Technical Officer - The Randall Wine Group

The position of Technical Officer, reporting to the Vineyard Manager, and based in McLaren Vale South Australia, will support the vineyard team to develop and implement vineyard programs to ensure we achieve quality standards and optimise our grape production across the McLaren Vale vineyards.

This position focuses on quality through providing information and analysis, in addition to being a hands-on operational part of the team.

The main responsibilities will be:
• Supervise all pruning, shoot thinning and vine training groups, ensuring and monitoring job quality and keeping records of block progress;
• Pest and disease monitoring, identifying early-stage disease, problematic pests and reporting on findings;
• Collecting and analysing vineyard data including soil moisture status to inform vineyard management decision making;
• Collection of soil samples and vine tissue for analysis and interpreting the data;
• Carry out bud dissection and report findings; and
• Sampling of grapes for maturity analysis and yield estimates in collaboration with the Vineyard Manager.