Cultural Resources/Architectural Historian, Senior Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the Southeast Lead Archaeologist to expand and enhance the cultural resources practice.

• Formulate and monitor a collective growth strategy that encompasses target clients, agencies, markets, and contract vehicles.

• Jointly pursue and execute archaeology and built environment projects.

• Coordinate with planners, environmental personnel, and cultural resource teams in various regions.

• Steer projects through Section 106, 36 CFR Part 800, Section 4(f), NEPA, and relevant state review legislation.

• Evaluate impacts on historic properties and create Finding of Effect documentation.

• Lead consultations with SHPOs, federal agencies, Tribes, local governments, and consulting parties.

• Negotiate and draft Memoranda of Agreement and Programmatic Agreements.

• Develop mitigation strategies, including HABS/HAER/HALS documentation, historic context studies, NRHP nominations, interpretive materials, and public outreach.

• Counsel clients and project teams on regulatory approaches for intricate, multi-year projects.

• Supervise cultural resources surveys and assess historic-era properties.

• Oversee historic bridges, roadways, canals, railroads, historic districts, and mid-twentieth-century developments.

• Implement the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

• Collaborate with Southeastern state site files and SHPO inventory systems.

• Contribute to policies, guidance, and best practices concerning historic resources.

• Present findings at meetings with agencies, the public, and historic preservation boards.

• Lead research and writing efforts for historic context statements and registration requirements.

• Prepare and supervise survey and evaluation reports, effects assessments, and cultural resources sections for NEPA documents.

• Review both internal and external work products, maintaining best practices in documentation, reporting, and data management.

• Mentor early- and mid-career staff and create internal training programs.

• Identify staffing requirements and recruit as the Southeast practice expands.

• Undertake staff supervision responsibilities as the Southeast team grows.

• Foster relationships with agency, municipal, and private clients, while identifying new opportunities.

• Lead business development initiatives for cultural resources and built environment work in the Southeast.

• Draft scopes of work, cost estimates, and proposal content.

• Manage projects and deliverables from initiation to completion.

• Oversee budgets, schedules, client invoicing, project status, and staff billing.

• Maintain regular communication with internal project managers and clients.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree in history, architectural history, historic preservation, or a related discipline.

• Over 20 years of professional experience in federal permitting, cultural resources management, architectural history, or compliance with historic preservation regulations.

• Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History.

• Willingness to travel as necessary.

• Valid driver’s license required.

• Active personal automobile liability insurance must be in place by the first day of employment.

• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

• U.S. work authorization is mandatory.

• Preferred: Over 25 years of professional experience in cultural resources management, architectural history, and federal permitting within the Southeastern United States.

• Preferred: Experience collaborating with multiple Southeastern SHPOs and familiar with their survey and reporting guidelines.

• Preferred: Background in transportation, energy, or federal agency projects, such as FHWA/state DOT, USACE, or FERC initiatives.

• Preferred: Prior experience in staff management.

• Preferred: Experience with NRHP nominations, Multiple Property Documentation Forms, or historic context studies.

• Preferred: Competence in GIS and mobile data collection tools.

• Preferred: Exceptional technical writing and research abilities, including experience providing senior-level review.

• Preferred: Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, including archaeologists, planners, and environmental staff.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employee-owned firm.

• Commitment to equal employment opportunities and an inclusive workplace.