Herrera Environmental Consultants is an employee owned company that relishes a challenge and continually looks for new ways to integrate our interdisciplinary expertise. Herrera works with our clients to develop excellent, innovative, and sustainable solutions for infrastructure, natural resources, and stormwater projects. We invest in each team member, and offer excellent opportunities to develop your career in a friendly and enjoyable work environment. We offer competitive compensation including an attractive retirement package.
Qualified individuals should submit a resume and letter of interest (no phone calls, please) to the attention of the Personnel Department at the address below. Electronic files (Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format only, please) should be sent to careers@herrerainc.com.
Current Employment Opportunities:
Posted on February 5, 2010.
(Seattle, WA) The current position opening is for a part-time (20 hours per week) water resource engineer with 2-3 years professional experience specific to the duties outlined below. The position requires fluency speaking and writing in Chinese and English languages. The position will include work on the following types of projects:
• Low impact development planning and design for private and municipal clients
• Stormwater detention and water quality treatment system design
• Stormwater conveyance system modeling and design
• Translation of technical documentation and designs between English and Chinese
• Stormwater guidance and policy development
• Stormwater program development
• General civil site development and design
• Up to 25% travel time out of the country
Position Requirements:
To be considered for this position, applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:
• Fluency speaking and writing in Chinese and English languages, and experience communicating stormwater and water resource issues in both languages
• Ability to travel out of the country approximately 3-4 days per month
• Undergraduate degree in civil engineering or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• 2-3 years professional experience in stormwater and surface water management; civil and environmental engineering
• Excellent writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills
• EIT certification (PE preferred)
Posted on October 14, 2009.
(Seattle, WA) Herrera seeks a Senior Hydraulic Engineer to work on a wide range of applied and research projects in the Pacific Northwest. This position involves developing and applying scientific and engineering solutions to rehabilitate riverine, estuarine, and coastal habitats and to provide environmentally sensitive and sustainable solutions for human communities and infrastructure.
Qualifications: M.S. in civil engineering or geological sciences or 10 years of consulting experience managing projects involving floodplain mapping and hydraulic modeling. Academic training and experience with a focus on fluid mechanics, hydraulic modeling, and fluvial or coastal geomorphology. Excellent field skills in floodplain mapping and channel and shoreline surveys. Excellent writing and communication skills. Ability to effectively manage a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. Expertise in the following areas–GIS (ARC VIEW, Spatial Analyst), open channel and coastal hydraulics, sediment transport and budgets, hydrology, mechanics, and project management skills. Hydraulic design and analysis for hydroelectric facilities, water intake and conveyance facilities, fish passage facilities, spillways, and projects involving sediment control, erosion protection, and environmental mitigation. Hydraulic design analyses in support of projects involving physical and numerical modeling and river engineering.
Desired Experience: Prior consulting experience working with a multi-disciplinary team and managing multiple floodplain mapping, river engineering, and hydraulic modeling projects. Experience with the application of a variety of 1-D and 2-D hydraulic models in Pacific Northwest systems. Assessment and modeling of the physical effects of woody debris, sediment transport, and geomorphic response. Experience with scope of work and budget preparation.
