Herrera Environmental Consultants hiring Landscape Architect in Bellingham, Washington, United States | LinkedIn
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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, and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and western Canada.
For over 40 years, Herrera has cultivated a collaborative, caring 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:
Are you a landscape architect driven and inspired by multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved through good, sustainable design? Do you have a hunger to push ecological resilience and equity in design? Do you have a deep knowledge of west coast ecosystems? Then we’d love to hear from you!
Herrera’s approach to landscape architecture maximizes ecological benefits, including consideration of life-cycle maintenance, planning for climate-adaptive futures, and creating meaningful places. We are also committed to pursuing social and environmental equity through both design process and built project outcomes.
We are looking for someone who has a strong desire to continually learn, loves to innovate and creatively problem solve, works well within a team, desires to work and grow with other disciplines, and will add to our passionate group dynamic.
You will be responsible for:
Actively managing landscape architectural projects that vary in type, size, and scale with a high level of proficiency and expertise, including park master planning and design, sustainable urban development, green stormwater infrastructure, and ecological system design
Supporting project scoping and fee development
Leading project production and tracking and manage project budgets
Delegating to and supporting the growth of junior staff within the landscape architecture department
Demonstrating and sharing knowledge that will advance the vision and goals of the team
Minimum Requirements
5+ years of professional experience in the field of landscape architecture
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in landscape architecture from an accredited program, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Professional licensure as a Landscape Architect in Oregon or Washington State, or abilityto obtain reciprocity within 6months of start date
A strong portfolio of managed projects
Willingness to travel to project and office locations, on occasion, to support team collaboration, construction observation, and post-construction monitoring
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Experience producing contract documents including plans, specifications, and cost estimates and ability to lead and manage teams throughout design production
Ability to develop design frameworks for defining project goals and achieving holistic project outcomes
Experience with and interest in public works, parks and trails, stormwater design, and infrastructure projects
Excellent writing, organizational, critical thinking, and communication skills
Experience writing scopes of work, project budgeting and responding to RFPs
Identifying multi-benefit opportunities for project outcomes
Experience and ability to decipher and implement various related building codes and permitting requirements
Technical experience with site planning, conceptual design, construction documents, and construction administration/observation
A passion for sustainable and environmentally sensitive design
A detailed design focus, in-depth analytical thinking, and strong technical skills
Interest and/or experience in mentoring
Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam, and MS Office; familiarity with or desire to learn Rhino 3D, Civil 3D, and LandFX
Proficiency in Pacific Northwest native plant species identification and ecological restoration design
We are proud to support our employee-owners by offering the following compensation and benefits:
This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the salary range is $80,600- $101,400annually
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:www.herrerainc.com
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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