Manager, Cultural Resources and Tribal Relations, Environmental Compliance & Strategy

Responsibilities

• Respond to internal requests to review technical reports including cultural resources desktop studies, pedestrian inventory and testing reports, monitoring reports, ethnographies, cultural landscape studies; interpret technical jargon and details into layman’s language so project teams can understand how to manage potential risks or make decisions on next steps.
• Aid in developing requests for proposals for cultural resources and Tribal engagement support services, reviewing proposals, and overseeing the consultant’s work to ensure it meets company expectations and the project’s goals.
• Ensure that the cultural resources management firms and associated work product meet internal expectations and project goals.
• Advise on appropriate survey scope for the specifics of a project and provide feedback on proposals regarding scope, schedule, and budget.
• Support the implementation of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, when necessary, by engaging with Tribal, state, and federal historic preservation agencies/departments on regulations and permitting requirements.
• Respond to internal inquiries about when a project triggers a need for engagement with Tribal Nations, relating to federal, state, and county Tribal engagement requirements.
• Manage consultant administrative items, which include purchase orders, change orders, service orders, invoice review, and budget tracking.
• Identify and support the need, timing, development, and implementation for cultural and Tribal monitoring and unanticipated discovery planning while overseeing consultant efforts.
• Work with internal teams to ensure confidentiality and avoidance measures of cultural resources through environmental management practices incorporating and aligning protection measures through spatial data and project specification documents.
• Maintain and update record keeping systems to document, track cultural resource practices and Tribal engagement, as well as laws, regulations, policies, and requirements at the federal, state, and county level.
• Utilize information to support project permitting, populate permit matrices, review reports, strategic planning, and decision-making.
• Maintain and regularly review internal cultural resources and Tribal information data standards and record keeping and data security protocols to ensure data are handled appropriately.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in anthropology, archaeology, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated 6+ years cultural resources management experience.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive materials, activities, and initiatives.
• Excellent technical writing and communication skills assuring documents and communications are concise and accurate.
• Experience preparing and reviewing technical deliverables including desktop and field survey reports for archaeological and historic above ground cultural reviews.
• Demonstrated experience developing proposals and building cost estimates for cultural resources services, requests for proposals.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws, regulations, and policies pertaining to cultural resources.
• Comfort and experience working in a developing program area.
• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to identify and solve problems.
• Self-directed and detail-oriented, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Able to act and adapt to a fast-paced business environment with competing deadlines and quickly learn and implement internal processes.