About this role
Production Assistant Three Lakes Winery Wisconsin's Oldest Same-Family Winery – Est. 1972 Now Hiring: Production Assistant Full-Time (30-40/week) Full-time, on-site at our winery in Three Lakes, WI — Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM, with occasional weekends in peak season. Not remote, not part-time. This is physical, repetitive, sometimes messy production work; you must be able to lift 50 lbs.
Three Lakes Winery has been crafting fruit and berry wines since 1972. We're a working production operation and we're entering a new phase: reviewing and formalizing our formulas & processes and setting up systems that will carry the winery into its next 50 years. We need a steady, detail-oriented person who wants to be part of that work.
What You'll Do
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Work alongside and shadow our winemaker on all phases of wine production – fruit processing, fermentation, straining, filtering, and bottling.
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Write or re-write or edit and update written formulas and process instructions precisely and document each step as you go.
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Operate and maintain the bottling line; assemble and stage orders for sales and distribution.
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Keep the production floor, warehouse, and equipment clean and organized to food-production standards.
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Support facility and grounds maintenance when production is not active.
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Help transition handwritten and historical-knowledge processes into a simple, shared digital operating system.
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What We're Looking For
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Reliable and punctual
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Detail-oriented – you can follow a formula, record results.
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Clean and organized by habit
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Coachable – you learn by watching and doing.
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Physically capable of repetitive, sometimes messy production work; able to lift 50 lbs.
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Comfortable with basic technology: phone photos, simple spreadsheets, shared documents.
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Clear communicator – you can describe what happened, what you did, and what you need.
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Production, warehouse, food manufacturing, or brewing/winemaking experience is a plus – but not required if you bring the right habits and attitude.