Senior Architectural Historian - HMB Professional Engineers
Louisville, KY
About the Job
Description
HMB Professional Engineers, LLC., a leading engineering firm, is looking for a Senior Historian/Architectural Historian to join the HMB team!
You will be responsible for successful management of projects for aboveground cultural resources and related projects, ensuring quality, scope, schedule, and budget goals are met. The position also entails marketing and business development programs and plans, attending networking events, and promoting the services of HMB.
As we grow, we are looking for a leader to manage and supervise a team of architectural historians/preservation planners (which may include junior staff, students, and interns).
Engaged professionals lie at the heart of our vision statement. That’s why we strive to create a work environment that challenges and inspires our employees, ignites their passion and drive to achieve greatness each and every day.
Key Responsibilities
- Record (inventory) buildings/structures/landscapes to determine their eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places using the established criteria of evaluation
- Assess the effects of planned projects upon National Register-eligible resources within a project’s Area of Potential Effects (APE)
- Prepare technical compliance reports for submission to the State Historic Preservation Office. Research and prepare historic contexts on various themes
- Routinely meet with clients, State Historic Preservation Office, and City/local historic preservation staff in the course of required duties
- Prepare National Register of Historic Places nominations
- Conduct viewshed analyses
- Provide Master Planning and NEPA support
- Support the archaeologists at HMB by conducting historical research for archaeological projects, including county histories, researching deeds and chain of title, census records, historic maps, and more
- Attend networking events to connect with potential clients
- Develop marketing materials
- Grant writing (private, federal, state)
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Master's Degree in Architectural History, History, Historic Preservation Planning or a closely related discipline
- Meets Secretary of Interior's Professional Standards for Architectural History
- Must have completed one course in American Architecture
- Minimum 5 years of working experience in architectural history in the eastern U.S
- Thorough understanding of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and its implementing regulations
- Experience working with a State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
- Thorough knowledge of Kentucky SHPO guidelines for fieldwork and reporting a plus
- Must meet prequalification requirements with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Demonstrated knowledge classifying and recording eastern and midwestern residential, commercial, and public buildings
- Strong writing skills
- Must be able to travel within half a day of Louisville, as needed
Benefits
- Excellent compensation package
- Flexible work schedule
- Ability to work hybrid work schedule
- Competitive holiday and paid-time-off programs
- 401(k) Plan and Match
- Competitive health, vision and dental insurance premiums
- Company-furnished life insurance
- Short and Long-term Disability
- Parental Leave
- Variety of voluntary benefit options
- Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
- Flexible Spending Account
- and More
Source : HMB Professional Engineers
