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 is looking for a candidate with an interest in working on complex projects with a goal of improving the environment and solving problems for our industrial clients. This opportunity will require you to be part of a collaborative team resolving issues at industrial sites and identifying solutions for mine, solid waste, and contaminated sites. This position will provide for work on a range of engineering and environmental projects for public and private clients. The successful candidate will work closely with our staff in Washington, Wyoming, Montana, and Oregon. This position is based in Seattle, Washington.

As a Civil/Environmental Engineer we will count on you to be a senior level seller/doer, manage projects, and execute work for design and engineering related tasks. Your anticipated responsibilities include the following:

• Plan and design solid waste infrastructure facilities (landfills both closed and active, recycling, intermodal, and transfer stations).
• Plan and design of mine reclamation sites
• Prepare written reports and design documents
• Provide engineering services during bidding and construction
• Provide construction oversight and environmental monitoring
• Have knowledge of CERCLA and RCRA compliance
• Provide project consulting support on multi-disciplinary, complex project teams
• Interact and nurture relationships with clients, contractors, and other consultants.
• Lead and assist with business development activities including marketing pursuits, project proposals, statements of work, and fee estimates; act as a point of contact for BD pursuits and project tracking
• Maintain an active role and visibility within local, regional, and national professional associations and organizations. Attend industry-related functions for business development purposes
• Lead and mentor junior staff

Minimum Qualifications

Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering
• A current Professional Engineer (PE) license; if not in Washington state, ability to obtain reciprocity within one year

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Experience preparing design plans, engineering design reports, construction specifications, and construction cost estimates
• Collaborator and team builder with capacity to work with staff from diverse technical disciplines
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Construction management and inspection experience working on civil projects
• Experience on mine, hazardous material, solid waste, and/or industrial sites
• Dedication to health and safety practices when working in the field
• Familiar with sampling and analysis of soil, surface water, groundwater, and waste materials
• Experience interacting with clients, contractors, and teaming partners
• Experience with Bluebeam and Microsoft programs
• Experience with or familiarity with outputs from AutoCAD / Civil3D/Carlson Natural Regrade
• Experience with conducting Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments or using the information presented in these types of documents
• Experience with preparing Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Studies and Cleanup Action Plans or utilizing the data and recommendations in these documents
• Business development acumen in the Western United States
• Established relationships, and ability to develop and grow relationships, with public agencies and the private sector
• Experience developing scopes of work and budgets for design work

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 $135,000 – $175,000
  • Salary is determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, type/relevance of experience, skillset, and fit for the role
• 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 15 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:

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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