SEARCH is hiring a
Senior Architectural History Specialist

Summary

The job is for a Full-Time Senior Architectural History Specialist at SEARCH, a remote archaeology firm. The position requires 2 years' experience documenting the built environment of the Southwestern United States and meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History or Historic Preservation.

Requirements

• Applicants must meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History or Historic Preservation
• Located in/able to relocate to Arizona or New Mexico
• 2 years’ experience documenting the built environment of the Southwestern United States

Responsibilities

• Maintain the highest professional image for our clients, co-workers, media, and general public
• Conduct Architectural History research with primary and secondary sources
• Conduct desktop reviews in support of pre-project transmittals (proposals, client requests for cultural resource information)
• Provide SEARCH field personnel with maps depicting historic features within project boundaries
• Conduct Architectural History fieldwork including the recordation of historic resources in field notebooks and resource forms and photographing resources
• Prepare HABS/HAER/HALS-level documentation
• Write historic contexts at the county, city, or parcel level
• Conduct and record telephone or on-site informant interviews
• Contact Certified Local Government officials
• Visit local archives, historic societies, museums, libraries for in-town and out-of-town projects
• Conduct historical research in local, state, and/or national archives, museums, libraries, and historical societies
• Further develop SEARCH research, fieldwork, and reports as an industry leader
• Prepare or assist in the preparation of graphics and maps of historic resources
• Develop proposal scopes of work and assist in the development of project budgets
• Prepare Section 106 Case Study Reports (applying Criteria of Adverse Effect) and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Determinations of Eligibility
• Independently lead/attend meetings with clients, agencies, and SHPOs
• Other duties, as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of the Cultural Resource Management (CRM) industry (firms, clients, contracts, new research, and projects) at the regionwide, nationwide, and worldwide level
• Experience with Section 106 and 110 compliance projects

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Per Diem (for overnight travel)
• SEARCH-subsidized Group Health Insurance (including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage)
• SEARCH-provided Short-Term Disability Insurance
• SEARCH-provided Long-Term Disability Insurance
• SEARCH-provided Group Term Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Emergency Travel Assistance
• Generous 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays (10)
• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Merit-Based Raises, Bonuses, and Promotions