16832 - Cultural Resources Mgr

Virginia Department of Transportation • Colonial Heights, VA

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About The Position

Plan, direct, and coordinate one of VDOT's regional cultural resource programs involving archaeology, architectural history, and historic engineering. How you will contribute: Administer Cultural Resource Program for Region: Consider established district environmental, project development, advertisement, and construction schedules. Monitor regional program performance and ensure cultural resource work activities meet established schedules and are consistent with legal and regulatory requirements, professional standards, and VDOT policy. Ensure projects are evaluated for avoidance, minimization, and mitigation of cultural resource impacts and environmental recommendations, including possible design changes, are coordinated with appropriate staff. Ensure on-time and on-budget delivery of cultural resource components of projects. Update CEDAR as cultural resource activities are completed. Coordinate Cultural Resource Issues : Coordinate with VDOT preliminary engineering, construction, and maintenance programs to ensure historic property issues are incorporated into the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of transportation projects. Provide advanced technical expertise in transportation systems cultural resource management to district and regional VDOT staff. Cultural Resources: Provide cultural resource component on behalf of district and residency environmental training; perform administrative and other responsibilities. Maintain project files. Manage Cultural Resource Consultant Task Orders: Develop scope of work on projects, negotiate with consultants, and determine acceptance of completed studies in accordance with contract requirements and professional standards. Assist Central Office in the procurement of cultural resource consultant contracts. Manage Project-Level Regulatory Approvals and Commitments: Coordinate with VA Dept of Historic Resources, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and other stakeholders as necessary. Coordinate regulatory approval for projects involving complex cultural resource issues. Coordinate cultural resource program findings with district environmental SERP, document, and permit staff to ensure consistency with federal and state law, regulations, policies, and procedures. Facilitate project meetings with special focus on cultural resource issues, conclusions, and commitments agreed to by core agencies and negotiates desired outcomes. Manage development of treatment plans and agreement documents. What will make you successful: Ability to apply technical and scientific principles and practices to the management of cultural resources relative to transportation designs. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse audiences and to make presentations and conduct meetings. Ability to design, conduct, and oversee cultural resource studies. Ability to supervise and manage staff, programs and budgets. Ability to work with others in resolving environmental engineering problems as they relate to cultural resource issues relative to transportation. Knowledge of and ability to interpret a wide range of transportation, environmental, and cultural resource statutes, regulations, policies and procedures. Knowledge of archaeological and architectural history method and theory. Skill in the use of computers and software applications to perform tasks which support VDOT operations.

Requirements

• Ability to apply technical and scientific principles and practices to the management of cultural resources in transportation projects.
• Ability to design, conduct, and oversee cultural resource studies.
• Ability to work with others to resolve environmental engineering issues related to cultural resources in transportation projects.
• Degree in a closely-related discipline consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification standards may also be accepted.
• Degree in architectural history or history, or a graduate degree in archaeology is required.
• Knowledge of current archaeological and architectural history method and theory.
• Knowledge of federal and state transportation, environmental, and cultural resource statutes, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of human resources principles and practices to include performance management and employee development.
• Skill in managing programs and staff.
• Skilled in the use of computers and software applications.
• Valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

• Progressively responsible experience in transportation project management to include environmental and cultural resource management.

Responsibilities

• Administer Cultural Resource Program for Region
• Coordinate Cultural Resource Issues
• Provide cultural resource component on behalf of district and residency environmental training; perform administrative and other responsibilities
• Maintain project files
• Manage Cultural Resource Consultant Task Orders
• Manage Project-Level Regulatory Approvals and Commitments

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees