Estates seeks a Laboratory Manager to oversee analysis in its St Helena laboratory. The role requires strong expertise in wine analysis and supervisory skills, ensuring laboratory efficiency and safety. This position offers competitive pay and benefits that reflect TWE's commitment to employee growth.

Benefits

Generous employee product allowance

Competitive benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision

Paid Time Off and 401K with company match

TWEforME Day - extra day off each year

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in an analytical laboratory, preferably in food or beverage.
• Prior supervisory experience required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain laboratory methods and quality assurance programs.
• Supervise and perform wet chemistry and advanced analysis.

Skills

Wine analysis

Quality control systems

Proficiency in Excel

Analytical instrumentation troubleshooting

Education

BS Degree in Chemistry

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Boldly Cultivating (youtube.com)

About us

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world’s largest wine companies and w e are proud of our Treasury America’s portfolio of brands that have tremendous heritage, rich quality, and a reputation for excellence across the globe . At TWE we are led everyday by our purpose, Boldly Cultivating . We are boldly cultivating value through our brands, wine, people & environment for enriched & joyful communities.

At TWE we cultivate our teams to be their very best. And in turn, our people push us to make bigger and bolder decisions. Our focus on Boldly Cultivating unites us as a global team and fuels our vision to become the world’s most desirable luxury wine company – known for the experiences we create for our consumers, customers, partners, suppliers and our people.

To learn more about our purpose and our renowned portfolio of global brands, click here .

About the role

The Laboratory Manager role oversees the day-to-day executing of all the analysis needed for Treasury’s North Coast at the regional laboratory in St Helena. Ensures the laboratory staff executes tasks in a safe and efficient manner with accuracy, and works to continuously improve workflow, equipment, and processes while monitoring and adhering to the budget.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain laboratory methods, SOP’s, and the quality assurance program (HAACP) including participation in any site audits and inspections as appropriate.
• Ensure laboratory equipment is maintained through regularly scheduled PM’s.
• Troubleshoot analytical instrumentation and methodology to resolve analytical inconsistencies and achieve accurate results for the winemaking team.
• Manage the laboratory schedule to meet all analysis needs.
• Seek out workflow and process changes to continuously improve the efficiency and accuracy of reported data.
• Transition of new equipment and technologies from research phase to production use.
• Supervise and perform all wet chemistry, automated and advanced analysis, as well as other laboratory tasks.
• Incident reporting of all relevant safety incidents as outlined by TW HSE team
• Demonstrate safety as a key value.
• Responsible for building and training a cross functional team.
• Foster an environment of trust, fairness, and transparency while upholding established TWE guidelines and policies.
• Proactively address performance or disciplinary concerns through clear expectation setting.
• Conduct 1-1’s with direct reports to support career development, ongoing feedback.
• Lead daily communications to ensure necessary production and people information are cascaded.
• Partner with HR to ensure the team is compliant with necessary training and regulations.
• The Laboratory Manager will be responsible for the overall budget of the St Helena laboratory.

About you

• You have a BS Degree in Chemistry or closely related scientific field.
• You have 3-5 years’ experience working in an analytical laboratory, preferably in food or beverage.
• You have prior supervisory experience.
• You understand wine analysis and quality control systems.
• You are proficient user of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• You have a positive attitude, eagerness to learn, and willingness to adapt within a changing work environment.

Why you’ll love it here

• Our culture is built on bringing our whole selves, being courageous and delivering together – it’s our DNA and the heart of who we are at TWE.
• We prioritise your growth with access to g lobal career opportunities and structured programs designed to support your health, wellbeing and careerdevelopment.
• Enjoy the world’s most desirable wines through our generous employee product allowance
• Competitive benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision, Paid Time Off (vacation, sick time, and holidays), 401K with company match, and much more!
• Plus, you’ll get an extra day off each year with your “TWEforME Day” – a day to spend however you choose!

It takes all varietals!

At TWE, we proudly celebrate diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the consumers who enjoy our products.

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. If you require any assistance to be included in our process, please contact [e-mail] , quoting the job title and reference number.

Pay Transparency Disclosure:The base pay range offered for this position is $70,000 to $87,000 per year and other benefits. These figures represent what we reasonably expect to pay for this position, but the actual compensation offered will depend upon numerous job-related factors, including but not limited to candidate qualifications, skills, experience, education, location, and alignment with market data. Our expectation is that the incumbent will work out of our St Helena location. If the incumbent works out of another location, the wage rate may fall above or below this range. Treasury reserves the right to modify the range in the future.

How to apply

We do move quickly at TWE and continually review applications, so if you don’t want to miss out, apply today.