Senior Restoration Design Engineer

We are Herrera 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 ValuesTreat 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.Your OpportunityHerrera 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 enhancementFish passage improvementsWatershed and floodplain assessment and planningCoastal habitat restorationRiver and stream bank stabilizationFlood controlInfrastructure development and protectionSupport for other engineering and surface water management projectsMinimum QualificationsEducation, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications 15+ years of professional experience in concept development and design of stream and river restoration and floodplain management projectsBachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering, or master's degree in civil or environmental engineering if undergraduate degree was not in engineeringCurrent professional engineer (PE) license in California, Washington, and/or Oregon, or ability to readily obtain one via comity application based on licensure in another US stateFamiliarity with Western state (e.g., CEQA, SEPA) environmental policy and local permitting requirementsKnowledge, Skills, & Abilities Familiarity with West Coast watershed characteristics and processes from British Columbia to MexicoExperience preparing design plans, construction specifications, and construction cost estimatesExperience managing design tasks through design completion and constructionBusiness development experience, including with current client contactsExperience developing contractual scopes of work and budgetsAbility to multi-task daily, and work with a fast-paced team of interdisciplinary staff working on several concurrent projects in a variety of jurisdictionsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsCurrent driver's licensePreferred QualificationsMaster's degree in civil engineering or environmental science with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems restoration, hydraulics, and/or geomorphologyExperience as a project manager of floodplain and restoration design or planning projectsFish passage analysis and design experience with roadway culvertsConstruction management and inspection experienceExperience with hydrologic analysis and modeling techniquesHydraulic modeling experience (one- and two-dimensional)Permit application experience in California and other 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 ArcGISExperience with field data collection and related equipmentOther 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 $141,661 - $185,333Flexible 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!401(k) retirement planPaid vacation, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 10 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 weekFlexible paid holidays (10)Paid volunteer time (8 hours annually)Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organizationProfessional development / continuing education allowanceDiscretionary annual bonusTransit benefitTo learn more, please visit our website at: www.herrerainc.com We Are Committed to Equal Opportunity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion At Herrera, we celebrate our differences as much as our similarities. We know the best outcomes come from interdisciplinary, diverse, and inclusive teams. Our values are ever-present in the people, culture, and work we do, they are not just a few sentences on our website. We treat people with respect and act with integrity and objectivity. Our employment decisions are based on knowledge, skills, and abilities, and have nothing to do with your race, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, medical history, reproductive health decisions, political ideology, veteran status, or physical appearance. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, we encourage women, minorities, veterans, disabled veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for our open positions. We are also a member of E-Verify. To learn more about E-Verify, read the E-Verify Notice and the Right to Work Notice.

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