Project Archaeologist: Lead Cultural Resources

AKS Engineering & Forestry, LLC; Tualatin (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Weekly team lunches

PTO

Job summary

AKS Engineering & Forestry, LLC is seeking a Project Archaeologist to advance cultural resources consulting across the western United States. You will lead field crews, coordinate with agencies and clients, and manage the full project lifecycle from desktop reviews to field investigations and reporting.

Requirements include a graduate degree in archaeology/anthropology, CRM project experience, and strong writing and regulatory skills.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in archaeology, anthropology, or a closely related field.
• Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology and/or History or related field.
• Demonstrated CRM experience directing archaeological investigations and producing agency-ready technical documentation.
• Strong knowledge of NHPA Section 106, NEPA, SEPA, CEQA, and applicable federal and state cultural resources requirements and the ability to translate those requirements into practical project strategies.
• Strong archaeological field, artifact identification/analysis, research, and technical writing skills.
• Experience supervising field crews and independently making sound field decisions.
• Meeting and exceeding productivity goals and KPIs
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining responsiveness, quality, schedule, and budget.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly and perform fieldwork throughout the western U.S.
• Valid driver's license and ability to safely operate field vehicles as required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, and document archaeological investigations, including records reviews, pedestrian survey, subsurface testing, monitoring, site evaluation, and data recovery.
• Direct archaeological field crews and ensure fieldwork is safe, efficient, technically exceptional, and consistent with applicable agency standards and project requirements.
• Identify and analyze prehistoric and historic archaeological materials, features, sites, and landscapes and synthesize field, laboratory, archival, GIS, and environmental information.
• Prepare clear, defensible technical reports, site records, research designs, treatment plans, eligibility evaluations, effects analyses, and other cultural resources documentation.
• Apply federal, state, local, and agency-specific cultural resources laws, regulations, standards, and guidance to real-world projects, particularly Section 106 of the NHPA and its relationship to NEPA and project permitting.
• Understand archaeological sensitivity in the context of North American archaeology, landform history, geomorphology, depositional environments, and buried-site potential.
• Coordinate effectively and respectfully with clients, agencies, Tribal representatives and monitors, landowners, contractors, construction personnel, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Manage assigned scopes, schedules, budgets, staffing, and deliverables; anticipate problems and communicate emerging issues before they become project problems.
• Support proposals, scopes of work, cost estimates, project planning, and broader growth of the Cultural Resources practice.
• Travel and conduct fieldwork throughout the West, including work in remote locations, difficult terrain, and variable or inclement weather.

Skills

Field supervision

Regulatory compliance

Technical writing

Project coordination

Education

Graduate degree in archaeology/anthropology

Tools

GIS

GPS data collection

Archaeological databases

Job description

AKS Engineering & Forestry, LLC is seeking a Project Archaeologist to advance cultural resources consulting across the western United States. You will lead field crews, coordinate with agencies and clients, and manage the full project lifecycle from desktop reviews to field investigations and reporting.

Requirements include a graduate degree in archaeology/anthropology, CRM project experience, and strong writing and regulatory skills.