Mid-Career Architectural Historian

At Jacobs, you’ll work for a company that strives to provide opportunities for employees to learn, grow, and thrive. As Mid-Career Architectural Historian, you’ll work on a variety of projects throughout the United States, with a focus on the Great Lakes Region. This position involves providing cultural resources support for planning, engineering, and construction services to government, military, and commercial clients. The architectural historian career path provides the opportunity to work on projects that require compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other federal, state, and local cultural resource regulations.

For this position, you’ll serve as a key team member working with scientists, engineers, project managers, and other project staff across business sectors and practices in the company. You will conduct literature reviews and background research; evaluate buildings, structures, objects, landscapes, and districts for eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as well as for state and local registers; and provide analysis and cultural resources content for NEPA documents and cultural resources technical reports. You’ll also review undertakings for potential impacts to historic properties; coordinate consultation with State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO), Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Native American tribes, and multiple state and federal agencies; delineate areas of potential effects; complete primary and secondary-source research and develop historical contexts; identify periods of significance and character-defining features; complete architectural surveys and site forms; and prepare NEPA and NHPA technical reports. Mid-level architectural historians also work closely with senior staff to prepare proposals, provide technical reviews of deliverables, and give technical guidance to junior-level employees.

• Master’s degree in Architectural History, Historic Preservation, Public History, Architecture, or a related field

• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in historic preservation or a related field

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Teams

• Proficient reading architecture and engineering plans

• Oral and written English communication skills

• Excellent technical writing skills

• Must be willing and able to travel, as needed, approximately 15 percent of time.

• Expertise with every step of the Section 106 process, including but not limited to:

• Delineating an Area of Potential Effect

• Identifying potential consulting parties

• Initiating consultation with project stakeholders

• Literature reviews

• Historical contexts

• Organizing and conducting field surveys

• NHRP eligibility determinations, including identifying character-defining features and periods of significance

• Effects assessments

• Developing and implementing agreement documents

• Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Study documentation

• Record of delivering project on time and on budget

• Experience working in the consulting environment, able to handle multiple projects simultaneously and be responsive to both internal and external clients.

• Working knowledge of GIS and basic understanding of cultural resources mapping and data collection, such as ArcGIS Field Maps and ArcGIS Online.

• Experience preparing proposals, providing technical reviews of deliverables, and mentoring junior staff.

• Experience applying the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties as well as Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Program Comments.

• Experience preparing reporting for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and working knowledge of the Architecture/History Survey Manual and Facilities Development Manual.

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