Historian III - Environmental Planning

HNTB Corporation•Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

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 being responsible for conducting historical and environmental evaluations/impacts for infrastructure projects. Historians will stay current with federal/state/local policies and regulations and act as a resource to ensure environmental compliance. Provides analyses of historical data to environmental specialists and design engineers. Produces and interprets technical data to team project members.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Heritage Preservation, Historic Preservation, History or related field and 5 years of relevant experience, or Master's Degree in Heritage Preservation, Historic Preservation, History or related field and 4 years of relevant experience
Screens and scopes to prepare for survey work (i.e., create a property list using appropriate data bases, tax assessor data, and other resources.) with little guidance from more experienced staff.
Reviews, summarizes, researches and interprets findings for more complex projects with guidance from more experienced staff.
Generates complex reports or contributes to a larger report with oversight from more experienced staff and reviews work of less experienced staff.
Understands Microsoft Office Suite and client specific programs without guidance from others, staying up-to-date with new technologies.
Recognizes unique resources, differentiates patterns, evaluates, and makes recommendations for the national register with little guidance from more experienced staff.
Possesses a thorough understanding of local, state, and federal regulations, including Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act; applies advanced knowledge of National Register of Historic Places criteria and understands how they intersect with local, state, and federal regulations; applies this knowledge to technical reports with little guidance from more experienced staff.

Nice To Haves

Relevant Transportation Planning experience with clients (GDOT, FDOT, TDOT, MoDOT, etc.)
5 - 10 years of relevant experience
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Architectural Historian

Responsibilities

Works independently with other environmental specialists and design engineers to complete environmental compliance for infrastructure projects according to federal/state/local policies and regulations.
Prepare technical reports including but not limited to historic resource survey reports, assessment of effects, mitigation documentation, historic property treatment plans, and other related documentation.
Conducts reviews of technical reports prepared by others
Provides technical advice and assists project engineers regarding impacts to historic resources.
Performs historic resources surveys and associated fieldwork.
Prepares scopes and budgets for bid opportunities and projects.
Assists in the development of section 4(f) documentation.
Interprets section 106 regulations and develops documentation.
Performs other duties as assigned.