Senior Architectural Historian | Hybrid Michigan

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Posted on
January 4, 2024
Company: Chronicle Heritage
Type: Full Time
Description:
Company Profile

Chronicle Heritage is a solution-driven heritage consulting firm that prides itself on employing the industry’s best cultural resource management (CRM) professionals. We emphasize supporting our clients’ needs, fostering new technologies that advance our industry, and leveraging those advancements toward the management of non-renewable cultural resources. Chronicle Heritage prioritizes professional development within the framework of innovation and forward-thinking to encourage career advancement and research development.  
 
Job Description
 
Chronicle Heritage is seeking a Senior Architectural Historian to expand our team of experienced, motivated, and engaged historic preservation specialists in our area office near Ann Arbor, Michigan.  This position will involve providing technical expertise and leadership to guide a variety of projects through the historic preservation compliance processes for our clients in the private and public sectors. The successful candidate will serve as key project management staff at the regional level in the Upper Midwest and as part of our growing national historic resources program.
 
Hire Type: Full-time (salary) 
Schedule: 40 hours, Monday–Friday, normal business hours
Location: Hybrid, Michigan Office and home office
 
Job Duties:
  • Work with our team of cultural resource professionals to plan, organize, and manage historic resource surveys and other investigative work related to the identification, evaluation, and assessment of effects to historic properties
  • Supervise project architectural historians
  • Review technical reports and associated documentation and perform final QA/QC before client submittal
  • Develop proposals and cost estimates and provide support to clients during the scoping phases of projects
  • Regularly communicate with clients to keep them informed of project progress, project schedule review, and ensure all project needs are being addressed in a timely manner and within budget
  • Coordinate project review with state and federal agencies, including various State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs)
Required Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in history, architectural history, historic preservation, or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience conducting historical research, completing historical resource surveys, and evaluating the historic and architectural significance of properties under National Register of Historic Places criteria
  • Proficient understanding of state and federal historic preservation laws and regulations, particularly Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
  • Project management, proposal, and budgeting experience
Preferred Skills
  • Knowledge of historical Midwestern architectural forms, styles, and trends, and the various historical property types and characteristic of the region
  • Exceptional research, technical writing, and verbal and written communication skills
  • The ability to work well independently and as part of a team
  • GIS experience
  • Experience in Michigan and/or other Midwestern states desired
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Fluency in Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat
Additional Information 
 
Chronicle Heritage participates in E-Verify to ensure all staff are authorized to work in the United States. Chronicle Heritage is also an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.   
 
We encourage underrepresented groups, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply.    
 
 
 
 
 
 

Submit Resume To:

Chronicle Heritage
319 E Palm Ln
Phoenix, Arizona 85004