Archaeological Field Technician

Stantec is currently recruiting for part-time on-call Archaeological Field Technicians to work out of our Central Pennsylvania office and Hampton, Virginia office on future projects throughout the country.

Your

Key Responsibilities:

• Survey transects up to fifteen miles in length on a daily basis
• Recordation and delineation of archaeological sites
• Completion of archaeological site forms, site sketches, profiles, logs, and other paperwork
• Excavation of shovel test pits, test units, trenches, or other excavation as needed
• Identification and description of soil profiles, horizons, artifacts, and cultural features
• Artifact organization, processing, and inventory

Your Capabilities and Credentials:

• Excellent written, oral, and computer skills
• Ability to exercise professional discretion and judgment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Periodic travel required, including international travel
• Candidate must be able to work in project locations remote from their home office for extended time periods
• Must possess a valid driver’s license with clean record
• Drug screen required for position

Education and Experience:

• BA degree in Archaeology or Anthropology
• Completion of an archaeological field school or a minimum of one year of professional archaeological experience
• Experience in Mid-Atlantic archaeology preferred
• Experience in Archaeological Survey
• Experience with completing archaeological forms and paperwork
• Experience identifying soil horizons, cultural features, and artifacts
• Experience in organizing and inventorying data

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• The employee may be required to walk up to 15 miles a day in rough and uneven terrain and transport up to 35 pounds of gear

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.