Stormwater Design Engineer

Herrera Environmental Consultants • Seattle, WA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 45 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. As a Stormwater Design Engineer, you will join a team of experienced, creative, and mission driven engineers, scientists, landscape architects, planners, biologists, and other experts working on a variety of environmental projects from the urban realm to the upper watershed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering
• Engineer-In-Training (EIT) Certificate, or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
• Experience with and/or interest in planning and design of stormwater infrastructure
• Experience with and/or interest in preparing plans, specifications, and cost estimate packages along with related technical reports for public and/or private stormwater management facilities and/or site development civil engineering projects
• Experience with and/or interest with hydraulic and hydrologic stormwater modeling
• Strong team collaboration, clear written and verbal communication abilities, and excellent organization and task management skills
• A passion for developing sustainable solutions to complex stormwater problems for public and private clients
• Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams, and juggle multiple tasks

Nice To Haves

• Construction observation or inspection experience on civil projects
• Experience designing green stormwater infrastructure (GSI)
• Experience developing plans for construction
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience with stormwater modeling software (WWHM, MGSFlood, SWMM)
• Experience with AutoCAD/Civil3D drafting software
• Experience with Bluebeam PDF editing software

Responsibilities

• Assist with the planning and design of small- and large-scale stormwater facilities and stormwater infrastructure retrofits
• Assist with the planning and design of green infrastructure and community amenities
• Assist with civil site development engineering design for parks, trails, campuses, and open spaces
• Assist with the production of plans, specifications, cost estimates, and technical reports for stormwater infrastructure projects
• Perform hydrologic and hydraulic stormwater model simulations to design flow control, water quality, and conveyance infrastructure
• Prepare stormwater management reports and technical memoranda

Benefits

• 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)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid vacation, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 10 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level