Reconditioning Bay Lead
Run one of our two hot-wash bays in Denver. You’ll inspect, certify, document, and mentor the rest of the crew. Forklift cert required, hands-on hot-wash experience preferred.
Careers
Come work at the tote yard.
We are a small, weird, stubbornly sustainable company in northern Colorado. We move fast, we apologize when we mess up, and we never have to wear a tie. Open roles below.
Tell us what you need
Same form on every page. Same human inbox. We answer every inquiry — promise.
Tote Inspector
Walk the yard. Photograph totes. Grade them A, B or C. Sign Birth Certificates. Pay attention to the small stuff (gaskets, valve seats, dust caps). No degree required — only sharp eyes.
Class A CDL Driver
Run our Denver → I-25 / I-70 / I-80 corridor lanes. Home most weeknights. We pay above industry average and we don’t do dispatcher games. Email a résumé and we’ll meet for coffee.
Customer Inbox Human
Answer customer emails. Quote totes. Coordinate buy-back pickups. Be the voice of IBC Denver in writing. You need to be able to explain a hot-wash cycle to a beekeeper without losing patience.
The Weird One
A part-time role for a writer/illustrator who wants to help us tell the reborn-tote story. Curate the Reborn Wall, document the upcycled creations, write essays about plastic. Bring portfolio.
Things we do not look for
- Years of corporate experience for entry-level roles
- The exact right college degree (we have hired ranchers, Marines, theater majors and one retired insurance underwriter)
- “Polish.” Be yourself. We’ll get along.
Things we do look for
- Showing up when you said you would
- Asking when you’re not sure
- Caring whether the work is done well
- A genuine, slightly weird interest in keeping good things from going to landfill
Benefits, in plain English
We are a small company and our benefits are straightforward. We do not have a fancy HR portal or stock options. Here is the actual list.
- Health insurance — full medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on the first day of the month after 90 days of employment. We pay 85% of the premium for the employee and 60% for dependents. We use a Colorado-based HMO that has been our partner since 2017.
- Paid time off — two weeks of paid vacation in your first year, three weeks starting in your second, four weeks starting in your fifth. Plus all major federal holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year, when we close the bay entirely.
- Sick time — accrued at 1.5 hours per 40 worked, with no cap. We do not ask for a doctor's note for short illnesses.
- Retirement — a SIMPLE IRA with a 3% employer match starting after 90 days. The match is unconditional and vests immediately.
- Profit sharing — at the end of each fiscal year, any profit above our internal target gets distributed to the team in proportion to compensation. The bonus has been between 4% and 11% of base salary every year since 2019.
- Coffee, snacks, and the occasional taco truck — Aldo brings carnitas tacos every other Friday. The coffee in the office is good. There is always something on the snack shelf.
- The cat — Pellet the office cat is technically a workplace amenity. She has her own bowl, a small cardboard apartment near the inspection table, and a personality that grows on people.
What a typical week looks like in each role
Reconditioning Bay Lead
Monday morning: review the queue from the weekend, assign cycles to bay techs. Run the morning hot-wash batch. Spot-check inspections. Mid-week: handle exceptions (rebottling decisions, custom modification requests, customer-walked-in inquiries). Friday: certify the week's output, sign Birth Certificates, prep paperwork for the customer inbox to send out.
Tote Inspector
Daily: photograph incoming totes, log them in, do the visual inspection routine, leak-test, smell-check, grade, photograph again. Mid-week: walk the inventory and re-grade anything that has been sitting more than two weeks. Friday: organize the bay floor for next week.
Class A CDL Driver
Most weeks include 3-4 days of route runs and 1-2 days at the yard helping with intake and shipment prep. We do not run team driving and we do not do over-the-road weeks. Most drivers are home every night except for a few longer runs per quarter.
Customer Inbox Human
Daily: read and reply to overnight inquiries (we get about 25-40 per business day). Compose quotes for new requests. Coordinate buy-back pickups with drivers. Manage the bay queue scheduling for jobs that need timing. End of day: clean inbox, hand off any open items to the next morning.
The hiring process, step by step
We do not run a fancy multi-stage interview process. Here is the actual sequence.
- You write to us through the form on this page or directly to hello@ibcdenver.com with the role you are interested in. Include a resume if you have one. A resume is not required.
- We reply within one business day with a couple of clarifying questions and an invitation to come visit the yard.
- You visit the yard for about 90 minutes. We walk through the bay, you meet the team, you see what the work actually looks like. No formal interview, no whiteboard problems.
- If both sides are interested, we have a second short conversation to confirm logistics (start date, schedule, compensation) and then we make an offer.
- You start with a one-week ramp where you are paid normally and you shadow the role. After the ramp you are fully on the team.
Total elapsed time from first email to first day of work is usually 10-21 days. We have hired people in as little as 3 days when the timing was right and the fit was obvious.
Career FAQ
Do you hire remote workers?
No. The bay work is by definition not remote. The customer inbox role is in-office because we like the rhythm of having the inbox human in the same room as the bay. The marketing role can be partial-remote (1-2 days a week) but we prefer in-office for the first six months.
Do you hire seasonally or only year-round?
Year-round positions are our default. We occasionally bring on seasonal help during the spring agriculture rush and the fall harvest run, but those are short-term and usually filled by returning employees from previous seasons.
What if I'm overqualified for an entry-level role?
Tell us in your introduction. We have hired several people who were technically overqualified — a chemistry teacher who became our bay lead, a former accountant who became our customer inbox human, a retired truck driver who came back as a buy-back route operator. The right answer for an overqualified applicant is usually "yes, but tell us why this role specifically."
Do you sponsor work visas?
Not currently. We are too small to navigate the H-1B or L-1 process. We hire US citizens, permanent residents, and authorized work-eligible candidates only.