Senior Design Engineer
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Overview
Job Description
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 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.
Your Opportunity
Herrera seeks an engineer with 15 or more years of professional experience, leadership, and expertise in designing projects in natural environments. You will participate in establishing and implementing strategic initiatives and work as part of integrated planning and design teams with ecologists, landscape architects, engineers, and scientists to develop multi-disciplinary projects in sensitive ecological settings. You will support a variety of mitigation, restoration, stormwater management, flood risk reduction, and infrastructure protection projects for public and private clients throughout the Western United StatesTypical types of projects this position may support or lead include:
Minimum Qualifications
Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications
15 years of professional experience in in the development of design and construction documents for multidisciplinary civil engineering projects in sensitive ecological settingsBachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering A current professional engineer (PE) license in Oregon, or ability to readily obtain one within six monthsExperience leading teams in the development of civil engineering designs including the preparation of calculations, technical reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates, and other design documentsExperience preparing proposals and developing scopes of work and budgets for civil engineering design projectsExperience identifying, evaluating, and responding to Requests for Proposals and other business development opportunitiesKnowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Familiarity with West Coast watershed characteristics and processesFamiliarity with public agency capital project delivery processesAbility to multi-task and work with a fast-paced team of interdisciplinary staff working on several concurrent projects in a variety of jurisdictionsExcellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills Strong decision-making skillsA current driver's licensePreferred Qualifications Master's degree in civil engineering or environmental engineeringExperience as a project manager and the client's primary point of contact with the proven ability to effectively manage and motivate multiple project teamsExperience developing and executing on a strategic business development planExperience with fish passage analysis and the hydraulic design of roadway culverts and bridgesExperience providing construction oversight and providing design services during constructionExperience with hydrologic analysis and modeling techniques Environmental 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 with Bluebeam, AutoCAD, and/or Civil 3D Experience with field data collection and 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 $150,500 - $189,600
- Flexible hybrid work culture
- Medical/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 dependents
- Section 125 flexible benefits plans – healthcare and dependent care
- Company-paid life insurance for employees; option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents at employees’ expense
- Company-paid long term disability insurance for employees; option to purchase short-term disability insurance at employees’ expense
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we are 100% employee owned!
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid vacation, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 20 days per year for a 40 hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours/week
- Paid 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 week
- Flexible paid holidays (10)
- Paid volunteer time (8 hours annually)
- Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organization
- Professional development / continuing education allowance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Transit benefit
To 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, 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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