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Envision yourself at a growing, employee-owned company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best performance while making a difference in the world. We are Herrera, a science, planning, and design consulting firm dedicated to working with clients to develop holistic solutions that provide social and environmental benefit. We protect the environment every day by providing a diverse range of consulting services to cities, counties, state and federal agencies, Tribes, non-profits, and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and western Canada.
For over 40 years, Herrera has cultivated a collaborative, caring, and values-driven culture that empowers our employee-owners to achieve excellence while ensuring we have fun along the way. By providing our employee-owners with the autonomy to pursue their professional interests and through encouraging them to grow, we benefit from high employee-owner retention that contributes to our longstanding partnerships with clients.
Our Values: Treat everyone with respect and dignity, always. Insist on integrity, objectivity, and social and environmental ethics in our work. Act as stewards of the environment upon which we depend. Research and outreach, learn and teach.Employee owners, employee leaders.Herrera seeks an engineer with 15 or more years of professional experience and expertise in planning and design of projects in rivers, streams, and floodplains. You will work as part of an integrated team with ecologists, landscape architects, engineers, and scientists to develop multi-disciplinary projects in complex ecological settings. The candidate will support a variety of mitigation, restoration, flood risk reduction, and infrastructure protection projects for public and private clients throughout the Western United States in collaboration with multidisciplinary internal and client project teams. Typical types of projects include:
River and stream habitat restoration and enhancementWatershed and floodplain assessment and planningInfrastructure development and protectionSupport for other engineering and surface water management projects Minimum Qualifications: Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications 15+ years of professional experience in concept development and design of stream and river restoration and floodplain management projects Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering, or master's degree in civil or environmental engineering if undergraduate degree was not in engineering Current professional engineer (PE) license in Washington or Oregon, or ability to readily obtain one via comity application based on licensure in another US state Familiarity with Washington State (e.g., SEPA, HPA, Shoreline) permitting requirements Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Familiarity with West Coast watershed characteristics and processes, preferably within the Pacific Northwest Experience preparing design plans, construction specifications, and construction cost estimates Experience managing design tasks through design completion and construction Experience preparing proposals and developing scopes of work and budgets for design work Ability to multi-task daily, and work with a fast-paced team of interdisciplinary staff working on several concurrent projects in a variety of jurisdictions Excellent written and verbal communication skills Current driver's license Preferred Qualifications Master's degree in civil engineering or environmental science with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems restoration, hydraulics, and/or geomorphology Experience as a project manager of floodplain and restoration design or planning projects Fish passage analysis and design experience with roadway culverts Construction management and inspection experience Experience with hydrologic analysis and modeling techniques Hydraulic modeling experience (one- and two-dimensional) Permit application experience in Western states (e.g., state and federal permits for in-water work, local agency permits for grading, erosion control, etc.) Proficiency in the use of AutoCAD and ArcGIS Experience with field data collection and related equipment Other specific training and professional organization affiliations should be noted in the applicant's resume and/or cover letter.
We are proud to support our employee-owners by offering the following compensation and benefits: This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the annual salary range is $134,600 - $176,100Flexible hybrid work cultureMedical/prescription drug/dental/vision insurance for employees and dependents; employees covered at no cost on base plan with buy-up options available; company contribution for dependentsSection 125 flexible benefits plans – healthcare and dependent careCompany-paid life insurance for employees; option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents at employees' expenseCompany-paid long term disability insurance for employees; option to purchase short-term disability insurance at employees' expenseEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we are 100% employee owned!Paid vacation, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 15 days per year for a 40 hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours/weekPaid sick leave, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 10 days per year for a 40-hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours per weekPaid volunteer time (8 hours annually)Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organizationProfessional development / continuing education allowanceWe Are Committed to Equal Opportunity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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