16837 - Cultural Resources Spec Sr

About the role

Coordinate archaeological or historic architectural findings with district document and permit staff ensuring project-level consistency with federal and state legal and regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Findings: Coordinate archaeological or historic architectural findings with district document and permit staff ensuring project-level consistency with federal and state legal and regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures.
  • Provide written comments to the Preservation Program Manager for SERP, issuance of required permits, and archaeological or architectural resources within the area of potential effect (APE) for the environmental document within required timeframes.
• Inter-Agency Coordination: Perform inter-agency coordination of significance evaluations, effect determinations, and treatment and mitigation measures in accordance with federal and state environmental laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and inter-agency agreements.
• Maintain project files.
• Propose and implement cultural resource component for environmental training.
• Perform other assigned tasks as necessary.
• Coordinate archaeological or historic architectural findings with VDOT staff.
• Advise design programs on appropriate measures to avoid or minimize harm to significant archaeological or historic architectural resources on routine projects.
• Prepare written requests for proposals and send to Central Office.
• Review consultant proposals, archaeological or architectural studies for negotiation or comment.
• Arrange consultant access with property owners for evaluations, mitigation, treatment and document efforts.
• Conduct field reviews and surveys to identify and evaluate significant archaeological or architectural resources.
• Coverage of transportation projects to determine what effects may occur on significant archaeological or architectural resources.
• Apply cultural resource management principles and techniques in the identification and evaluation of significant archaeological or architectural properties, assessment of effects, and determination of appropriate treatment and mitigation measures.
• Coordinate the development, negotiation, and implementation of consultant task orders involving archaeology or architectural history.
• Determine acceptability of completed studies in accordance with task order requirements and professional standards.

Requirements

• Ability to apply technical and scientific principles to the management of cultural resources in an applied transportation context.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers.
• Ability to resolve environmental engineering problems as they relate to cultural resource issues relative to transportation.
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret a wide range of federal and state transportation, environmental, and cultural resource statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the Commonwealth's cultural resources.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.

Qualifications

• Ability to apply technical and scientific principles to the management of cultural resources in transportation projects.
• Ability to resolve complex environmental engineering problems and offer logical solutions.
• Degree in architectural history, history, archaeology or related field.
• Knowledge of federal and state transportation, environmental, and cultural resource statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Valid driver's license.

Additional Considerations

• Project management experience with a transportation focus in applying technical environmental principles and practices related to cultural resource management.

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: VDOT employees must abide by VDOT's Code of Ethics and the Commonwealth's Standards of Conduct.
• Physical Requirements: VDOT utilizes a market based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.
• Physical Requirements: VDOT is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force.
• Physical Requirements: VDOT is committed to equal opportunity employment.
• Physical Requirements: VDOT positions require pre-employment screenings, including fingerprint based Criminal History Background Check, DMV Record Check, Work History Verification, References, and Drug screen.

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About Us

VDOT utilizes a market based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands. In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI).

Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities.

About Us: VDOT is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer. Please be aware all VDOT positions require pre-employment screenings. These screenings may include the following: Fingerprint based Criminal History Background Check, DMV Record Check, Work History Verification, References, and Drug screen.