Constellation Brands New Zealand Looking for Summer Vineyard Operators at Blenheim Central, Marlborough Full Time

About Us

Constellation Brands New Zealand (CBNZ) is the country’s #1 exporter of wine to the US! CBNZ is a grower, producer and distributor of globally recognised wine brands including Kim Crawford and Selaks. Headquartered in Auckland, CBNZ looks after the New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Canada markets. CBNZ is a subsidiary of Constellation Brands Inc, a Fortune 500® company and leading international producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits based in the United States.

CBNZ employs around 250 people across Asia Pacific including at its Marlborough and Hawke’s Bay wineries, head office, mobile sales force and vineyards throughout Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay and Central Otago.

About the Role

If you want an outside job this summer from around November to February and you like rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in, we’ve got the work for you. Join us in beautiful Marlborough wine country to help us get our grapes and vines ready for Harvest 2023. You will be out on the vineyard where our award-winning wines originate. You’ll learn some valuable skills and who knows you may even decide a career in viticulture is for you. If that’s the case, you’ll get to meet people that could help make this a reality.

So, what does the work involve?

• Physical work like bud rubbing, shoot thinning, wire lifting (you might want to google these…)
• Approx. 8-hour days, 40-45 hours per week – start early, finish early

About You

• A team player with a can-do attitude
• A reasonable level of fitness
• A current full or restricted driver’s licence

Benefits & Culture

• Competitive wage plus ability to earn and bank lots of hours
• Opportunity for an additional 3-month contract to work through 2023 Harvest in the winery
• Some flexibility for time off around the Christmas and New Year period
• Meet and work with the awesome Constellation team – people from all walks of life and expertise right across winemaking

Constellation Brands is a member of Diversity Works New Zealand. We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage participation of all applicants regardless of their background. 

If you’re interested, apply now via the relevant link before the close date on 9 November 2022. For more information about us, visit www.constellationnz.com/careers

Only candidates with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered for this role. Please proceed to application if you hold a current work visa or citizenship/passport.