Description of Company

Barr is a consulting company that integrates engineering and environmental expertise to help clients develop, manage, process, and restore natural resources across North America and around the world. We have been employee owned since 1966 and trace our origins to the early 1900s. Today, we have more than 900 employees across the U.S and Canada who work with clients in the mining, power, fuels, public, and manufacturing sectors, as well as attorneys, developers, and others with complex challenges.

Why Choose Barr?

If you are looking for an employee-owned company that fosters a collaborative environment, focuses on providing exceptional client service, offers the opportunity to work on challenging projects, and makes employee safety a top priority, Barr is the place for you. In addition to a highly competitive benefits package, we offer mentor and coaching programs to help our employees develop and grow their careers, along with opportunities for volunteering and community involvement.

Summary

As a communications specialist with Barr, you will develop persuasive proposals and presentations in collaboration with engineers, scientists, and other communications specialists. You will advance strategies for proposals and opportunity pursuits, as well as write, edit, and design proposals and presentations.

In addition, you’ll create high-impact content to increase Barr’s visibility and engagement with clients and other key audiences. You’ll develop project examples, blog posts, social media updates, news stories, feature articles, and thought-leadership content. You’ll also partner with project teams to plan and deliver webinars, videos, conference presentations, and marketing materials.

Barr’s communications team members work collaboratively across offices and geographies. Join a growing team that plays an essential role in Barr’s success.

Minimum Qualifications

• Five years of experience in a communications position, where work included communicating technical or complex information to a non-technical audience
• Experience writing proposals and other forms of persuasive communications
• Superb written communication, editing, and proofreading skills
• Attentiveness to details and deadlines
• Strong project-management and organizational skills
• Advanced ability to serve as a strategic communications advisor and lead through influence
• Working knowledge of graphic-design and document-design principles
• Experience or ability to develop content in multiple formats such as video, social media, web content, or infographics
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Proficiency with MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel software
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship
• Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, marketing, or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Eight or more years of related experience
• Experience working in content management systems
• Digital marketing experience
• Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Prezi, Illustrator, Acrobat, and/or MS Project software
• Experience with Microsoft Office 365 platforms, including SharePoint Online and MS Teams
• Advanced document-design and graphic-design skills
• Technical editing experience
• Photography experience

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $60,000-$70,000/year. Compensation will vary based upon experience, education, skill level, and other compensable factors. Employees in this position may also be eligible for a discretionary cash bonus. Our compensation comes in more ways than traditional base salary, and we believe that when all those elements are combined, our compensation is a competitive part of the total value proposition of working at Barr.

Benefits

People report that they stay at Barr because of the camaraderie and career opportunities. Another draw is our competitive package of employee benefits, which includes professional development funding, 401(k) retirement savings plan, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) participation, medical and dental insurance, life insurance, disability and accidental death insurance, flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses, paid holidays, paid time off, and compensatory time for exempt/salaried staff (time off or pay for extra time worked).