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Responsibilities include management of and involvement in the day-to-day operations of the vineyard including planting, pruning, scouting, spraying, canopy management and harvesting. The supervision of other vineyard workers and basic equipment maintenance will also be required. Some administrative work is involved, like setting the work schedules, keeping pesticide and field scouting records, training vineyard workers, and coordinating all vineyard work with the winemaker.
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Responsibilities
Duties include but are not limited to: planning, scheduling, crop load management, harvest coordination and planting.
1. Vineyard Operations
• Preparing Annual Vineyard Plan for all vineyard activities including materials and labor requirements, including schedule
• Recommend core manpower plan, and implement in conjunction with Operations Manager
• Manage part time and seasonal vineyard workers within the latitude of the Vineyard Plan
• Manage the execution of the Vineyard Plan, including ordering all materials, scheduling work activities (both field labor and machine operations)
• Manage an effective Preventive Maintenance program for all vineyard vehicles and equipment. Arrange for repairs as needed.
• Identify when changes to the Vineyard Plan are necessary, and recommend appropriate solutions
• Recommend areas of improvement for crop quality, reduction in costs, etc.
• Maintain proper records of all vineyard operations activities
• Work with Winemaker and Assistant Winemaker in Crop Load Management
• Work with Winemaker and Assistant Winemaker in Harvest coordination and execution
2. Viticulture Monitoring and Management
• Manage effective monitoring of vineyard regarding nutrient status; grape diseases; insect, fungus and weed pests
• Maintain proper records of all viticulture monitoring activities
• Keep abreast of emerging trends in viticulture and recommend improvements to be adopted
• Recommend and Plan any large scale changes in vineyard plantings, specifically regarding the clonal and rootstock selection for the given vineyard site
3. Vineyard Budget Preparation and Management
• Based on the Annual Vineyard Plan, develop the vineyard portion of the annual budget prepared by ownership
• Monitor actual costs against the budget, and identify major variances
• Identify, justify, and recommend Capital projects for the vineyards
• Execute those Approved Capital projects as directed by ownership
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