Stormwater Design Engineer
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
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
