Senior Design Engineer

Herrera Environmental Consultants; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 158,400 - 199,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work culture

ESOP – employee-owned company

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid vacation and sick leave

Life insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Transit benefit

Professional development allowance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Herrera Environmental Consultants seeks an engineer with 15+ years of professional experience who leads multidisciplinary teams on projects in sensitive ecological settings. You will shape strategic initiatives and collaborate with ecologists, landscape architects, engineers, and scientists to deliver mitigation, restoration, and green infrastructure in the Western United States.

Ideal candidates hold a PE license (Oregon preferred) or can obtain within six months and have strong proposals,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional design/construction document experience in multidisciplinary civil projects in sensitive ecological settings.
• Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering.
• A current PE license in Oregon, or ability to obtain within six months.
• Experience leading teams in civil engineering design, calculations, technical reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Experience preparing proposals and developing scopes of work and budgets for civil engineering design projects.
• Experience identifying, evaluating, and responding to requests for proposals and other business development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams with ecologists, landscape architects, engineers, and scientists on projects in sensitive ecological settings.
• Support mitigation, restoration, stormwater management, flood risk reduction, and infrastructure protection for public and private clients in the Western U.S.
• Develop plans, specifications, and cost estimates for civil engineering projects.
• Provide design oversight and coordination across sites, including technical reports and calculations.

Skills

Leadership

Civil engineering

Environmental engineering

Communication

Multi-tasking

Decision making

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor's in Civil/Environmental Eng

PE license (Oregon) or 6-month window

Tools

Bluebeam

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Job description

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 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 States.

Typical Types of Projects

• Developing plans, specifications, and cost estimate packages for civil engineering projects.
• Civil engineering design for site development and surface water management projects including grading, drainage, utilities, temporary erosion control and water management, and integration with environmental critical area requirements and landscape architecture design elements.
• Planning and design for green infrastructure and nature‑based solutions.
• River and stream habitat restoration and enhancement and bank stabilization.
• Fish passage improvements.
• Coastal engineering and habitat restoration.
• Flood management planning and design.

Minimum Qualifications

Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications

• 15 years of professional experience in the development of design and construction documents for multidisciplinary civil engineering projects in sensitive ecological settings.
• Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering.
• A current professional engineer (PE) license in Oregon, or ability to readily obtain one within six months.
• Experience leading teams in the development of civil engineering designs including the preparation of calculations, technical reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates, and other design documents.
• Experience preparing proposals and developing scopes of work and budgets for civil engineering design projects.
• Experience identifying, evaluating, and responding to requests for proposals and other business development opportunities.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Familiarity with West Coast watershed characteristics and processes.
• Familiarity with public agency capital project delivery processes.
• Ability to multi‑task and work with a fast‑paced team of interdisciplinary staff working on several concurrent projects in a variety of jurisdictions.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Strong decision‑making skills.
• A current driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in civil engineering or environmental engineering.
• Experience as a project manager and the client's primary point of contact with proven ability to effectively manage and motivate multiple project teams.
• Experience developing and executing on a strategic business development plan.
• Experience with fish passage analysis and the hydraulic design of roadway culverts and bridges.
• Experience providing construction oversight and providing design services during construction.
• Experience 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.

Benefits

• This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the annual salary range is $158,400 - $199,600.
• 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