Alright, fresh batch coming atcha!
Some really good stuff below: Hands-on roles for those of you who hate cubicles. Office jobs that don’t require selling your soul. And even one listing that involves ponies! (Not even kidding)
A word of advice: Don’t speed-run it. Pick one or two that actually make sense for your personality and experience and go after them properly.
Let’s get into it.
💬 Featured Perspective
Breaking into Nonprofit Work Without Burning Out
A ton of you have expressed interest in nonprofit-specific work (hence the addition of the Government & Nonprofit category) so this next featured Perspective comes from Ryan Smith at Public Good Talent.
PGT is a Fort Collins recruitment firm focusing specifically on the nonprofit sector so Ryan’s got a ton of great insight into getting a job in nonprofit even if you’ve only ever worked in for-profit companies before.
👋 Service & Hospitality
Work with people in public-facing roles.
In-Person
Baker/Decorator • $16-$20/hr • Part Time
Buttermilk Bakery & Pie Shop
Buttermilk Bakery is hiring a full-time OR part-time Baker/Decorator to create scratch-made pastries and beautifully finished cakes in Fort Collins. They posted about the role on their Instagram. If you’re serious about quality and clean piping lines, use the Apply link to send a resume and photos of your work.
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Baker/Decorator • $16-$20/hr • Part Time
Buttermilk Bakery & Pie Shop
Buttermilk Bakery is hiring a full-time OR part-time Baker/Decorator to create scratch-made pastries and beautifully finished cakes in Fort Collins. They posted about the role on their Instagram. If you’re serious about quality and clean piping lines, use the Apply link to send a resume and photos of your work.
Apply Here
In-Person
Elementary Teacher in Training • $50k-$70k/yr • Full Time
Specialized Education Services Inc.
This is a special ed teaching gig where you’re in smaller classes, teaming up with families and staff to help kids close academic and behavior gaps. Lots of training and support, along with a $5k sign on bonus.
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Elementary Teacher in Training • $50k-$70k/yr • Full Time
Specialized Education Services Inc.
This is a special ed teaching gig where you’re in smaller classes, teaming up with families and staff to help kids close academic and behavior gaps. Lots of training and support, along with a $5k sign on bonus.
Apply Here
In-Person
Early Childhood Float/Assistant • $18-$20/hr • Part Time
Playcrafter Kids
Playcrafter Kids is looking for a morning float who can wrangle 2.5 to 5 year olds with creativity, snacks, and theater vibes, with a path to become a co-lead teacher. Like a mini improv troupe, but with nap time.
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Early Childhood Float/Assistant • $18-$20/hr • Part Time
Playcrafter Kids
Playcrafter Kids is looking for a morning float who can wrangle 2.5 to 5 year olds with creativity, snacks, and theater vibes, with a path to become a co-lead teacher. Like a mini improv troupe, but with nap time.
Apply Here
In-Person
Early Childhood Teacher • $18-$21/hr • Full Time
Sunshine House
Sunshine House is looking for folks to help shape little Fort Collins brains, keep classrooms fun and safe, and team up with families across a few locations around town.
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Early Childhood Teacher • $18-$21/hr • Full Time
Sunshine House
Sunshine House is looking for folks to help shape little Fort Collins brains, keep classrooms fun and safe, and team up with families across a few locations around town.
Apply Here
In-Person
Medication Technician • $19-$22/hr • Full Time
Brookdale
This one's a Med Tech gig at Brookdale where you keep meds organized, help residents stay on track, and in return you get solid benefits plus genuine chances to move up the ladder.
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Medication Technician • $19-$22/hr • Full Time
Brookdale
This one's a Med Tech gig at Brookdale where you keep meds organized, help residents stay on track, and in return you get solid benefits plus genuine chances to move up the ladder.
Apply Here
In-Person
Medical Office Receptionist • $20-$21/hr • Full Time
LifeStance Health
This one’s at LifeStance in Loveland, running the front desk, keeping the therapists sane, and helping patients feel welcome in what can be some pretty tough moments. It’s part customer whisperer, part paperwork ninja.
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Medical Office Receptionist • $20-$21/hr • Full Time
LifeStance Health
This one’s at LifeStance in Loveland, running the front desk, keeping the therapists sane, and helping patients feel welcome in what can be some pretty tough moments. It’s part customer whisperer, part paperwork ninja.
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🛠️ Trades & Labor
Hands-on, physical jobs.
In-Person
Production Crew Member • $20-$24/hr • Full Time
MM Solutions
This is a hands on gig building custom crates for aerospace and medical gear, reading blueprints, running shop tools and forklifts, and generally spending your time turning lumber into precision armor for expensive stuff.
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Production Crew Member • $20-$24/hr • Full Time
MM Solutions
This is a hands on gig building custom crates for aerospace and medical gear, reading blueprints, running shop tools and forklifts, and generally spending your time turning lumber into precision armor for expensive stuff.
Apply Here
In-Person
Apprentice Plumber • $20-$24/hr • Full Time
Kimbel
Kimbel needs apprentice plumber who can learn the trade from pros, manage real projects, and work builder hours to eventually level up to journeyman.
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Apprentice Plumber • $20-$24/hr • Full Time
Kimbel
Kimbel needs apprentice plumber who can learn the trade from pros, manage real projects, and work builder hours to eventually level up to journeyman.
Apply Here
In-Person
Grinder Machinist • $24-$38/hr • Full Time
Woodward
Woodward’s looking for a Grinder Machinist to run CNC and manual grinders on first shift, keep everything crazy precise, and help drive their lean, safety focused culture, all on a 4x10 schedule.
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Grinder Machinist • $24-$38/hr • Full Time
Woodward
Woodward’s looking for a Grinder Machinist to run CNC and manual grinders on first shift, keep everything crazy precise, and help drive their lean, safety focused culture, all on a 4x10 schedule.
Apply Here
In-Person
Hydro Crane Operator • $36-$47/hr • Full Time
Hensel Phelps
Hensel Phelps is looking for a certified crane pro to move big loads around massive job sites, stay sharp on safety, and be the calm, savvy hero everyone relies on when things get heavy.
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Hydro Crane Operator • $36-$47/hr • Full Time
Hensel Phelps
Hensel Phelps is looking for a certified crane pro to move big loads around massive job sites, stay sharp on safety, and be the calm, savvy hero everyone relies on when things get heavy.
Apply Here
In-Person
Plastics Specialist I • $20-$21/hr • Full Time
Hach
Hach is looking for a Plastics Specialist to run injection molding machines, crank out quality parts, and keep things tidy while helping protect the planet’s water supply. It’s hands on, structured, and nicely mission driven.
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Plastics Specialist I • $20-$21/hr • Full Time
Hach
Hach is looking for a Plastics Specialist to run injection molding machines, crank out quality parts, and keep things tidy while helping protect the planet’s water supply. It’s hands on, structured, and nicely mission driven.
Apply Here
In-Person
Hazardous Materials Technician • $25-$28/hr • Full Time
Clean Harbors
Clean Harbors is hiring a hazardous materials tech here in Fort Collins, cleaning up nasty stuff, handling waste and running a forklift at customer sites. Weekday hours with paid out of state training. Great for folks who love the environment and don't mind getting their hands dirty.
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Hazardous Materials Technician • $25-$28/hr • Full Time
Clean Harbors
Clean Harbors is hiring a hazardous materials tech here in Fort Collins, cleaning up nasty stuff, handling waste and running a forklift at customer sites. Weekday hours with paid out of state training. Great for folks who love the environment and don't mind getting their hands dirty.
Apply Here
🧑💻 Office & Professional
Desk-based roles that rely on communication or specific know-how.
In-Person
Intake Coordinator • $22-$25/hr • Full Time
Avenues Recovery
Avenues is hiring an Intake Coordinator here in Fort Collins, helping people get smoothly into detox and residential treatment while you juggle calls, logistics, and insurance like a kind, detail-oriented air traffic controller.
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Intake Coordinator • $22-$25/hr • Full Time
Avenues Recovery
Avenues is hiring an Intake Coordinator here in Fort Collins, helping people get smoothly into detox and residential treatment while you juggle calls, logistics, and insurance like a kind, detail-oriented air traffic controller.
Apply Here
In-Person
Surgical Technician • $26-$35/hr • Part Time
Atlas Healthcare Partners
This is a surgical tech gig over in Loveland where you’re the surgeon’s right hand, keeping the OR stocked, sterile, and calm while everyone else is elbow deep in spines and joints (Ew. That sounded less gross in my head).
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Surgical Technician • $26-$35/hr • Part Time
Atlas Healthcare Partners
This is a surgical tech gig over in Loveland where you’re the surgeon’s right hand, keeping the OR stocked, sterile, and calm while everyone else is elbow deep in spines and joints (Ew. That sounded less gross in my head).
Apply Here
In-Person
Insurance Agent • $45k-$75k/yr • Full Time
Brightway Insurance
This is a local insurance gig where you help folks sort out their policies, work a big mix of carriers, and build long term client relationships instead of just cold calling all day.
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Insurance Agent • $45k-$75k/yr • Full Time
Brightway Insurance
This is a local insurance gig where you help folks sort out their policies, work a big mix of carriers, and build long term client relationships instead of just cold calling all day.
Apply Here
In-Person
Recruitment Specialist • $50k-$60k/yr • Full Time
Mader Group USA
Mader’s looking for a recruiter to work from their Fort Collins office and hunt down skilled heavy equipment techs all day, from sourcing to onboarding, so their clients’ machinery keeps chugging along without a hitch.
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Recruitment Specialist • $50k-$60k/yr • Full Time
Mader Group USA
Mader’s looking for a recruiter to work from their Fort Collins office and hunt down skilled heavy equipment techs all day, from sourcing to onboarding, so their clients’ machinery keeps chugging along without a hitch.
Apply Here
In-Person
Environmental Engineer Intern • $18-$24/hr • Full Time
Terracon
Terracon’s got an environmental internship here in FoCo where you’re not just carrying clipboards but actually in the field, lab, and meetings, learning real consulting skills with mentors who know their stuff.
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Environmental Engineer Intern • $18-$24/hr • Full Time
Terracon
Terracon’s got an environmental internship here in FoCo where you’re not just carrying clipboards but actually in the field, lab, and meetings, learning real consulting skills with mentors who know their stuff.
Apply Here
Remote
Data Operations Associate • $60k-$75k/yr • Full Time
Garner Health
Garner’s hiring a remote data operations person to keep their healthcare algorithms clean, on time, and behaving themselves, with lots of spreadsheets, SQL, and startup energy.
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Data Operations Associate • $60k-$75k/yr • Full Time
Garner Health
Garner’s hiring a remote data operations person to keep their healthcare algorithms clean, on time, and behaving themselves, with lots of spreadsheets, SQL, and startup energy.
Apply Here
🌎 Government & Nonprofit
Roles centered on public service, education, and community impact.
Remote
Research Assistant • $24-$32/hr • Full Time
American Institutes for Research
This is a remote friendly research assistant gig with AIR where you dig into education data, wrangle spreadsheets, and help schools figure out how to give every kid a fair shot at learning.
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Research Assistant • $24-$32/hr • Full Time
American Institutes for Research
This is a remote friendly research assistant gig with AIR where you dig into education data, wrangle spreadsheets, and help schools figure out how to give every kid a fair shot at learning.
Apply Here
Remote
Sustainability Project Associate • $20-$30/hr • Part Time
Pet Sustainability Coalition
PSC’s looking for a part-time (~10 hrs week) sustainability nerd to crunch numbers, research pet-industry trends, and help companies be greener without going broke, all from your couch or the occasional trek to their office in Boulder.
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Sustainability Project Associate • $20-$30/hr • Part Time
Pet Sustainability Coalition
PSC’s looking for a part-time (~10 hrs week) sustainability nerd to crunch numbers, research pet-industry trends, and help companies be greener without going broke, all from your couch or the occasional trek to their office in Boulder.
Apply Here
In-Person
Admin Support I • $21-$25/hr • Full Time
City of Loveland
Loveland’s looking for some admin support to run the front desk for the City Manager and Council, juggling calls, meetings, and documents while making sure everything looks polished and nobody wanders into the wrong office.
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Admin Support I • $21-$25/hr • Full Time
City of Loveland
Loveland’s looking for some admin support to run the front desk for the City Manager and Council, juggling calls, meetings, and documents while making sure everything looks polished and nobody wanders into the wrong office.
Apply Here
In-Person
Pony Camp & Horsemanship Instructor • $20-$24/hr • Part Time
City of Fort Collins
If you love kids and horses, this one is gold. This is a Horsemanship Instructor position with the City where you work with kids 2 to 15, teach western riding, and keep everything safe and tidy under the Colorado sun. Like summer camp, but you’re the cool horse person.
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Pony Camp & Horsemanship Instructor • $20-$24/hr • Part Time
City of Fort Collins
If you love kids and horses, this one is gold. This is a Horsemanship Instructor position with the City where you work with kids 2 to 15, teach western riding, and keep everything safe and tidy under the Colorado sun. Like summer camp, but you’re the cool horse person.
Apply Here
Remote
Peer Support Coordinator • $45k-$57k/yr • Full Time
Blue Star Families
This one is a remote gig where you help manage peer support circles for military families, juggling data, logistics, and serious suicide prevention work with a team providing some amazing support for the military community and their families.
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Peer Support Coordinator • $45k-$57k/yr • Full Time
Blue Star Families
This one is a remote gig where you help manage peer support circles for military families, juggling data, logistics, and serious suicide prevention work with a team providing some amazing support for the military community and their families.
Apply Here
In-Person
Admissions Coordinator I • $21-$24/hr • Full Time
Pathways
Pathways Hospice in Fort Collins needs a full time admissions coordinator handling referrals, insurance and calls so patients and families get the right care without the paperwork turning into a second crisis.
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Admissions Coordinator I • $21-$24/hr • Full Time
Pathways
Pathways Hospice in Fort Collins needs a full time admissions coordinator handling referrals, insurance and calls so patients and families get the right care without the paperwork turning into a second crisis.
Apply Here
*All roles above were verified as open and active as of 2/21/26.
That’s the list for this week!
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-Adam
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