Managing Technical Consultant - GIS & Archaeology

Lead the Future of Geospatial Solutions and Cultural Heritage Consulting

Bring your expertise to projects that shape communities, infrastructure, and sustainable development across the Western United States. As a Managing Technical Consultant, GIS & Cultural Heritage, you will play a pivotal role in helping clients navigate complex environmental and cultural heritage challenges through innovative geospatial solutions. Based in the Western U.S., this position offers the opportunity to lead technical delivery, influence project strategy, mentor emerging professionals, and collaborate with multidisciplinary experts on some of the region's most significant energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, and capital development projects. If you're passionate about combining GIS excellence with cultural heritage stewardship, this is a chance to make a meaningful and lasting impact.

Why This Role Matters

Geospatial technology has become essential to the successful planning, permitting, and execution of today's most complex projects. In this role, you'll serve as a trusted technical leader, helping clients transform spatial data into actionable insights while supporting responsible environmental and cultural resource management. Your expertise will directly contribute to informed decision-making, regulatory compliance, project success, and the preservation of cultural heritage resources.

What Your Impact Is

As a technical leader within the Cultural Heritage practice, you will:

• Drive GIS strategy and technical excellence across diverse cultural heritage and environmental projects.
• Help clients solve complex challenges through advanced spatial analysis, data management, visualization, and digital solutions.
• Support multidisciplinary teams in delivering high-quality, defensible project outcomes.
• Advance innovation in GIS tools, workflows, and technologies that improve project efficiency and client service.
• Mentor and develop team members while strengthening technical capabilities across the practice.
• Build trusted client relationships through responsive support and exceptional project delivery.

What You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience in GIS, geospatial analysis, environmental consulting, cultural resources management, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience supporting cultural heritage, archaeological, environmental planning, permitting, or natural resource projects.
• Strong proficiency with ESRI platforms, including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Field Maps, Survey123, Experience Builder, and related applications.
• Experience managing large geospatial datasets and developing GIS solutions for multidisciplinary projects.
• Knowledge of cultural resource management practices and environmental review processes.
• Excellent writing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Willingness to travel periodically to support project needs and client engagements.
• Driver's License Required: This position requires a valid driver's license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area.
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. 

Preferred

• 6+ years of professional experience in GIS, geospatial analysis, environmental consulting, cultural resources management, or a related field.
• Experience supporting energy, power, renewables, transportation, technology, manufacturing, or large infrastructure projects.
• Experience with mobile GIS, database management, automation, and geospatial workflow development.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and tribal cultural resource compliance frameworks.
• Professional GIS certification (GISP) or other relevant technical credentials.
• Previous consulting experience working directly with clients and multidisciplinary project teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical lead for GIS and geospatial services supporting cultural heritage and environmental projects across the Western U.S.
• Develop, maintain, and manage geospatial databases, web mapping applications, mobile data collection platforms, and enterprise GIS solutions.
• Perform spatial analysis, data visualization, cartographic production, and reporting to support project planning, permitting, environmental review, and regulatory compliance.
• Support cultural resources investigations, including survey, testing, excavation, and construction monitoring programs.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams to integrate cultural, environmental, and spatial datasets into client deliverables.
• Coordinate data management workflows and quality assurance/quality control procedures for GIS products and project documentation.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior GIS specialists and cultural resources staff.
• Support proposal development, scope preparation, budgeting, and project execution activities.
• Maintain strong client relationships through responsive service and high-quality technical delivery.
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement of GIS tools, processes, and digital solutions across the Cultural Heritage practice.

For the Managing Technical Consultant, GIS & Cultural Heritage position, the anticipated annual base pay is $92,269–$115,614 (USD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible). 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off (vacation, sick, and floating holidays), parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k), and other applicable benefits to eligible employees. 

Who We Are:
As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. 

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

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