Technical Management Development Program

Job Description

Technical Management Development Program 2027 | GALLO

The Tone:
This is a full-time, onsite role at GALLO, a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, consistently recognized as a Glassdoor “Best Places to Work.” GALLO is home to over 130 brands in its total alcohol beverage portfolio, including the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. like Barefoot Wine and High Noon. This program is designed for engineering students and recent graduates to gain hands-on experience across engineering, operations, manufacturing, and technical business functions, applying their education to real business challenges.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Onsite, Multiple Locations (Rotational)
• Pay: $77,400–$116,200 yearly
• Mission: Apply engineering education to real business challenges and learn how teams bring products, processes, and innovation to life across the organization.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Gain hands-on experience across engineering, operations, manufacturing, and technical business functions through a rotational program.
• Apply engineering education to solve real business challenges and drive innovation within the company.
• Rotate through diverse areas such as winery operations, packaging, bottling, cellar operations, capital projects, and data science.
• Build practical skills, contribute to meaningful projects, and collaborate with leaders and mentors to support professional growth.
• Take ownership and make an impact while developing towards independent responsibility within an engineering or operations discipline.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently enrolled at an accredited college or university working towards an Engineering or Engineering Management degree; OR a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering with previous engineering internship experience (including Gallo’s Cultivate Internship Program).
• Experience: Understands basic engineering principles and can follow standard work instructions to achieve goals. Availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays when necessary, and to travel up to 5% of the time for company needs.
• Skills: Demonstrated leadership abilities, strong enlisting and engaging skills, excellent oral and written communication, and excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments.
• Bonus: Demonstrated experience in CPG Manufacturing Systems (Filling, Labeling, Packaging, etc.), Winery Manufacturing Systems (Fermentation, Piping, Filtration, etc.), Project Management, Agricultural Equipment and Infrastructure Systems, Glass Manufacturing Systems, R&D stage gate processes, or Wine/Spirits/beverages knowledge (Fermentation Science, Separations, wine chemistry, food safety, HAACP).