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, 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:

Herrera is looking to fill an entry-level position for a Landscape Designer with 0 to 3 years of experience. This position involves creation of graphics and renderings, design, research, assisting other Landscape Architecture staff with development of construction documents, and field work. If you are passionate about learning to work collaboratively on restoring natural systems, designing resilient and meaningful places, and continuing to grow and learn across disciplines, apply for this position

In this role we will count on you to:

• Show up to work with curiosity and motivation
• Communicate well with your team and our clients
• Learn to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects
• Bring your own knowledge, experiences, and inspirations to make our team better

Other duties you will be responsible for:

• Assisting with a wide variety of design tasks, which may include planting design, developing construction details, preparing concept sketches, conducting code research, and writing reports and memos
• Collaborating with other landscape designers and architects, as well as scientists, engineers, and CAD technicians
• Proactively managing administrative tasks and communicating with your project teams

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in landscape architecture from an accredited program, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Technical proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office
• Strong digital illustration, rendering, or representational graphic skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Knowledge of Pacific Northwest native vegetation and ecosystems
• Experience and/or interest in parks, trails, campuses, and other landscapes that blend designing for people and reinvigorating natural systems
• Flexibility and willingness to help with field work in other disciplines (e.g. helping collect water quality samples, assisting with field data collection, or any other potential tasks that may need a second field crew member)
• Course work and/or project-related experience in ecology, stormwater, and/or natural resource design
• Willingness to travel to other offices or project site locations on occasion to support project work, which may occasionally include rugged terrain or remote areas

• A passion for design, planning, and documentation
• A focus on collaboration and teamwork
• SketchUp, Rhino 3D, Lumion, and/or other 3D rendering skills
• Experience with construction administration and/or observation tasks
• Background in biology, ecology, earth sciences, environmental studies, or similar fields
• Experience conducting site assessments or monitoring
• Irrigation design
• Familiarity with LandFX software for planting and/or irrigation
• Experience with landscape maintenance

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 $53,900 - $74,700  annually
• 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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