Individual Placement - Cultural Resources Crew Member

Cultural Resources Crew Member

Cultural resources crew member working with the Cultural Resources Team in the Environmental Stewardship Section of the Willamette Valley Project, managing cultural resources around 13 Oregon lakes. Duties include surveying and documenting cultural resources, historical research, archiving historical media, and supporting Corps public outreach efforts.

The cultural resources crew member will work with the Cultural Resources Team in the Environmental Stewardship Section of the Willamette Valley Project (WVP) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. WVP is a major water resource project responsible for operating 13 dams and managing natural and cultural resources and recreation in the lakes and surrounding lands. We manage nearly 50,000 acres in the Willamette, McKenzie, and Santiam watersheds.

The Environmental Stewardship section is known for our community partnerships in natural and cultural resource preservation and restoration.

Location:

Junction City, OR

This position is primarily in a front country setting where emergency services are accessible, but may be delayed by 1-2 hours. SCA Members regularly interact with members of the public. Access to public transportation at work site is limited or not possible. Cell phone reception maybe limited, spotty, or not available.

This position may conduct work in an urban setting where emergency services, public transportation, and cell phone reception are readily accessible. Interactions with members of the public are regular and frequent.

Schedule:

February 8, 2027 - February 4, 2028

The selected crew member will serve a 52-week (12 month) term of service with a flexible start date.

Key

Duties and Responsibilities:

The crew member will assist with conducting cultural resource surveys and completing documentation, public outreach efforts, historic research, and archiving historic records. Cultural resource survey support includes monitoring and documenting archaeological and built resources, conducting background research, and compiling and mapping data for archaeological reports. Public outreach support includes developing presentations, pamphlets, and curriculum for public consumption to learn about Willamette Valley cultural resources and how the public can protect and preserve them.

The crew member would also participate in outreach events aimed at children, young adults, and adults. Archival work and research include organizing, cataloging, reviewing metadata, and scanning historic dam construction photos and related documents. In general, the crew member will learn about pre-contact archaeological sites, Traditional Cultural Properties, and historic resources such as relocated towns, roads, and railroads, and homesites that are present in the Willamette Valley Project.

Additional tasks include field support for natural resource programs, such as botany, wildlife biology, boundary surveys and park operations.

Marginal Duties:

• General office support — assisting with filing, organizing shared drives, preparing meeting materials, or updating internal tracking spreadsheets.
• Event logistics assistance — helping set up outreach booths, assembling educational materials, or coordinating supplies for public programs.
• Light field prep — preparing survey kits, charging GPS units, organizing maps, or staging equipment for cultural or natural resource field days.
• Visitor interaction — answering general questions at public events or providing basic information about cultural resource protection.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with coursework in anthropology, archaeology, cultural resources management, archival or museum studies, architectural history, GIS, or other closely related field
• Experience or training with ESRI GIS…