Cultural Resources/Architectural Historian and Senior Project Manager

About this role

Overview
Location(s): SoutheastPractice/Department: CulturalWork Environment: RemoteCompensation:$135,000-155,000/annually*
Dudek’s journey began in 1980 with a vision to serve Southern California’s water and wastewater agencies.
Today, we are a 100% employee-owned firm supporting clients nationwide and delivering projects that improve and protect the built and natural environments of communities throughout the United States. Our work has been recognized by leading industry organizations, and we’ve been honored with multiple national Top Workplace Awards.
Our employee-owners are unified by a singular commitment to supporting projects that address key societal issues, such as the transition to renewable energy, infrastructure hardening and repair, environmental protection, and community resilience.
Learn more about our award-winning culture, the benefits and perks of being a Dudekian, and the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.
Position Overview
Who You Are
As an employee-owner, you embrace accountability, working safely, and collaboration while thinking resourcefully and independently.
Like all Dudekians, you are curious and solution-oriented, with the ability to adapt quickly to changes and approach challenges with a spirit of innovation.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Dudek is currently seeking a full-time senior-level Cultural Resources/Architectural Historian Senior Project Manager to help lead and expand our cultural resources services in the Southeast. The successful candidate will work in close partnership with our Southeast Lead Archaeologist, pairing built environment, regulatory, and project leadership experience with archaeological expertise. This position will oversee a full range of cultural resources services, lead business development, prepare scopes and cost estimates, serve as a senior technical expert, and build relationships with clients, agencies, State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs), and consulting parties. This role will also help guide projects through Section 106, Section 4(f), NEPA, and applicable state review processes and mentor early- and mid-career staff as the Southeast practice grows.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with Dudek’s Southeast Lead Archaeologist to build and grow the cultural resources practice, combining built environment and archaeology services into an integrated offering;

• Develop a shared growth strategy with the Southeast Lead Archaeologist, including target clients, agencies, markets, and contract vehicles, and track progress against that strategy;

• Jointly pursue and deliver projects, sharing technical leadership so archaeology and built environment work move together through survey, evaluation, effects assessment, and mitigation;

• Coordinate with Dudek planners, environmental staff, and cultural resources groups in other regions to incorporate Southeast cultural resources services into larger pursuits;

• Lead projects through Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, including 36 CFR Part 800, Section 4(f), NEPA, and applicable state review laws, from identification and evaluation through resolution of adverse effects;

• Assess effects on historic properties and prepare Finding of Effect documentation for federal and state agencies;

• Lead consultation with SHPOs, federal agencies, Tribes, local governments, and consulting parties and build consensus among interested and affected parties;

• Negotiate and author Memoranda of Agreement and Programmatic Agreements;

• Develop creative mitigation measures, including HABS/HAER/HALS documentation, historic context studies, NRHP nominations, interpretive markers and displays, and public outreach;

• Advise clients and project teams on regulatory strategies for complex, multi-year projects;

• Oversee cultural resources surveys, from reconnaissance-level surveys through intensive-level documentation;

• Oversee the evaluation of historic-era properties under NRHP, state register, and local designation criteria;

• Provide oversight for complex resource types, including historic bridges, roadways, canals, railroads, historic districts, and mid-twentieth-century development;

• Apply the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties in federal, state, and local regulatory settings;

• Work with state site files and SHPO inventory systems across the Southeast, including the Florida Master Site File, Georgia’s GNAHRGIS, and South Carolina’s ArchSite;

• Contribute to policies, guidance, and best practices for identifying and evaluating historic resources;

• Present findings and documentation at agency meetings, public meetings, and historic preservation board meetings;

• Lead research and writing for historic context statements and registration requirements and oversee property-specific research;

• Prepare and oversee survey and evaluation reports, effects assessments, and cultural resources sections for NEPA documents, including Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements;

• Provide senior-level review of internal and external work products and establish and maintain best practices for documentation, report templates, and data management;

• Mentor early- and mid-career staff on project and proposal efforts, delegate technical work, provide guidance on technical approaches, and develop internal training;

• Work with the Southeast Lead Archaeologist to identify staffing needs and recruit as the Southeast practice grows;

• Assume formal staff-supervision responsibilities as the Southeast team grows;

• Build long-term relationships with agency, municipal, and private clients and act as a seller-doer who turns existing work into new opportunities and cross-sells services with other Dudek teams;

• Lead business development for cultural resources and built environment work in the Southeast, including relationships with clients, agencies, and SHPOs;

• Prepare scopes of work, cost estimates, and…