Job Description:
Dewberry Engineers Inc. (Dewberry) invites applications for a full-time, Senior Architectural Historian position within our national cultural resources practice group. This position can be staffed in a Dewberry office location, may be fully remote or hybrid. The qualified candidate must meet the Secretary of the Interior’s (SOI) standards for Architectural History. Candidates will demonstrate at least 15 years of professional experience conducting historic architectural surveys in a particular state with the Department of Transportation. Familiarity and proficiency with federal, state and local regulations and review agencies is required, including Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act and state regulations as applicable.

Responsibilities:

• Establish Area of Potential Effects (APE). Physical field inspections of APEs will be required.
• Complete Section 106 consultation with State Historic Preservation Officers while working with senior cultural resource staff.
• Drafting agreement document (MOA/PA).
• Serving as Principal Investigator for architectural resource documentation and evaluation projects including oversight of Junior Staff (i.e. collecting field data).
• Evaluating resources for NRHP eligibility and assessing effects as required under Section 106 of the NHPA and applicable state preservation laws.
• Preparing technical reports for a variety of geographic locations under a range of regulatory contexts.
• Document historic properties in accordance with Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineer Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) standards and guidelines.
• Solid knowledge base about the function and design of historic structures and a demonstrated ability to justify National Register eligibility determinations and assessments of effects in accordance with Section 106. This may include the preparation of historic structures research reports and the identification of appropriate treatment measures for affected historic structures.
• Prepare written documents, including historic contexts, resource analysis, historic property inventory forms, and technical reports.
• Ability to effectively coordinate with involved parties to make important decisions about project alternatives and the resolution of adverse effects to historic resources.
• Work as an integral team member

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation