Job listings and employers across Columbia County.
County, municipal, and public-sector employers across Columbia County.
Columbia County Government serves residents across Lake City, Fort White, and surrounding unincorporated areas through county administration, public meetings, records, emergency services, roads, planning, permitting, parks, economic development, and community programs.
Lake City is Columbia County’s county seat and main commercial center, connecting North Florida travelers through I-75 and I-10 while supporting downtown offices, schools, medical care, logistics, retail, civic services, and regional activity in the Gateway area.
Fort White is a small incorporated town in southern Columbia County, close to Ichetucknee Springs and river recreation. Its setting blends rural neighborhoods, local schools, town services, outdoor tourism, and practical routes toward Lake City, High Springs, and Gainesville.
Hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers serving Columbia County communities.
ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake City is a 36-bed inpatient rehab facility focused on recovery after stroke, brain injury, hip fracture, Parkinson’s disease, complex illness, and other disabling conditions, with nursing, therapy, case management, and support roles.
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital is a 141-bed acute-care hospital serving Columbia, Hamilton, and Suwannee counties with emergency care, heart services, orthopedics, surgery, imaging, inpatient units, nursing, clinical support, operations, and administrative roles.
Lake City VA Medical Center is a major federal healthcare employer serving veterans through primary care, specialty medicine, surgery, pharmacy, mental health, hospice, palliative care, nutrition, optometry, administration, facility support, and extended-care services.
The Florida Department of Health in Columbia County supports public health work in Lake City through clinics, administration, prevention programs, disease control, environmental health, records, inspections, outreach, emergency response, and countywide community services.
Palms Medical Group Lake City East provides family practice, pediatrics, dentistry, pharmacy, lab services, and community-based care, creating local healthcare work for clinicians, dental teams, pharmacy staff, medical assistants, front-desk teams, and support services.
Lake City Surgery Center is a free-standing ambulatory surgery center where local physicians perform outpatient procedures in gastroenterology, orthopedics, pain management, and plastic surgery, supporting perioperative nursing, sterile processing, billing, and patient care.
Haven Hospice serves Columbia County families through hospice and advanced-illness care, with Lake City-based roles tied to nursing, hospice aides, social work, chaplain services, intake, care coordination, community outreach, administration, and compassionate family support.
Baya Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lake City provides post-acute and rehabilitative care, supporting healthcare jobs in skilled nursing, therapy, dietary service, housekeeping, activities, admissions, administration, maintenance, and resident-centered support.
Solaris HealthCare Lake City is a licensed nursing and rehabilitation provider in Columbia County, offering local employment in skilled nursing, therapy coordination, resident care, dietary service, activities, housekeeping, administration, admissions, and facility operations.
School districts, colleges, and educational employers in Columbia County.
Columbia County School District is the county’s largest K-12 education employer, supporting schools in Lake City, Fort White, and rural communities through teaching, transportation, food service, counseling, maintenance, administration, technology, and student support.
Florida Gateway College serves Lake City and the wider North Florida region with associate degrees, bachelor’s programs, career certificates, continuing education, advising, athletics, public safety, facilities, technology, campus support, and workforce training careers.
Belmont Academy is a Lake City public charter school serving students from early grades through high school, with employment tied to classroom teaching, school leadership, student services, athletics, enrichment, campus operations, family engagement, and events.
Epiphany Catholic School is a Lake City K-8 Catholic campus combining faith formation with elementary and middle-grade academics, supporting educators, aides, office teams, enrichment programs, campus services, family outreach, student activities, events, and work.
Hart 2 Hart Christian Academy is a Lake City private Christian school serving K-12 learners, with employment opportunities tied to instruction, faith-based programming, small-school support, parent communication, classroom assistance, campus routines, and activities.
Manufacturing, agriculture, logistics, construction, skilled trades, and regional industry employers.
AAR operates a major aircraft maintenance facility at Lake City Gateway Airport, supporting careers in airframe inspection and repair, avionics, structures, nondestructive testing, planning, quality, tooling, materials, engineering, facilities, and aviation leadership.
New Millennium Building Systems manufactures structural steel joists and deck products in Lake City, offering careers in welding, fabrication, machine operation, engineering, detailing, quality, maintenance, shipping, production planning, supervision, sales support, and plant operations.
Target’s Lake City food distribution center supports careers in warehouse operations, order selection, powered equipment, inventory, receiving, shipping, food handling, maintenance, automation, safety, logistics, operations management, and supply-chain leadership.
Anderson Columbia, headquartered in Lake City, builds roads, bridges, and paving projects, with careers in construction labor, heavy equipment operation, asphalt work, trucking, mechanics, welding, estimating, project management, surveying, safety, and field supervision.
Carlisle Construction Materials’ Hunter Panels facility in Lake City manufactures insulation products and offers careers in machine operation, packaging, forklift work, shipping, maintenance, quality, engineering, safety, supply chain, supervision, and production management.
Ring Power’s Lake City branch serves construction and industrial customers with Caterpillar equipment, rentals, parts, hydraulics, generators, and compressors, offering careers in diesel service, field repair, parts, warehousing, sales, rental operations, technology, and supervision.
Columbia County Government supports roads, drainage, traffic signs, fleet, facilities, engineering, solid waste, and public infrastructure, offering careers for equipment operators, mechanics, repair technicians, crew leaders, inspectors, trades workers, project staff, and maintenance teams.
Waste Pro operates a Lake City solid-waste and recycling location, offering careers in commercial and residential driving, collection, route support, diesel maintenance, equipment operation, dispatch, customer service, sales, safety, supervision, and local operations management.
The Florida Department of Transportation’s District Two operations in Lake City create careers in roadway engineering, construction inspection, maintenance, equipment operation, surveying, planning, traffic operations, materials testing, contract administration, safety, and project management.
Hotels, restaurants, recreation, attractions, and tourism-related employers in Columbia County.
Cracker Barrel’s Lake City restaurant and retail store supports careers in hosting, serving, cooking, food preparation, dishwashing, retail sales, cashiering, guest service, takeout operations, training, supervision, and restaurant or store management.
Ichetucknee Springs State Park near Fort White offers Florida Park Service pathways in visitor assistance, interpretation, natural-resource protection, recreation, maintenance, facilities, campground support, administration, seasonal operations, and park-ranger work.
Texas Roadhouse in Lake City offers restaurant careers in hosting, serving, bartending, food preparation, line cooking, dishwashing, takeout service, training, kitchen coordination, dining-room supervision, restaurant management, and local guest hospitality.
Olive Garden in Lake City offers hospitality careers in hosting, serving, bartending, takeout service, food preparation, line cooking, dishwashing, guest experience, culinary coordination, training, restaurant operations, and management through Darden Restaurants.
Sonny’s BBQ in Lake City supports careers in hosting, serving, food preparation, pit and kitchen operations, catering, takeout service, dishwashing, guest assistance, shift leadership, restaurant management, and the development of barbecue and hospitality skills.
Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Lake City offers hospitality careers in guest services, housekeeping, breakfast operations, maintenance, reservations, sales, laundry, property support, supervision, and hotel leadership through Marriott and participating franchise employers.
Retail stores, grocery chains, customer service employers, and local service businesses across Columbia County.
Tractor Supply operates multiple Lake City locations and offers careers in retail sales, cashiering, animal and pet supply support, feed and farm products, inventory, receiving, merchandising, customer service, team leadership, and store management.
Camping World in Lake City combines RV sales, retail, parts, service, and collision support with careers in vehicle sales, finance, customer service, service advising, technicians, parts, accessories, inventory, and dealership-style operations.
Pet Supermarket in Lake City offers careers in pet-product sales, cashiering, stocking, customer service, animal-care support, grooming-related services, merchandising, receiving, inventory, team leadership, and specialty retail operations.
Publix serves Columbia County through Lake City-area stores, offering careers in customer service, cashiering, grocery, produce, bakery, deli, meat and seafood, pharmacy, stocking, inventory, department supervision, and store management.
SunStop Stores operates multiple Lake City convenience locations and supports careers in cashiering, food and beverage service, fuel sales, store operations, customer service, merchandising, inventory, shift leadership, supervision, and convenience-retail management.
Harbor Freight Tools in Lake City provides retail careers in customer service, cashiering, stocking, merchandising, tool and equipment sales, inventory, receiving, loss prevention, front-end operations, supervision, and value-focused store management.
CAMPUS USA Credit Union serves Lake City members through a local branch, creating careers in member service, teller operations, lending, account services, fraud support, contact-center assistance, branch operations, administration, supervision, and financial guidance.
CVS Health operates multiple Lake City stores and pharmacies, offering careers in cashiering, customer assistance, stocking, beauty and front-store operations, pharmacy technology, pharmacy support, inventory, merchandising, shift supervision, and retail management.
Rountree Moore Ford Lincoln in Lake City offers dealership careers in vehicle sales, customer service, finance, service advising, automotive repair, parts, detailing, office support, inventory, sales management, and broader dealership operations.
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