Senior Cultural Resources PI & PM (Great Basin)

Oneida ESC Group; Nevada; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 16 days

Holidays 8

401(k) match

Health/Dental/Eye insurance

Employee referral

Tuition reimbursement

EAP

Wellness program

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

The Oneida ESC Group seeks an experienced Cultural Resource Principal Investigator / Sr. Project Manager to lead and grow cultural resource services in the Great Basin, primarily Nevada and Utah.

Responsibilities include business development, client growth, staff supervision, technical direction, and operational accountability. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of Great Basin archaeology, historic preservation, tribal consultation, and federal/state regulatory requirements with strong

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Cultural Resource Management, or a closely related field.
• Advanced degree preferred for PI role.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development for cultural resource services across the Great Basin, with primary emphasis on Nevada and Utah.
• Identify, qualify, and pursue federal, state, tribal, municipal, utility, transportation, energy, and private-sector opportunities.
• Develop capture strategies, client-specific growth plans, teaming relationships, and go/no-go recommendations.
• Lead or support proposals, statements of qualifications, scopes of work, fee development, interviews, and contract negotiations.
• Coordinate with leadership to cross-sell services and expand strategic accounts.
• Maintain an active pipeline and provide forecasting of pursuits, backlog, staffing demand, and revenue opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, agency reps, tribal governments, and teaming partners.
• Serve as senior client contact, anticipate needs, and develop practical solutions for compliance, schedule, and mission objectives.
• Monitor client satisfaction and ensure commitments are fulfilled.
• Represent the company at industry events, associations, conferences, and client meetings.
• Provide operational leadership for the Great Basin cultural resources practice, including workload planning, staffing, scheduling, quality, risk, and financial performance.
• Oversee budgets, labor utilization, subcontractors, invoicing, collections support, profitability, and corrective actions.
• Balance project delivery with business development priorities and staffing capacity.
• Establish annual operating goals, hiring priorities, and investment needs.
• Implement QA, health and safety, records management, and regulatory compliance practices.
• Serve as Principal Investigator for archaeological investigations when qualified.
• Develop research designs, field methods, testing and data recovery strategies, and monitoring plans.
• Provide senior review and technical direction for inventory, evaluation, mitigation, monitoring, and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with NHPA, NEPA, ARPA, and regional laws and guidance.
• Support consultation with tribes, agencies, clients, landowners, and other parties with respectful practices.
• Ensure recommendations on eligibility, effects, avoidance, minimization, and mitigation are well documented.
• Supervise archaeologists, historians, field staff, and technical specialists.
• Set performance expectations, assign work, review deliverables, and support professional development.
• Lead recruiting, onboarding, and retention for the Great Basin practice.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, safety, and tribal respect.
• Coordinate staff across offices for coverage and utilization.
• Provide executive oversight for multiple projects to ensure on-time, in-scope, and on-budget delivery.
• Confirm availability of permits, equipment, and subcontracts before field activities.
• Review risks, contractual requirements, and change management for projects.
• Maintain visibility into deliverable quality and client communications.
• Travel to client meetings and sites as needed.

Skills

Archaeology knowledge

Historic preservation

Tribal consultation

Regulatory requirements

Project management

Leadership

Education

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

Tools

GIS

Cultural resource databases

Project management software

Financial reporting tools

Job description

The Oneida ESC Group seeks an experienced Cultural Resource Principal Investigator / Sr. Project Manager to lead and grow cultural resource services in the Great Basin, primarily Nevada and Utah.

Responsibilities include business development, client growth, staff supervision, technical direction, and operational accountability. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of Great Basin archaeology, historic preservation, tribal consultation, and federal/state regulatory requirements with strong