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About the Role

Join a collaborative team of engineers, planners, scientists, and designers working to advance climate adaptation and resilience initiatives. This role supports meaningful projects related to climate vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning, watershed resilience, stormwater management, ecological restoration, and sustainable community development.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support climate adaptation and resilience planning efforts
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, risk analyses, and adaptation planning
• Collaborate with stormwater, restoration, sustainable development, and geospatial teams
• Support proposals, project scoping, and business development efforts
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, agency partners, and collaborators
• Grow companywide climate-related work and support strategic initiatives
• Manage projects, budgets, and schedules

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, or water resources engineering; environmental science; or a related field
• 8 or more years of professional experience leading or supporting climate resilience and adaptation planning, hazard mitigation, and related work
• Expertise applying this expertise on projects related to environmental planning, watershed health (including green infrastructure/nature-based solutions), shoreline health, infrastructure protection, and/or related efforts
• Experience managing interdisciplinary projects and coordinating with technical teams and clients
• Experience developing scopes of work, budgets, schedules, and technical deliverables
• Experience in client management and proactive business development
• Valid driver's license

Skills

• Experience with climate risk assessment frameworks, resilience metrics, or adaptation planning tools
• Strong collaboration and relationship building skills across disciplines, sectors, and communities
• Systems thinking and implementation planning skills with the ability to connect technical analysis to actionable outcomes
• Proven ability to serve as a project manager and successfully deliver projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Bluebeam for document review, coordination, and collaboration
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively within fast paced interdisciplinary teams
• A passion for developing equitable, sustainable, and resilient solutions for communities and ecosystems
• Proficiency in ArcGIS and hydraulic modeling software (including SWMM, MGSFlood, and/or WWHM)

Location

• Washington
• Oregon
• California
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Alaska
• western Canada

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 8+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree
• Advanced degree

Salary/Compensations

• Engineer IV: $122,100 - $164,500
• Engineer V: $143,300 - $185,700
• Planner IV: $106,100 - $148,500
• Planner V: $137,900 - $180,400

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work culture
• Medical/prescription drug/dental/vision insurance for employees and 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
• Company-paid long term disability insurance for employees
• Option to purchase short-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick leave
• Flexible paid holidays
• Paid volunteer time
• Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organization
• Professional development / continuing education allowance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Transit benefit

About the Company

• Herrera is 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.
• 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.
• We are 100% employee owned!

Equal Opportunity

• 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.