Description:
SWCA Environmental Consultants is looking for an Associate Project Architectural Historian to support projects in Austin, TX. This position will perform a variety of office and field tasks including historic research, completion of historic resource evaluations/assessments, property documentation, working with and developing new clients.
This is a regular, full-time position with benefits, with the ability to work a hybrid schedule.
What you will accomplish:
- Plan and complete historic resource surveys of residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, and institutional properties using tablet computers, digital photography, and other survey methodology.
- Conduct archival research, focusing on primary and secondary sources, and write historic narratives and context statements.
- Evaluate resources under National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria
- Prepare defensible compliance documentation in support of NHPA/Section 106 review.
- Assist, develop, and manage project budgets and staff
- Maintain SWCA’s high standard of technical ethics and quality assurance and ensure that project deliverables meet agency and industry standards, and be motivated to identify and resolve problems in creative ways
- Independently manage stand-alone architectural history and historic preservation projects and assist other project managers in the execution of architectural history, historic preservation, preservation planning, and components of multi-disciplinary projects
Experience and qualifications for success:
Basic Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Historic Preservation, Public History, Heritage Conservation, Architectural History, or a closely related field
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in cultural resources management as an architectural historian or similar.
- A working knowledge of federal and state cultural resources and historic preservation laws and practices, including Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
- Demonstrated knowledge of the history/architectural history of the region
- Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to drive on behalf of SWCA
- Strong research, writing, and communication skills
- Travel may be required up to 35% of the time.