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

We are looking for a Senior Environmental Planner to join our team. In this position, you will be responsible for leading environmental planning tasks and projects including Environmental Impact Statements, comprehensive plans, permitting, and more across a variety of areas including solid waste, transportation, and restoration. You will also be collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high quality deliverables and stellar client service.

In this role we will count on you to:

• Effectively communicate with staff, clients, and teaming partners and act as a trusted professional
• Prepare and manage NEPA and SEPA documents and supporting plans
• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving to develop environmental planning documents potentially including comprehensive plans, land use plans, and climate adaptation and resiliency plans
• Draft regulatory compliance reports and technical memos
• Support permitting efforts for natural resources and the built environment
• Assist in the development and refinement of proposals
• Research and apply jurisdictional requirements, codes, and policies
• Adhere to and drive QA/QC processes and programs
• Interface with clients, attend project and public meetings, and participate in interviews
• Develop community engagement plans

Other duties you will be responsible for:

• Partnering with internal experts in engineering, science, landscape architecture, data analysis, and GIS

Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications

• 8+ years of experience in environmental planning
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental studies, urban planning, or similar area of focus

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong project management, business development, and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort speaking at public meetings and conveying complex information understandably to different audiences
• Strong interpersonal and conflict-management skills
• Creative and dogged approach to problem-solving
• Impeccable follow-through
• Ability to work independently and discern when collaboration with others is critical
• Resourcefulness and willingness to mine existing resources for necessary information
• Intermediate to expert with MS365, particularly SharePoint, Word, and Excel
• In-depth knowledge of environmental regulations, policies, and practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public and private clients
• Experience in the consulting industry

Application deadline: September 15, 2024

• This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the annual salary range is $103,592 – $146,028
  • 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 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

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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