True Environmental
Archaeologist Principal Investigator /Project Manager- Pacific Northwest

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About the Company
Sundance Consultants, a part of True Environmental and its partner firms, have united their strengths to establish the nation's premier environmental and engineering services consulting firm. This powerhouse organization offers an extensive range of services aimed at revolutionizing the built environment and preserving the natural one. Its diverse expertise encompasses environmental remediation, urban planning, engineering iconic coastal and marine structures, developing sustainable energy sources, and pioneering resource extraction methods. Explore further at Sundance-inc.com and True-Environmental.com to discover the full scope of our capabilities.
Career Opportunity
Archaeologist PI/Project Manager
Career opportunity for an Archaeologist PI/Project Manager to lead cultural resources field crews and assist in the expansion of archaeology services in the greater Pacific Northwest of the United States. This position is responsible for developing work, leading and conducting all phases of cultural resource investigations under Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and other environmental planning projects, including but not limited to consultation, preparing data recovery and monitoring plans, lead field coordination and interpretation of state and federal laws and report writing. The position may also require knowledge of and experience with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and writing sections related to cultural resources for proposed permitting actions.
The Archaeologist PI/PM will supervise and mentor junior or temporary level cultural resource personnel. The Archaeologist PI/PM will also frequently interact and coordinate with clients as well as agency and Tribal representatives. The Archaeologist PI/PM will be knowledgeable of federal, state, and local historic preservation and cultural resources regulations and demonstrate an established area of regional analytical expertise and/or archaeological research interests.
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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 technical and strategy elements of proposal development including scope, schedule and budget.
- Regularly Coordinate with clients and company colleagues in the development of work in the region.
- Assist in invoicing, staff management, and budget tracking.
- 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.
- Develop regional staff resources
- Mentor and provide technical and operations resources for other staff and project managers and supervise cultural staff.
- 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 related field.
- 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 desert southwest and intermountain west region; including experience with architectural historians.
- Able to use, or be familiar with, modern GPS technology and be able to use it in a remote location
- 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, 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.


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Preferred Qualifications
- Permitted or able to be permitted in Oregon, Washington, and/or Idaho. The ability to be permitted in California and Nevada will also be considered.
- Experience and capability across the continental US in providing cultural resources support.
- Registered Professional Archaeologist
- Oregon or Washington Resident
Company Information
Sundance is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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