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Senior Architectural History Specialist (Arizona/New Mexico)

Southeastern Archaeological Research, LLC. "SEARCH"

N/Aarizona


Job Details

Full-time


Full Job Description

Title: Senior Architectural History Specialist          
Location: Remote            
Job Code: SAHS_AZNM 
Job Link: SEARCH Job Postings - Direct Applications

Position Information

SEARCH has an immediate opening for a Full-Time Senior Architectural History Specialist to join our Architectural History team. This position is remote, though selected applicant must live in Arizona or New Mexico, or can relocate within a reasonable timeline after hire in order to support regional projects. This role will collaborate with a team of other Architectural Historians, Historians, and Archaeologists throughout the US and will primarily support projects in the Southwestern United States.     

SEARCH provides a flexible work environment, a professional and collaborative atmosphere, and a wide range of projects and opportunities for our staff. SEARCH offers a competitive total compensation package with strong health and wellness and retirement plans. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, group term life insurance, 401(k) plan with match, 10 paid holidays per year, and accrued paid time off (PTO). Pay is commensurate with education and experience.              


Key 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.           

Requirements

Qualifications Required:

  • Applicants must meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History or Historic Preservation (36 CFR Part 61).
  • Located in/able to relocate to Arizona or New Mexico.
  • 2 years’ experience documenting the built environment of the Southwestern United States.


Qualifications Preferred:

  • 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.  


Application Requirements

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • References
  • Two Writing Samples


Other Important Need-to-Know Information

  • This position will require flexible availability outside of standard working hours.
  • Applicants must be eligible to be employed in the United States.
  • SEARCH is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
  • SEARCH is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  • SEARCH is an Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.
  • Employment offers are contingent upon satisfactory verification of criminal, education, driving, and/or employment background checks as well as passing results from a pre-employment drug screen.
  • We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or, if requested, to participate in an interview, please let us know.

Benefits

SEARCH Compensation and Benefits include:

  • 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

About SEARCH:

Overland and underwater, SEARCH is an archaeology firm that deploys the full spectrum of cultural heritage services worldwide. SEARCH2O, its maritime program, is at the forefront of historic shipwreck and submerged pre-contact archaeology, paleolandscape reconstruction, and deep-water archaeology. SEARCH’s staff are cultural resources industry leaders, pioneers, and subject matter experts across 45 Market, Regional, and Research Sectors. Since 1993, SEARCH has completed more than 5,000 commercial and government projects in 48 US states, 6 US territories, and 39 countries spanning 7 continents and 4 oceans. By integrating science, technology, and creativity, SEARCH harnesses the power of the past to advance the projects, places, and people it serves. 


For more information about SEARCH, please visit searchinc.com and follow us on FacebookInstagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.      


Please send all inquiries and writing samples to jorge.quintana@searchinc.com. Include the Job Posting code (SAHS_AZNM) in the subject line of your email.

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