History Team Lead

What We’re Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee‑owners.

This opportunity entails leading a team of historians responsible for historic resource identification, documentation, evaluation, assessment, and compliance support for transportation and infrastructure projects. The History Team Lead oversees technical quality, staff development, project delivery, and client relationships while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local historic preservation regulations. This role serves as a technical leader, mentor, and strategic partner in the growth of HNTB’s Cultural Resources Section.

The position serves as a leadership role responsible for directing, mentoring, and developing historians and cultural resources professionals. The History Team Lead participates in complex and high‑profile projects, oversees technical quality, manages resources, and supports business development efforts within the cultural resources practice.

• Oversee a team and the daily work assignments of one or more scientific disciplines.
• Review technical reports and findings related to the area of expertise which may consist of historic resource surveys, cultural resources investigations, archaeological inventory and excavation, and environmental science impacts.
• Direct archaeological and environmental compliance investigations and be responsible for the planning, implementation, and reporting of scientific discipline projects.
• Provide technical‑scientific support and advice on environmental issues to project managers during the planning, design, and construction of proposed and in‑progress projects.
• Prioritize and participate in the marketing and proposal preparation of potential opportunities or projects.
• Lead the preparation of applications and supporting documents for local, state, and federal environmental permits as well as other regulatory compliance laws and regulations.
• Organize and participate in public meetings; attend various meetings with clients, other engineering firms, and staff and may lead discussions on environmental science issues.
• Recruit, hire, develop and retain staff, of discipline‑specific team including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession; coordinate schedules and approve timecards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archaeology, Anthropology, Heritage Preservation, Historic Preservation, History, or related field and 6 years relevant experience; or
• Master’s degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archaeology, Anthropology, Heritage Preservation, Historic Preservation, History, or related field and 5 years of relevant experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in history, Historic Preservation, Heritage Preservation, Public History, Architectural History, or a related field and 6 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree in history, Historic Preservation, Heritage Preservation, Public History, Architectural History, or a related field and 5 years of relevant experience.
• Meets Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History or Historic Architecture.
• Advanced understanding of local, state, and federal regulations affecting historic resources, including Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and Section 4(f).
• Advanced knowledge of National Register of Historic Places criteria and demonstrated experience evaluating historic resources for eligibility.
  
  Experience preparing and reviewing historic resource survey reports, assessments of effects, mitigation documentation, historic property treatment plans, and related cultural resource documentation.
• Experience developing and reviewing Section 106 and Section 4(f) documentation.
• Experience providing mentorship for junior,…