Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist

Job Description

AECOM Canada is pleased to announce that our Cultural Heritage team is growing, and we are now seeking a Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist to help us expand our service offerings.

As a leader in infrastructure planning, AECOM offers the opportunity to work on a range of complex, high-profile public and private sector projects that provide technical challenges and professional reward.

Key Responsibilities :

• Act as a key contact, providing expert advice and guidance for heritage related matters for a variety of stakeholders, including the public, and municipal, provincial, and federal heritage agencies.
• Provide leadership, under the direction of the Cultural Heritage Project Manager, by managing heritage projects of various types, sizes and complexities.
• Conduct historical research, analysis, field surveys, and written descriptions of buildings and sites, including determining impacts on the historic environment.
• Lead the development of key projects and the development of heritage deliverables, including Cultural Heritage Reports : Existing Conditions and Preliminary Impact Assessments, Cultural Heritage Evaluation Reports, Heritage Impact Assessments, Documentation and Salvage Reports and other heritage reporting.
• Attend and facilitate public information sessions involving heritage.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree / diploma in heritage planning, heritage conservation, or in a heritage related discipline;
• 6 years of experience working in the heritage profession or related field;
• Membership with the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP)
• Must have a valid Ontario driver's license; and,

Preferred Qualifications :

• Master’s degree / diploma in heritage planning, heritage conservation, or in a heritage related discipline;
• 8+ years of experience working in the heritage profession or related field;
• Demonstrated project management and technical lead experience;
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant policy frameworks such as the Ontario Heritage Act, the Planning Act, the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act, the Transit Project Assessment Process, the Ontario Heritage Bridge Guidelines, and municipal Official Plans;
• Demonstrated knowledge of experience in heritage research, heritage conservation, architecture and building typology;
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write and review heritage reports including CHR / CHARs, CHERs and HIAs;
• Experience and familiarity with municipal heritage planning processes, including heritage alteration applications;
• Experience working with a Municipal Heritage Committee is an asset;
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work both independently and within a team environment to meet strict time constraints and deadlines; and,
• Experience using a variety of computer software (e.g. Microsoft Office, Excel)

Additional Information

Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.

Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.

We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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