Senior Restoration Engineer
Company: Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Location: Bellingham
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
We are HerreraEnvision 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, 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.--- - -Your Opportunity Herrera seeks an engineer with 8
or more years of professional experience and expertise in planning
and design of projects in rivers, streams, and floodplains. The
geographic base location of this position can be in Seattle,
Bellingham, or Portland.---The candidate will support a variety of
ecological restoration, flood risk reduction, and infrastructure
protection projects for public and private clients throughout the
Pacific Northwest in collaboration with multidisciplinary internal
and client project teams. Typical types of projects include: -
- River and stream habitat restoration and enhancement
- Fish passage improvements
- Watershed and floodplain assessment and planning
- River and stream bank stabilization
- Flood control
- Support for other engineering and surface water management
projects -Minimum QualificationsEducation, Experience, &
Licensure/Certifications -
- A bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering, or a
master's degree in civil or environmental engineering if
undergraduate degree was not in engineering
- 10 or more years of professional experience
- A current professional engineer's license in Washington or
Oregon, or ability to readily obtain one via comity application
based on licensure in another state of the US -Knowledge, Skills, &
Abilities
- Familiarity with Pacific Northwest watersheds
- Experience preparing design plans, construction specifications,
and construction cost estimates -
- Experience managing design tasks through design completion and
construction -
- Experience 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
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- Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
- A current driver's licensePreferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in civil engineering or environmental science
with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems restoration, hydraulics,
and/or geomorphology - -
- Experience as project manager of natural resource restoration
or planning projects -
- Fish passage analysis and design experience with roadway
culverts -
- Construction management and inspection experience -
- Knowledge of hydrologic analysis and modeling tools and
techniques -
- Hydraulic modeling experience (one- and two-dimensional) -
- Permit application experience (e.g., Washington State HPA,
federal Clean Water Act Section 404, and local agency permits for
grading, erosion control, etc.) -
- Proficiency in the use of AutoCAD -
- Proficiency in the use of ArcGIS -
- Experience with field data collection and related equipment -
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- Business development experience -
- Other specific trainings and professional organization
affiliations should be noted in the applicant's r--sum-- 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 salary range is $101,000 - $141,200
annuallyFlexible 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) -401(k) retirement plan -Paid vacation
accrued at 3.077 hours every two weeks (for a 40 hour/week
employee, equivalent to 10 days per year) -Paid sick time accrued
at 3.077 hours every two weeks (for a 40 hour/week employee,
equivalent to 10 days per year) -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
benefitTo learn more, please visit our website at: -We Are
Committed to Equal Opportunity, Diversity, Equity, and InclusionThe
requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions of this position. Employment decisions are
based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Herrera does not
discriminate based on race, color, gender, gender identity, age,
religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or
veteran status in accordance with all applicable local, state and
federal laws. We encourage women, minorities, veterans, disabled
veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for this
position. Herrera is an equal opportunity employer.Powered by
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