(USA-VA-Arlington) Cultural Landscape Architectural Historian

**Company Description**

**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**

AECOM has a position available for a Cultural Landscape Architectural Historian in Arlington, VA.

The responsibilities of this role include, but may not be limited to, the following:

+ Participation in business development to help grow the business in the DC, MD, VA, NC area.

+ Ability to interact with Project Managers, clients, and review agencies in a professional consulting environment; ability to manage a project with limited oversight.

+ Prepare Preservation Plans, Historic Structure Reports, Design Guidelines, and Building Condition Assessment Reports.

+ Interprets and applies applicable government codes, ordinances and regulations. Initiates actions necessary to correct deficiencies or violations of regulations.

+ Assists with updates and maintenance of Comprehensive Plan

+ Acts as a liaison between community groups, government agencies, developers and elected officials in developing neighborhood plans.

+ Conducts review of various development applications, including plats, permits, site plans, variance requests and rezonings.

+ Conducts extensive research in specific or general project areas.

+ Writes and presents formal and technical reports, working papers and correspondence.

+ Evaluates adequacy of community facilities in meeting current and projected needs.

**Qualifications**

Minimum Requirements

+ BA/BS degree and 6 + years’ of relevant experience in architectural history and historic preservation

+ For this role a Master’s degree in architectural history, history, historic preservation, American studies, or related discipline is required

+ Historic Preservation Certificate required

+ Must meet Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History or History

Preferred Qualifications

+ Demonstrated knowledge of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the necessary regulatory steps as it applies to historic properties

+ Ability to direct/conduct architectural history field surveys; ability to direct/conduct focused architectural research.

+ Ability to manage an architectural history project and draft the appropriate reports including write Section 106 reports, such as Determinations of Eligibility and Effects, historic context studies, and Section 106 agreement documents.

+ Experience writing Section 106 agreement documents

+ Previous Federal experience

+ Federal Security clearance is a plus

+ Possess regionally specific (DC, MD, VA, NC) architectural history knowledge.

+ Planning and Design experience is preferred, specifically experience preparing Preservation Plans, Historic Structure Reports, Design Guidelines, and Building Condition Assessment Reports.

+ Experience working on federal and state tax credit projects in DC, MD, VA is preferred.

+ Experience researching and preparing cultural landscape histories and working on Cultural Landscape Reports

**Additional Information**

+ This is a hybrid work model; some office presence is required

+ Candidate must be willing to travel for site visits and meetings.

+ Relocation is not available for this position

+ All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID:** J10083139

**Business Line:** Environment

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** East

**Career Area:** Planning

**Work Location Model:** Hybrid