Job Description

Join our growing practice in southern California!

Are you looking to join a team of stormwater planners, designers, and scientists with deep expertise in green infrastructure engineering and water quality science? Are you ready to take your engineering expertise to the next level and be part of cutting-edge project work while helping grow our practice in southern California?

We are hiring mid- to senior-level green infrastructure design engineers to plan and design projects in southern California and leverage Herrera\xe2\x80\x99s decades of experience with the planning and design of green infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest. Imagine working as part of an integrated team of engineers, landscape architects, and water quality scientists to design innovative green infrastructure solutions that not only improve water quality and capture stormwater, but also enhance local communities and ecology. If you\'re excited by the prospect of collaborating with a dynamic team of passionate stormwater experts up and down the west coast, we have the perfect opportunity waiting for you!

In this role, you\'ll not only get the chance to lead projects, but also to help grow our practice, mentor the next generation of engineers, and work with some of the most talented professionals in the industry. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the charge in planning and designing green stormwater infrastructure retrofits, transforming urban spaces into ecological and community assets.
• Collaborating on neighborhood and regional stormwater facility projects, contributing your skills to enhance sustainability.
• Providing essential support to municipal green infrastructure programs and shaping design guidelines for effective project implementation.
• Channeling your creativity into civil site development engineering for high-performance green buildings, parks, trails, and open spaces.
• Utilizing your expertise in stormwater conveyance system modeling and design to make a lasting impact.
• Managing projects that champion high water quality standards, tackle complex ecological challenges, and support diverse communities.

Why Join Us?

Impact: Your work will directly contribute to improving water quality, capturing stormwater for beneficial use, and strengthening communities.

Innovation: We encourage fresh ideas and creative solutions to tackle complex challenges, and are known for or state-of-the-science environmental work.

Growth: You\'ll have opportunities to advance your design, leadership, and project management skills.

Diversity: Our team embraces diversity of all kinds, ensuring a welcoming and inclusive work environment.

What we\'re looking for:

• 7+ years of civil engineering and stormwater design experience
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in civil or environmental engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in California, or ability to obtain within 6-months of hire
• Experience in the preparation of plans, specifications, and cost estimate (PS&E) packages for public and private stormwater management facilities and/or site development civil engineering projects

Nice-to-haves, but not required:

• Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in civil or environmental engineering
• Experience with planning and/or design of green infrastructure (GI) and low impact development (LID) practices
• Experience with AutoCAD / Civil3D
• Experience with the preparation of stormwater design reports and Hydraulic and Hydrologic stormwater modeling
• Engineering design experience on site civil development and drainage design for linear transportation projects
• Strong team collaboration, clear written and verbal communication abilities, and excellent organizational skills
• A passion for developing sustainable solutions to complex water resource problems for public and private clients

About us:

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.

We are proud to support our employee-owners by offering the following compensation and benefits:

• This position is salaried and exempt from overtime

• Mid-level salary range: $106,265 - $145,665 annually
• Senior-level salary range: $137,535 - $179,935 annually
• Flexible hybrid or fully remote work locations
• 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 \xe2\x80\x93 healthcare and dependent care
• Company-paid life insurance for employees; option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents at employees\xe2\x80\x99 expense
• Company-paid long term disability insurance for employees; option to purchase short-term disability insurance at employees\xe2\x80\x99 expense
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - we are 100% employee owned!
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Accrued paid vacation equivalent to 15 days per year for a 40 hour/week employee
• Accrued paid sick time equivalent to 10 days per year for a 40 hour/week employee
• 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 and the .

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