Senior Biologist or Ecologist Job at Herrera Environmental Consultants, Missoula, MT

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  • Herrera Environmental Consultants
  • Missoula, MT

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, 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 Are you interested in applying your skills in botany, restoration, wetland science, or wildlife management in cooperation with a team of enthusiastic and committed scientists, engineers, and planners to improve transportation, stormwater, and mind reclamation projects throughout Montana and the Pacific Northwest? Do you enjoy teaching others, learning from some of the most cutting-edge science and engineering projects in the Rockies, and co-creating meaningful and impactful projects? Are you looking for part-time work (between 24 - 32 hours per week) with flexible hours and a hybrid workplace? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!In this role, we will count on you to:

  • Support our Restoration Practice throughout the Rockies and Pacific Northwest
  • Support cross-discipline work with our team in Missoula, Montana
  • Lead a variety of environmental studies for public and private development and infrastructure projects such as stream surveys, wetland delineations, plant surveys, wildlife habitat assessments, and restoration projects
  • Perform biological assessments and evaluations in support of Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance for a variety of fish and wildlife species
  • Play in integral role in ongoing refinement and implementation of our strategic business development initiatives in Montana
  • Manage and mentor junior team members so they can thrive at Herrera and within the industry
Other duties you will be responsible for:
  • Periodic travel to project sites throughout the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere in the western U.S.

Minimum Qualifications

Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications

  • 8+ years of relevant professional experience
  • Bachelor's degree in a related science field
  • Project management experience
  • Successful permit acquisition or management experience for projects affecting wetlands and streams in Montana
  • If you are a wetland scientist, a Professional Wetland Scientist certification

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Field data collection expertise in wetlands, floodplains, streams, and riparian areas
  • Expertise in Montana identification of native and invasive vegetation and wildlife
  • Collaborator and team builder with capacity to work with a team of interdisciplinary professionals and manage multidisciplinary projects
  • Experience developing scopes of work and budgets
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to drive vehicles on a variety of road surfaces and navigate by foot over rough terrain

Preferred Qualifications

  • 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Supervisory experience
  • Familiarity with Federal Highway Administration and Montana Department of Transportation environmental procedures
  • Experience conducting NEPA assessments
Application deadline: March 31, 2025

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

  • This position is salaried and exempt from overtime, and prorated based on number of hours per week; the annual salary ranges for 40 hours per week are:
    • Level IV: $92,000 - $128,000
    • Level V: $110,400 - $147,200
  • 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 15 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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