Environmental Planner

Herrera Environmental Consultants • Full-time • Seattle, Washington • 3m ago

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

Minimum Qualifications

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

We are proud to support our employee-owners by offering the following compensation and benefits:

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: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.