Cultural Heritage Lead

This position is contingent upon IDIQ contract award and subsequent task-order award(s) and requirements. It is intended to support SHELADIAs pursuit of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) 2026 Worldwide A/E Support Services IDIQ. Employment assignments travel and project responsibilities will be based on the awarded contract and applicable task orders.

The program may support planning design construction facility rehabilitation system replacement security upgrades communications facilities and building maintenance at Foreign Service posts worldwide and OBO offices in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Services may include professional support services constructability reviews critical-path schedule and risk analyses and project-budget analyses.

The OBO Core Team Cultural Heritage Lead will direct historic-building cultural-resource and heritage-landscape assessments and preservation assignments. The successful candidate will balance preservation and stewardship with diplomatic mission requirements modernization security resilience accessibility sustainability and host-country cultural considerations.

• Lead historic-structure reports cultural-resource assessments heritage-impact studies archival research and preservation-planning assignments. 
• Assess historic buildings cultural landscapes materials archaeological considerations character-defining features and culturally significant sites. 
• Develop preservation rehabilitation adaptive-reuse maintenance conservation and treatment recommendations. 
• Integrate cultural-heritage requirements with modernization infrastructure upgrades physical security accessibility sustainability and mission continuity. 
• Coordinate architecture structural engineering landscape architecture materials conservation building envelope MEP security cost and scheduling disciplines. 
• Conduct field documentation conditions assessments stakeholder consultations and evaluations of proposed project impacts. 
• Coordinate with host-country cultural authorities preservation organizations local consultants facility managers and Government stakeholders. 
• Apply applicable U.S. historic-preservation standards while addressing host-country heritage laws cultural protocols review processes and technical practices. 
• Prepare and review technical reports treatment plans scopes of work design criteria cost inputs schedules and decision documents. 
• Provide quality-control reviews and mentor preservation staff; support proposals interviews and client presentations as needed. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in historic preservation architecture architectural history archaeology landscape architecture conservation or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in historic preservation cultural-heritage management conservation or related professional services.
• Demonstrated leadership of at least two major historic-preservation cultural-resource heritage-landscape or adaptive-reuse assignments including experience with historic structures cultural landscapes materials conservation facility-condition assessments or heritage-impact assessments.
• Professional registration certification or demonstrated professional qualification appropriate to the discipline.
• Working knowledge of U.S. historic-preservation standards and Government facility requirements including coordination with host-country heritage laws permitting processes and cultural practices.
• Strong preservation planning stakeholder engagement technical writing communication and multidisciplinary coordination skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government personnel security clearance when required by the assigned work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in historic preservation architecture architectural history conservation archaeology landscape architecture or related field preferred.
• Proficiency with GIS CADD/BIM documentation survey photography data-visualization and presentation tools preferred.
• Experience with diplomatic federal defense institutional campus mission-critical or high-security facilities preferred.
• International experience coordinating with host-country cultural authorities local consultants preservation professionals permitting agencies and/or community stakeholders preferred.
• Experience integrating security infrastructure accessibility sustainability resilience and modernization upgrades into historic properties while preserving character-defining features preferred.

Additional Information :

International and domestic travel is expected and may include short-notice trips to overseas diplomatic facilities and other project locations. Travel requirements may vary based on assigned projects task orders and client requirements.

Salary: $105000$150000 per year commensurate with experience and qualifications. 

Sheladia Associates Inc. has made the best effort to accurately represent the pay range for this position however base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience and any applicable cost of living data relevant to the position/candidate.

Other compensation: opportunities for annual increase and bonus and other types of bonuses.

Sheladia provides employees with the opportunity to work in a diverse multi-cultural environment with exposure to and collaboration with multiple disciplines on a variety of projects. You will work in a hands-on collaborative team environment. 

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Health Savings Account (HSA; with eligible medical plan enrollment)
Life insurance
Long-term disability
Medical insurance
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Vision insurance 

Our office building provides our employees with plenty of free on-site parking free access to a fitness center complete with locker rooms showers and towel service a yoga studio/meditation room lovely outdoor seating and dining area and next to a community park with walking paths and sports fields.

Sheladia Associates Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters/recruitment agencies or utilize any such agency or firm for our recruitment/talent acquisition needs. Please do not solicit candidates or services to any Sheladia employees.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract