Remote Cultural Resources Leader & Architectural Historian

Jobgether; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary $135k–$155k per year

Remote or office-based work

Employee ownership and professional成长

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Jobgether seeks a Cultural Resources/Architectural Historian and Senior Project Manager based in the United States. You will lead cultural resources programs across the Southeast, blending architectural history expertise with regulatory know-how and strategic project leadership to deliver complex surveys, evaluations, and NEPA processes.

The role includes business development, client relationships, mentorship, and setting technical standards while guiding multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in History, Architectural History, Historic Preservation, or a related field.
• At least 20 years of professional experience in federal permitting, cultural resources management, architectural history, or historic preservation regulatory compliance.
• Qualifications that meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History.
• Strong knowledge of Section 106, NEPA, Section 4(f), and applicable federal and state historic preservation regulations.
• Excellent research, technical writing, project management, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and growth of cultural resources and built environment services throughout the Southeast, combining technical expertise with strategic, commercial, and people leadership responsibilities.
• Coordinate with planners, environmental specialists, archaeologists, and regional teams to support multidisciplinary projects and business development opportunities.
• Lead cultural resources projects under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, 36 CFR Part 800, Section 4(f), NEPA, and applicable state review requirements.
• Assess potential effects on historic properties and prepare Findings of Effect and other technical documentation for federal and state agencies.
• Lead consultation and build consensus with SHPOs, federal agencies, Tribes, local governments, and other consulting parties.
• Negotiate and prepare Memoranda of Agreement and Programmatic Agreements, and develop mitigation strategies such as HABS/HAER/HALS documentation, historic context studies, National Register nominations, interpretive materials, and public outreach.
• Oversee cultural resources surveys, historic property evaluations, and documentation for complex resources, including bridges, roadways, canals, railroads, historic districts, and mid-twentieth-century developments.
• Apply the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and relevant federal, state, and local preservation requirements.
• Navigate regional historic resource inventories and SHPO systems, including the Florida Master Site File, Georgia’s GNAHRGIS, and South Carolina’s ArchSite.
• Prepare and oversee survey and evaluation reports, effects assessments, historic context statements, and cultural resources sections for NEPA documents, including Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements.
• Provide senior-level technical reviews and maintain high standards for documentation, reporting, and data management.
• Present project findings at agency, public, and historic preservation board meetings.
• Mentor and develop early- and mid-career professionals, guide technical approaches, delegate work, and contribute to internal training.
• Support staffing plans and recruitment as the Southeast practice expands, with the opportunity to assume formal staff-supervision responsibilities.
• Build long-term client and agency relationships, identify new opportunities, and promote collaboration and cross-selling across service lines.
• Lead business development activities, prepare proposals and scopes of work, develop cost estimates, and support contract pursuits.
• Manage projects from initiation through completion, overseeing budgets, schedules, deliverables, invoicing, project status, and staff utilization.
• Maintain regular communication with clients and internal project managers to ensure successful project delivery.

Skills

Project management

Technical writing

Research

Communication

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Master’s degree in History, Architectural History, Historic Preservation, or related field

Tools

GIS

Mobile data collection

Job description

Jobgether seeks a Cultural Resources/Architectural Historian and Senior Project Manager based in the United States. You will lead cultural resources programs across the Southeast, blending architectural history expertise with regulatory know-how and strategic project leadership to deliver complex surveys, evaluations, and NEPA processes.

The role includes business development, client relationships, mentorship, and setting technical standards while guiding multidisciplinary teams.