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 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

Do you excel at making beautiful maps that tell compelling stories? Are you passionate about applying innovative, cutting-edge GIS solutions to help shape the future of environmental planning? Then this role is for you.

As a GIS Analyst you will be part of a growing team of dedicated GIS professionals who provide mapping and spatial analysis support on a diverse range of engineering and environmental projects for both public and private clients.   

In this role we will count on you to:

• Apply a high level of creativity and innovation to GIS mapping and analysis to support our water resources, ecological restoration, and sustainability practice areas
• Create attractive, intuitive maps (both static and interactive) to effectively communicate environmental data
• Perform spatial analysis to help support environmental decision-making processes
• Help support our field staff by managing GPS equipment, setting up systems to streamline field data collection, and post-processing data
• Creating and augmenting spatial datasets through georeferencing, digitizing, and other similar processes

Minimum Qualifications

Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications 

• 0-1 years of direct professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in geography, cartography, planning, natural resources, geology, or other GIS-related field with a strong GIS concentration

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities 

• Strong knowledge of map production and spatial analysis using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online
• Experience with mobile applications/environments (iOS, Android, Windows Tablets) for field data collection, including Esri FieldMaps and Survey123
• Knowledge of ArcGIS extensions, including Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to effectively explain GIS technology needs and opportunities to clients and coworkers
• Rigorous attention to detail and documentation
• Ability to thrive in an environment with multiple deadlines and rapidly changing priorities
• Passion and understanding of how to effectively apply technology for solving problems and accomplishing goals
• Ability to work both quickly and accurately
• Quick learner - eager to absorb new skills and stay current with evolving technology

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 $62,779 - $84,615
  • Level and salary are determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to position, 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.