Senior Consultant, Archaeologist

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** Make Your Mark on the Future of Cultural Resource Stewardship in the Pacific Northwest
** If you’re an experienced archaeologist who thrives in dynamic environments—where every project brings a new landscape, new questions, and new stories waiting to be uncovered—this is your opportunity to shape meaningful outcomes across some of the region’s most influential environmental and infrastructure projects. At
** ERM**, you won’t just support cultural resources work—you’ll help drive it, partnering with industry-leading experts across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
** Why This Role Matters
** The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the nation’s most culturally rich and environmentally sensitive landscapes. As a
** Senior Consultant, Archaeologist
** on ERM’s archaeology team you will play a critical role in ensuring responsible, ethical, and compliant development.

Your expertise will directly inform environmental decision-making, contribute to federal and state permitting, and strengthen relationships with agencies and stakeholders who play a defining role in resource management across
** Washington, Oregon, and the greater region**.
** What Your Impact Is
** In this role, you will:
* Lead and execute archaeological field investigations—including surveys, testing, excavations, and construction monitoring—to support culturally responsible project planning.
* Guide the development of high-quality technical reports, contributing to environmental documents and regulatory submissions relied upon by agencies such as SHPO, DAHP, and Oregon Heritage.
* Represent ERM in communications with clients, teaming partners, and state and federal agency counterparts.
* Provide technical consulting that strengthens ERM’s archaeology and cultural heritage practice across the Pacific Northwest and broader U.S.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of planners, biologists, GIS specialists, wetland scientists, and engineers to deliver integrated, high-standard environmental solutions.
** What You’ll Bring
**** Required
* ** Graduate degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or closely related field, plus 4+ years of paid professional experience.
* Ability to be listed as Field Director on BLM, ARPA, and state cultural resources permits.
* Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA); meets or exceeds Washington DAHP-, Oregon SHPO-, and Secretary of the Interior-qualified archaeologist standards.
* Demonstrated experience directing fieldwork in the PNW—inventory, survey, testing, and/or data recovery—with knowledge of the Northwest Coast and Columbian Plateau culture areas.
* Experience as primary or co-author of agency-reviewed technical reports (e.g., Class I/III reports, treatment plans).
* Ability to work independently or as part of a larger archaeological team.
* Willingness and ability to travel across WA and OR, with occasional travel throughout the Mountains and Pacific region.
* Ability to conduct physically demanding fieldwork (walking up to 10 miles/day, carrying up to 50 lbs., working in diverse weather and terrain, conducting shovel testing).
* Proficiency with mapping and field applications (e.g., total station, GPS, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey
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* Driver's License

Required:

This position requires a valid driver's license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area.
* Flexibility to work in a variable-paced environment where priorities shift with project needs; fieldwork may be required up to 75% during peak season.
* ** This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
**** Preferred
* ** Field experience in additional western states (e.g., CA, AZ, NV, , UT).
** Key Responsibilities
*** Prepare or lead the development of technical reports for desktop and field-based cultural resources investigations and contribute to cultural resources…