Senior Architectural Historian ; senior level

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We are seeking a seasoned Senior Architectural Historian to lead complex cultural resource projects across the western United States. Our work spans diverse landscapes and industries, with a primary focus on transportation infrastructure and compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. From Alaska’s rugged highways to Arizona’s desert corridors, you’ll oversee architectural history efforts for projects that shape our nation’s future while honoring its past.

This role offers the opportunity to work on iconic sites within national parks, along major transportation routes, and for both public and private development initiatives. Someone with experience working on linear projects and evaluating all types of resources from railroads and bridges to individual homes and larger historic districts will fit right in. If you thrive on managing large-scale projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring historic integrity in dynamic environments, we’d love to hear from you.

The Senior Architectural Historian 1 provides senior level cultural resources planning activities, including a full spectrum of research, documentation, report preparation, public involvement, and agency coordination services to clients as required by the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This position is distinguished by the employee’s responsibilities for tasks of greater complexity and sensitivity, use of independent judgment in problem‑solving, planning, scheduling, and completing assigned projects, and involves the supervision and mentoring of junior staff.

The Senior Architectural Historian should have the archaeological and historic preservation knowledge, analytical skills, and experience with archaeology and historic preservation statutes, regulations, policies, and guidelines equivalent to a Ph.D. degree in architectural history or a closely related field with specialized training in architectural history. The person in this position should exhibit an advanced level of responsibility, an extensive amount of independence, bring a high degree of expertise to their work, and make a significant contribution to cultural resources projects.

A Senior Architectural Historian 1 will have a progressively responsible 15+ year track as a CRM professional.

To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Advanced
• Market Sector Software - Advanced

• Mastery of technical fundamentals
• Highly efficient at providing technical solutions to the most complex challenge and guides others towards the same
• Works with market sector leaders to advance technical skills within the team

Technical leader/mentor on large/complex projects. Has excellent communication skills, answers questions from those with less experience, and takes action based on the needs of the team.

Leads the production of and provides quality control for the following:

• Technical reports and memos
• Cultural Resource Baseline Reports
• Phase 1 and Phase 2 reports
• Section 106 documentation
• Field studies and investigations

Strong understanding of scopes, scheduled, and budgets. Able to predict and deliver individual tasks within a set level of effort. Able to consistently meet budget and schedule expectations on…