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Senior Architectural Historian/Cultural Resources Planner
Position Description
About the Firm
Page & Turnbull imagines change in historic and contemporary environments to cultivate thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities. Offices are located in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, California, and Washington DC. Our mission is to understand the past and apply the lessons learned to revitalize historic buildings and places that benefit current and future users. For more than 50 years, P&T has led architecture, preservation, and planning projects for civic, cultural, educational, and mission-focused clients. Our work has impacted some of the country’s most significant buildings and, more importantly, our projects have made a difference in people’s lives. The architects, architectural historians, cultural resource planners, and materials specialists who work at Page & Turnbull believe that preservation and adaptive reuse are about valuing a community’s stories and envisioning a better and resilient future.
Company/Organization Description
Position Overview
Page & Turnbull, one of California’s first architecture and cultural resources planning firms to focus its practice on historic preservation, is offering a position for a Senior Architectural Historian/Preservation Planner who is passionate about reimagining historic resources for the way we live today. Work undertaken in the firm’s Cultural Resources Planning Studio ranges from property-specific evaluations to large-scale planning efforts, including historic context statements for cities and underrepresented communities, survey and evaluation, interpretive programs, Section 106 consultation, tax certification documentation, design guidelines, ordinance updates, and long-range planning initiatives. Our work sits at the nexus of preservation, architectural design, urban planning, cultural planning, and placemaking. We strive to have a meaningful impact on historic places in California and beyond.
You will serve as a project lead, managing staff and guiding projects from proposal through final deliverable. You’ll be working directly with a talented nine-person Cultural Resources Planning Studio team and collaborate with the Architecture & Design and Preservation Architecture studios across all of our five offices.
Qualifications
Page & Turnbull is hiring for a single full-time position which may be based at either our San Francisco or Los Angeles office. We are looking for a Senior Architectural Historian/Cultural Resources Planner with a graduate degree in architectural history, historic preservation, urban planning with a focus on historic preservation, or closely related field. Applicants must have a minimum of 7 years of professional experience in the field, including experience with preparing proposals, managing projects, and supervising staff. Architectural project review and experience applying the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards is required. Familiarity with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is preferred.
Responsibilities
You will contribute to a diverse portfolio of historic preservation and planning projects across a range of scales and property types, including the following:
- Prepare scope and fee proposals
- Manage a variety of large and small projects
- Perform/guide digital and traditional research
- Visit sites and documenting existing conditions
- Evaluate properties using National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historical Resources, and local register criteria
- Prepare and peer review a variety of reports and studies
- Review architectural project drawings and recommend improvements that align with compliance requirements and historic preservation best practices
- Contribute to business development and firm leadership
- Collaborate with colleagues, architecture and urban planning consultant teams, and clients.
Benefits
In addition to a collegial workplace that offers a hybrid work schedule, we offer a competitive salary; health, dental and vision insurances; paid vacation and holidays; professional development opportunities; 401(k) participation; and other benefits. Page & Turnbull encourages participating in professional and community organizations including the California Preservation Foundation, American Planning Association (APA), Docomomo US, Society of Architectural Historians, San Francisco Heritage, LA Conservancy, and others.
The annual salary for this position ranges from $95,000 to $123,000.
Pay Range (Annual): $80,000 – $100,000, Greater than $100,000
Location: San Francisco, CA
Job Type: Full Time
How to Apply
Application instructions
If you have a passion for preservation, design, and urban planning and want to work with smart, dedicated, and collaborative people, please send a letter of interest, resume, and work samples in PDF format to resume@page-turnbull.com (no phone calls please). To make sure your information gets reviewed in a timely fashion, add “P&T – Senior Architectural Historian/Preservation Planner Position” in the subject heading.