Architectural Historian Jobs

Logan Simpson is an award-winning, multidisciplinary consulting firm that specializes in environmental consulting, cultural resource management, community planning, and landscape architecture design services. Our goal remains simple: to help guide responsible change. From the beginning, our founders were focused on protecting natural resources and advancing the wellbeing of our communities.

We are seeking a candidate who will contribute to our diverse, collaborative, and innovative team; maximize the opportunity to learn new techniques and skills; and bring new tools and ideas to the table.

Logan Simpson has an immediate opening for a regular full-time or part-time Architectural Historian to work out of our Salt Lake City office.

Responsibilities Include

• Conducting historic preservation fieldwork, including documentation of historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts.
• Evaluating properties according to the National Register of Historic Places Criteria for Evaluation.
• Conducting historical background research.
• Assist with preparations of budgets, scopes of work, and proposals.
• Preparing reports and other work products, such as historic contexts, architectural surveys, historic property inventory forms, and National Register of Historic Places nominations.

Position Requires

• Be able to work cooperatively in a team-oriented setting.
• Bachelor's degree in Architectural History, History, Public History, Historic Preservation, or closely related field.
• Experience with preparing nominations for the National Register of Historic Places.
• Possess a valid driver's license and a clean driving record.
• Strong familiarity with architectural terms and styles typical to the western United States.
• Meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History.
• Familiarity with Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record documentation.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Demonstrable experience in conducting archival research, building and/or cultural landscape and trails inventories, and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Architectural History, History, Public History, Historic Preservation, or closely related field.
• Experience preparing Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, Historic American Landscape Survey, and National Historic Trails documentation.
• Familiarity with Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado history.
• Experience with National Historic Trails.

Compensation

This is a full-time position paid on a salaried basis between \$60,320 to \$79,040 annually, depending on experience and education.

If interested, please apply, and attach a resume, a cover letter, and writing samples to demonstrate your skill and experience.

Diversity, inclusion, and respect are at the core of our values. Here at Logan Simpson, we believe we have a responsibility as a firm to promote and guide responsible change. To do that, we embrace the unique perspectives and experiences of each of our talented staff members. We strive to create an inclusive workplace to connect us closer to our clients and the communities we serve.

Logan Simpson is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. No staff member or applicant is ever denied equal opportunity or discriminated against because of race (including hair style), color, religion (includes religious dress and grooming practices), sex, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, parental status, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation or belief, military or veteran status, or any other prohibited factor, including equal pay for staff members who perform equal work. Staff members are recruited, hired, and promoted based on the in ividual who is the most qualified for that particular position.

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