Great Basin Cultural Resources Project Lead

Oneida Environmental; Nevada; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Oneida Environmental in the Great Basin region seeks an experienced Cultural Resources Project Manager to lead projects in Nevada and Utah, with support elsewhere. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, and client communication while coordinating field teams and regulatory reviews.

The role requires strong knowledge of NHPA/NEPA/ARPA, tribal coordination, and staff development, with travel to project sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Cultural Resource Management, or related field; master's preferred.
• Minimum 4 years of cultural resource experience with project coordination/management.
• Experience managing scopes, schedules, budgets, staff, subconsultants, risks, and deliverables.
• Strong knowledge of NHPA/NEPA/ARPA/NRHP criteria and regional requirements.
• Experience coordinating fieldwork, analysis, reporting, and regulatory review.
• Experience communicating with clients, agencies, tribes, staff, and partners.
• Ability to prepare scopes, fee estimates, proposals, technical reports, and client presentations.
• Strong writing, organizational, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with standard office, scheduling, project management, and financial tracking tools.
• Willingness to travel to Nevada/Utah and elsewhere as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple cultural resource projects from initiation through closeout, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, risk, and client communication.
• Develop project work plans, staffing plans, schedules, cost estimates, and task assignments.
• Track project performance, labor utilization, subcontractor costs, deliverables, and invoicing.
• Coordinate permits, access, equipment, subcontractors, health and safety planning, and technical resources before field activities begin.
• Maintain project records, decision logs, change documentation, and closeout materials.
• Serve as the day-to-day client contact and provide updates regarding progress, decisions, constraints, and needs.
• Build relationships with clients, agencies, tribes, landowners, teaming partners, and subcontractors.
• Coordinate with agencies to support regulatory reviews, permitting, consultation, and approvals.
• Support tribal consultation documentation and coordination.
• Monitor client satisfaction and elevate significant risks when needed.
• Coordinate archaeological inventory, monitoring, evaluation, testing, mitigation, and related studies.
• Prepare or review research designs, work plans, field methods, monitoring plans, and reports.
• Ensure deliverables are technically sound and undergo quality control reviews.
• Apply NHPA/NEPA/ARPA NRHP criteria and coordinate PI review when required.
• Develop defensible recommendations on eligibility, effects, avoidance, minimization, and mitigation.
• Lead project teams and provide coaching for quality and growth.
• Coordinate staff across offices for coverage and efficiency.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, and training activities.
• Promote safe field operations and ethical conduct.
• Identify follow-on work and opportunities; contribute to proposals and cost estimates.
• Forecast backlog and staffing needs; coordinate with leadership and other disciplines.

Skills

Project management

Client coordination

Regulatory compliance

Staff leadership

Proposal development

Team coordination

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Archaeology/Anthropology/History/CRM

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Oneida Environmental in the Great Basin region seeks an experienced Cultural Resources Project Manager to lead projects in Nevada and Utah, with support elsewhere. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, and client communication while coordinating field teams and regulatory reviews.

The role requires strong knowledge of NHPA/NEPA/ARPA, tribal coordination, and staff development, with travel to project sites as needed.