Mid-level Architectural Historian

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are

Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities’ built and natural infrastructure.

Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.

As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek’s culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits.

We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders’ interest to help clients achieve project goals.

We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

At Dudek, we abide by shared values :

Trust : We trust each other to use good judgment.

Respect : We act professionally and treat each other fairly.

Teamwork : We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.

Fun : We take our work seriously not ourselves.

Well-Being : We care about each other’s health, safety, and total wellness.

Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work! Our cultural programs include :

• DuGreen : Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint
• DuGood : Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office-based giving and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
• eDUcate : Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
• DuWell : Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care.

At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, trust and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our firm.

Dudek's Employee Resource (ERGs) operate as diversity champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and brainstorm ways to make Dudek’s work community more inclusive.

We proudly support our 4 Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) :

• Women at Dudek
• Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
• Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)

Learn more about our culture.

About The Job

The job description summary provides an outline for a mid-level Architectural Historian / Built Environment Specialist that is part of Dudek’s cultural resources team to manage and prepare historic resource evaluations and related technical documents in compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and Section 106 of the NHPA.

This role can be based out of any of our Southern California offices, but the Pasadena area is preferred.

Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.

Who You Are

To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker.

We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.

Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below) :

• Prepare historic resource surveys, evaluations, and related technical documents in compliance with CEQA, NEPA, Section 106 of the NHPA, and applicable local requirements.
• Evaluate historic resources in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and local-level designation criteria and integrity requirements.
• Ability to research, develop, and write historic context statements.
• Delegate technical work to entry-level staff when appropriate.
• Conduct, organize, and lead built environment fieldwork efforts : understand the necessary level of effort for the recordation of a variety of built environment resources.
• Assist in assessing CEQA impacts / Section 106 effects on historical resources / historic properties in consideration of federal, state, and local requirements.
• Have a working understanding of the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, and understand the application of these Standards in federal, state, and local regulatory settings.
• Ability to work within report and project budgets, manage a technical report from start to finish, and meet deliverable deadlines.
• Effectively communicate as a senior team member of the cultural resources group.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree in History, Architectural History, Historic Preservation, or a related field
• Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for architectural history.
• Strong writing and research skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team of cultural resources professionals.
• Familiarity with preparing technical reports for CEQA compliance.
• Experience conducting property-specific research, including, but not limited to, building permit research at local government offices and a wide variety of archival facilities.
• Familiarity with CHRIS records searches.
• Experience developing historic context statements.
• Understanding of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties.
• Experience evaluating properties in accordance with local, state, and national criteria and integrity requirements on State of California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) forms.
• Familiarity with assessing impacts on historical resources under CEQA and adverse effects on historic properties under Section 106 of the NHPA.
• Ability to travel for fieldwork.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to contribute to preparing scopes and costs based on project / regulatory compliance needs.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment
• As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment : pre - employment drug test and background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Between 3 to 5 years of professional experience in architectural history, historic preservation, and regulatory compliance in California.
• Understanding Southern California’s regional history and experience with unique regulatory requirements of cities and counties throughout Southern California.

Physical Requirements

Working Conditions :

• This job requires the management of report deadlines
• This job may occasionally require working with demanding clients (internal and external).
• While this job is primarily office based, on occasion, this job may require conducting field surveys in challenging terrain and weather conditions.
• This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
• This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.

Physical Requirements : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
• This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc.

Speaking, hearing and listening are required.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Will occasionally require fieldwork that can include workdays over 8 hours long, extensive walking, and sometimes involving challenging terrain.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proposed Salary Range : $70,000-$100,000 annually *

Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.

Perks of Being a Dudekian

At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work life balance.

Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.

We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides generous Paid Time Off (PTO) packages for both salaried and hourly employees.

If you’re tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.

Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.

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