Senior Archaeologist

Minimum Requirements Master's in Anthropology/Archaeology or related field 8 + years experience in positions with responsibility for successfully planning and completing cultural resource studies Principal investigator for Arizona Antiquities Act permit Word and Excel Job Description : Position DescriptionThis is a senior position in a cultural resource group with a dozen staff. The cultural resource group is based within an environmental planning and assessment group and much of the work is done within an interdisciplinary environmental planning context, usually directed at complying with the National Environmental Policy Act. The cultural resources group also supports the work of transportation, water resources and environmental engineering and remediation, and community development divisions, as well as offices in Tucson, and neighboring states.Requires the ability to plan and conduct cultural resource planning studies, surveys, and archaeological testing and data recovery studies, and produce technically sound and well written reports. Candidate should have technical skills to lead and train junior staff. Position requires ability and experience in scoping projects and estimating budgets, managing projects, and serving as technical leader for study teams.Position requires the ability to deal with multiple tasks, good communication skills, and ability to represent the company in interactions with clients and review agencies. Position will assist in marketing the services of the cultural resources group.Daily activities could involve conducting a variety of cultural resource studies, organizing the work of study teams, monitoring project budgets, reviewing study reports, interacting with clients and review agencies, and marketing the services of the cultural resources group.Position will serve on interdisciplinary planning teams preparing documents such as environmental impact statements and environmental assessments. The position will also manage stand alone cultural resource projects, working with the cultural resources group staff to plan and conduct required studies.Candidate must thoroughly understand federal, tribal, state, and local government historic preservation regulations.***To apply, please visit our website at www.urscorp.jobs and apply to requisition URS27385***xurs02x : : EOE M/F/D/V