Senior Archaeologist - West Locations

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Jacobs is seeking full-time or modified full-time Senior Archaeologists to work on a variety of projects throughout the western United States. Your primary focus will be providing archaeological support and both desktop and field‑based cultural resources support for planning, engineering, and construction services to government, military, and commercial clients in various locations. The Senior Archaeologist career path provides the opportunity to work on projects that require compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other federal, state, and local cultural resource regulations.

As a Senior Archaeologist, you’ll serve as a key team member working with scientists, engineers, project managers, and other project staff across business sectors and practices in the company. Clients and agencies seek you out because of your demonstrated expertise and ability to solve problems. You have extensive experience as a consultant, with an agency, or both. You are a known regularly expert, locally and possibly nationally.

You work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. You interpret internal and external business, solving complex problems and identifying innovative solutions based on experience, judgement, and understanding of best practices.

• Track and provide updates on discipline‑specific topics, including the following
• Changes to the regulatory environment
• New or advanced field methods
• Internal policies
• Serve as staff leadership, including providing support, mentorship, and timely, constructive, and direct feedback
• Forecast workload and make recommendations on staffing
• Manage large, complex cultural resource projects
• Serve as the primary client (and prospective client contact) for large programs and controversial projects
• Distribute project management workload among career and associate professionals
• Mentor career and associate professionals, in coordination with other senior leaders
• Take a significant role in business development for large contracts
• May serve as discipline or practice lead
• Coordinate with internal cultural resources leaders across geographies
• Provide timely and focused senior review
• Provide a regular forum for career and associate professionals to discuss complex issues, staffing concerns, and specialized project needs
• Provide support for project delivery and innovation, as appropriate

Possible office locations HYBRID, REMOTE, or OFFICE. May be located near any state in the US West, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming.

• Master’s Degree in Anthropology or Archaeology
• Meet Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for Archaeology
• Minimum of 10 years of professional archaeological fieldwork experience
• 3 to 5 years experience as a Principal Investigator
• Must be capable of walking for long periods of time over unfamiliar terrain, excavating shovel tests and test units, screening soil, and carrying field equipment
• Must be willing and able to travel frequently and for long periods of time, as needed
• Experience using GPS technology

• Experience working in the consulting environment and ability to handle multiple…