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Michael Baker International is seeking an innovative, bright, hardworking Cultural Resources Manager to lead our Pittsburgh Cultural Resources sub-practice for our Moon Township, PA location.  The successful candidate must possess a postgraduate degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, or closely related discipline and have at least 10 years of professional experience in Cultural Resources.

This individual will manage a staff of professionals who perform all aspects of Cultural Resources projects, from pre-field tasks to final report preparation for a variety of project types and sizes, regions, and agencies.  Typical responsibilities include personnel management, project management for public and private development projects, and business development.  The Cultural Resources Manager will be responsible for finding and winning work, managing projects, mentoring and managing staff, and growing our cultural resource services.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to achieve efficient, profitable, timely, and technically excellent performance through effective team leadership, mentoring, training, and supervision.  The candidate must be able to demonstrate success in a senior management position (including demonstrable experience managing budgets, schedules, and multiple staff) while having frequent client and agency contact in a decision-making role.

The Cultural Resource Manager’s duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Grow and manage a diverse staff of cultural resource professionals
• Establish and grow market presence through marketing and business development
• Take the lead on client coordination, proposals, marketing, staff supervision, and project execution including meeting scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards
• Manage financial budget for department and allocate resources accordingly
• Serve as a technical expertise resource to project managers and technical staff
• Ensure the quality and integrity of the Cultural Resource team’s technical products and the consistency of those products with client and agency standards
• Supervise, mentor, and support staff in all aspects of their responsibilities, including on multi-disciplinary projects
• Lead business development efforts and collaborate on and develop strategic growth opportunities
• Lead and advance the level of technical expertise and performance for the Cultural Resource team
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, or closely related discipline
• Completion of an archaeological field school or equivalent experience is preferred
• A minimum 10 years of archaeology consulting or agency experience or equivalent combination
• A minimum of 5 years of management or supervisory experience in a Cultural Resource Management setting
• Significant experience in interviewing, selecting, training, and mentoring staff
• Financial management experience in a leadership role
• Knowledge of the NHPA Section 106 process and associated federal and state laws and regulations
• Experience preparing cultural resource sections of National Environmental Policy Act documents
• Excellent technical writing, technical editing, verbal communication, and public speaking skills
• Understand project budgets, administration, contracts, and project management responsibilities
• Has provided QA/QC review of field documents, site forms, and reports
• Has led large crews and/or multiple crews on a variety of project types and sizes, regions, and agencies
• Has conducted marketing, business development, client management, and large proposal efforts
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Must have a valid Driver’s License

Interested applicants can email their resume directly to moc.ltnirekabmnull@skoorb.yerffej

Michael Baker International is a global leader in Engineering, Architecture and Consulting services dedicated to developing and implementing innovative solutions to the world’s infrastructure and environmental challenges. Supported by more than 3,000 employees in nearly 100 locations across the United States, we provide a full continuum of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management. Our clients include U.S. federal, state and municipal governments, foreign allied governments, and a wide range of commercial clients. Michael Baker is committed to delivering a standard of excellence that fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration and technological advancement to help solve our clients’ complex challenges.

Planning Practice

We create, integrate, visualize and communicate planning concepts as they move from the initial vision through implementation. Our planning professionals build strong client partnerships, working with residents, businesses, developers, educational and medical organizations, state and local governments, the military and other federal agencies to successfully plan the future of their communities or institutions. At Michael Baker International, we focus on people and places, improving communities and creating more sustainable, convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive places.

Description

This Environmental Technical Manager will join a collaboration of experienced planners, engineers, landscape architects, and project managers dedicated to having a positive impact through effective planning.  The ideal candidate will be driven, intellectually curious, committed to excellence, and demonstrate a desire to make a difference in the communities we serve.  The Environmental Technical Manager will provide technical guidance to and supervision to a variety of environmental documents for Federal, State, and Local Government Clients, as well as Private Sector Clients.

The Environmental Technical Manager will have several activities on any given day, which include:

• Supervising project teams; coordinating with and contributing to Michael Baker’s planning, highway, structural, traffic divisions;
• Coordinating subconsultants’ activities; and conducting/preparing public meetings.
• Ensuring compliance with policy, guidelines, and regulations in the preparation of comprehensive environmental documentation. This includes, but is not limited to: planning studies and Land Use Plans; NEPA documents (Environmental Impact Statements, Categorical Exclusion Evaluations, and Environmental Assessments); and,
• Public Involvement programs and implementation strategies, technical, environmental, and engineering studies such as feasibility studies, socioeconomic studies, cultural resource Consulting Party process, wetland delineations, farmland assessments, waste site evaluations, and threatened and endangered species studies and documentation.

Professional Requirements

• Four-year degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or related discipline
• Minimum 15 years of experience in environmental projects
• Develop and drive the implementation of the strategic business development plans to expand the firm’s environmental/regulatory footprint. This will include developing and capturing new market opportunities and expanding existing client relationships.
• Knowledge of environmental principals, best practices, & techniques
• Lead and support environmental and cultural resource staff
• Organized, detail-oriented, and determined with a strong ability to build relationships. Extensive experience with developing NEPA documentation for federal and state regulations
• Ability to conduct research and prepare statistical reports on land use, physical, social & economic possibilities, and constraints
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently as well as in multi-disciplinary teams.
• A desire to produce first-class work products is essential;
• A demonstrated personal commitment to accuracy, quality, and timeliness.
• Working knowledge of planning software programs, including Microsoft Office applications, Internet applications, and may include GIS mapping
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing and presenting planning reports and projects
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently as well as in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to accommodate moderate travel.

Interested applicants can email their resume directly to moc.ltnirekabmnull@skoorb.yerffej