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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