Archaeologist Principal Investigator Field Director

What you'll do

• Lead cultural resources projects, business development opportunities and provide successful and independent management of archaeological and historic resources projects, including direction of field studies and assembly, supervision, and direction of field teams.
• Lead/Principal investigator for cultural resources projects include performing research, archaeological fieldwork surveys, monitoring, testing, and data recovery projects, historical research, preservation activities, report preparation, site forms, and curation of archaeological artifacts.
• Coordinate project mobilization and demobilization to project sites.
• Provide successful and independent management of archaeological and historic resources projects, including direction of field studies and assembly, supervision, and direction of field teams.
• Support Section 106 and Section 110 of the NHPA, including analysis, technical studies and project permitting for a wide variety of private, federal, state and local government clients and tribal entities.
• Mentor and provide technical and operations resources for staff and project managers and supervise cultural staff.
• Lead technical and strategy elements of proposal development including scope, schedule and budget.
• Meeting project scope, schedule, and budget obligations for project management tasks.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality technical products through implementation of independent and quality review protocols.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, or a closely related field from an institution in North America.
• Registered Professional Archaeologist and SOI qualified.
• Minimum of five (5) years of supervisory experience, preferably ten (10) years’ experience in progressively responsible cultural resource positions including management and/or educational experience in the Gulf Coast and Southeast; including experience collaborating with architectural historians.
• Ability to meet deadlines while remaining detail-oriented, organized, and able to work well on simultaneous tasks and be team oriented.
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication, professional writing, problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in project planning, development, and management.
• Ability to work independently with general supervision.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite, Survey 123, AGOL, strong people skills, excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to satisfactorily pass pre-employment and post-employment drug and alcohol tests.
• Valid driver's license and good driving record.
• Must be eligible to be employed in the US.

Preferred Qualifications

• Considers field safety a top priority for themselves and field crews.
• Any background in the geosciences (e.g. geomorphology, pedology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, etc.) will be especially beneficial. This will allow you to also periodically participate on our new nationwide Geoarchaeology Services team.
• Thesis research on North American archaeology or closely related but not required. North American experience can be substituted.
• GPR for cemetery delineation experience.
• Artifact analysis and lab experience.
• A team player who maintains a positive attitude, especially in challenging situations.
• Takes initiative and does not require much supervision.
• Attentive to deadlines.
• Not adverse to fieldwork or travel when needed and periodically, at short notice.