Description
WSP is seeking a Senior Heritage Resource Manager to join their Reno, NV office.
This role provides leadership within a sector of the organisation to ensure historian practices, subject matter, technical deliverables, and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry and company standards.
Responsibilities:
- Provide proactive and strategic leadership for the scientific discipline and function
- Support projects across California, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon
- Oversee the appropriate use of quality control standards and procedures for research and data collection
- Lead larger-scale historical preservation and architectural history projects
- Foster compliance with applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, preservation guidelines, policies, and regulatory requirements
- Assist with the preparation of an annual update to business tactical action plans
- Support the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of Historian work
- Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings
- Ensure that scientific discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition are developed and continuously improved
- Conduct needs analyses and client value surveys
- Schedule scientific discipline meetings and provide updates and recommendations
- Serve as a lead representative/liaison to external entities
- Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics
- Interpret and summarise data to minimise or negate impacts to resources of historic, cultural, and scientific significance
- Develop a client base for providing high-level historian services
- Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff
- Remain current in the latest historian practices, methods, procedures, subject matter, and techniques
- Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Architectural History, History Preservation, or a related field
- 7-10 years of relevant post-education experience working as an historian, architectural historian, or similar role
- Strong working knowledge of relevant environmental laws, historical/architectural preservation regulations, compliance practices, record-keeping requirements
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills
- Tactical lateral thinking and strong analytical skills
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources
- Advanced proficiency with office automation and communication software, technology, and tools
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety
- Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree
- Essential professional licensure/certification
- Experience in managing the review of documents and preparation of discipline-specific deliverables