Project Architectural Historian ; senior level

Overview

Why DOWL?

DOWL is a top-ranked, multi-disciplined consulting firm with over 60 years of experience in civil engineering and related services. Our in-house expertise spans Civil and Land Development, Construction-Related Services, Transportation and Structures, and Water and Environmental Services. At DOWL, you’re valued. We support your growth, offer great benefits, and foster a culture of integrity, professionalism, and teamwork.

DOWL provides a comprehensive benefits package to support the health and financial well-being of our full-time employees and their families. DOWL offers a High-Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account (HSA) (including employer contribution). Other benefits include flexible spending account, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, dependent care account, employee assistance program, a 401(k) plan with discretionary employer contributions for matching, profit sharing, student debt repayment, paid time off, paid holidays.

Paid Time Off (PTO) accrues at a minimum of 16 days per year. Employees also receive nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more details and eligibility please visit Careers - DOWL.

The exempt, salary range for this position is $97,456.68 to $

We are seeking a seasoned Project Architectural Historian to lead complex cultural resource projects across the western United States. Our work spans diverse landscapes and industries, with a primary focus on transportation infrastructure and compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. From Alaska’s rugged highways to Arizona’s desert corridors, you’ll oversee architectural history efforts for projects that shape our nation’s future while honoring its past.

This role offers the opportunity to work on iconic sites within national parks, along major transportation routes, and for both public and private development initiatives. Someone with experience working on linear projects and evaluating all types of resources from railroads and bridges to individual homes and larger historic districts will fit right in. If you thrive on managing large-scale projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring historic integrity in dynamic environments, we’d love to hear from you.

Summary

The Project Architectural Historian 2 position is an upper-level position and is supervised and directed by senior-level cultural resources management (CRM) staff and will serve as one of DOWL’s subject matter experts in the field of CRM. The person in this position should have a Master’s Degree in architectural history and must have specialized training and experience working in CRM. This position provides upper-level cultural resources support to DOWL’s internal and external clients, including a full spectrum of proposal writing, research, documentation, report preparation, public involvement, and agency and tribal coordination services as required by the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

The person in this position synthesizes the results of background research and data assembly, conducts cultural resource identification and documentation, carries out monitoring, survey, and testing cultural resource sites, performs lab work, and manages field data. They also produce moderate to large-scale cultural resource reports, draft complete CRM reports, assemble lists of stakeholders and consulting parties (including tribal governments and entities), arrange, participate, and lead cultural resources consultation meetings, and prepare correspondence specific to cultural resource investigations and other CRM activities.

They are responsible for managing project schedules and deliverables, field survey crews and field data, and the production of reports. A Project Architectural Historian 2 should have a progressively responsible 10- to 15-year track record as a CRM professional.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the…