Cultural Resources Specialist

Posting Date

04/08/26

Open Until Filled

$75,000 - $116,500 annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. The position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Unclassified

Transportation

The Cultural Resources Specialist analyzes, surveys, investigates, documents, and presents cultural (archaeological and historical) resources for Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) projects. The position is also responsible for acting as an Environmental Program Branch (EPB) Lead, serving as an environmental point of contact and environmental project manager for MCDOT projects. The specialist possesses a working knowledge of natural resources and hazardous materials.

We value your time. The time with your family. The time you spend on the road. And the time you spend making a difference. At MCDOT, we provide connections that improve people's lives. By combining innovative technologies with the vast talent of our employees, we plan for future needs and operate a transportation system with the community in mind. Are you interested in contributing to the community in which you work, live, and play?

Then, join our team and help us build connections.

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Child care benefits, including access to our on‑site center, Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive
• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring a 12% monthly contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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• Three years of cultural supervisor experience, including one year of work experience with cultural resources field work (surveyed a minimum cumulative extent of 640 acres)
• Master’s degree or higher in Anthropology or Archaeology
• A bachelor's degree in Anthropology or Archaeology, and two years of equivalent work experience may substitute for the master's degree requirement; this must include at least eight months of supervised fieldwork in survey, eight months of supervised fieldwork in education, and eight months of supervised work in artifact identification and the analysis and synthesis of archaeological data

• Successful candidates must currently possess, or have the ability to obtain, a valid Arizona driver’s license by the time of hire
• Must have written or edited and approved one archaeological treatment plan or federal grant proposal, with a research design and work plan
• Must have written or edited and approved archaeological research reports
  • At least one of these must be an excavation (data recovery) report
  • Must have administered and supervised both research projects/reports, including supervision of all the project directors in the laboratory and in the field
• Ability to obtain an Arizona Antiquities Act Blanket Permit within six months of hire. Please note that obtaining an Arizona Antiquities Act Blanket Permit is a condition of employment

• Master’s degree with at least five years of relevant work experience. At least three years of experience working in the public sector or working on roadway transportation or other linear projects. Experience in the evaluation and documentation of the historic built environment
• Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for Archaeologists, Historians, or Architectural Historians
• Principles of Arizona preservation, Arizona prehistory, and history. Training in Section 106 of NHPA, Arizona SHPA, Section 4(f), NEPA, and other State and Federal cultural resources laws

• Review and approve documentation…