Ranch Leader 3 - North Valley
E. & J. Gallo WineryJobsCloseBy Editorial Insights
Ranch Leader 3: North Valley at E. & J. Gallo Winery is a full-time onsite role in Galt, CA, directing vineyard operations and equipment. You’ll coordinate pruning, irrigation, weed and pest control, chemical applications, canopy management and harvest readiness while partnering with Vineyard Management on plantings. The role requires living on or near company properties, leading a team, and ensuring safety, GMP standards and environmental compliance while managing budgets and inventories across ranches. Requirements: high school diploma with 8 years vineyard management or BA with 4 years, bilingual English/Spanish, valid driver’s license, ability to lift 50 pounds, and willingness to travel. Compensation $85,200-$127,800 plus benefits; sponsorship not available. Apply with examples of cross-site leadership and operational improvements aligning with Gallo values.
Job Req ID: 107416
Job Type: Full-time
Work Category: Onsite,
Application Close Date: 07/20/2026
Sponsorship: Not Available
Compensation: $85,200 - $127,800
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
We’re looking for a hands-on vineyard operations leader to oversee daily farming activities across assigned ranches and help drive safe, efficient, high-quality results from vineyard development through harvest. In this role, you’ll coordinate essential vineyard operations including pruning, irrigation, weed and pest control, chemical applications, cultivation, canopy management, and harvest readiness. You’ll also partner closely with Vineyard Management on new vineyard development, including land preparation, trellis and irrigation installation, planting, and vine training.
This position also leads shop and equipment operations, ensuring ranch vehicles, tractors, ATVs, implements, and harvesters are properly maintained, repaired, and ready to support the work. You’ll coordinate preventive maintenance, procure parts and supplies, monitor repair schedules, and help manage inventories, budgets, and operating plans. Success in this role requires balancing field priorities, equipment needs, timelines, and resources while supporting strong execution across multiple workstreams.
Just as important, you’ll lead people. You’ll schedule daily work, assign priorities, support employee development, provide performance input, facilitate team meetings, solve operational issues, and communicate organizational goals clearly. You’ll also help deliver training, presentations, and annual safety programs while ensuring compliance with quality, environmental, GMP, and safety standards. We welcome candidates who bring practical agricultural knowledge, sound judgment, and a collaborative leadership style. If you’re energized by developing teams, improving operations, and making a direct impact in vineyard performance, we’d love to hear from you. This role requires living on or near the properties you support to ensure responsiveness to operational needs.
What You'll Need
- High School Diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 8 years of vineyard management experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of vineyard management experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibly.
- Required to travel to various company owned ranches along the coast (to include extended hours, weekend and late-night assignments).
- Candidate is required to have a valid driver’s license, a safe driving record and reliable vehicle (if applicable) at the time of hire. This position will undergo a motor vehicle check (MVR) to confirm a history of safe and responsible driving. If needed, candidate must obtain the appropriate state driver’s license based on the position’s location within 30 days of hire.
- Required to lift and move up to 50 pounds.
- Required to reside on or near the Company properties whose operations or security they are responsible for overseeing to ensure immediate availability and responsiveness to operational needs.
- Bilingual speaker and writer (English/Spanish).
- Experience working with and leading FLC labor force to complete assigned work.
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree in Viticulture or Business Administration plus 6 years of vineyard management experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
- Bilingual speaker and writer (English/Spanish).
- Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Experience responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community.
- Experience writing speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
- Experience effectively presenting information to top management, public groups and boards of directors.
- Skilled in the use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint at an intermediate level; MS Access at a basic level.
- Skilled in applying advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
- Skilled in applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
- Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions.
- Experience interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Experience motivating team members to achieve plan goals.
- Experience to handling unusual or difficult inquiries/situations through direct personal action or refer to the appropriate individual.
- Experience working with all levels and functions within the company.
- Experience demonstrating team building, leadership and mentoring skills.
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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.
- 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.
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.
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