Southwest Archaeology PI & Field Director

True Environmental; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Sundance Consultants, part of True Environmental, seeks an Archaeologist PI/Field Director to lead cultural resources field crews in the Southwestern U.S. You will oversee NHPA/NEPA-related studies, coordinate fieldwork, and develop deliverables for complex permitting actions.

The role requires supervising staff, coordinating with clients and agencies, and delivering high-quality technical products while managing scope, schedule, and budgets.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Archaeology, Anthropology or a related field.
• Registered Professional Archaeologist.
• Currently hold or are capable of acquiring State and Federal permits for archaeology in New Mexico and Arizona.
• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Professional writing

Problem solving

Project planning

Team oriented

Education

Master's degree in Archaeology, Anthropology or related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Sundance Consultants, part of True Environmental, seeks an Archaeologist PI/Field Director to lead cultural resources field crews in the Southwestern U.S. You will oversee NHPA/NEPA-related studies, coordinate fieldwork, and develop deliverables for complex permitting actions.

The role requires supervising staff, coordinating with clients and agencies, and delivering high-quality technical products while managing scope, schedule, and budgets.