Archaeologist

Archaeologist - Cultural Resources Specialist

This full-time contract Archaeologist assignment will function as a Cultural Resource Specialist, providing professional support and assistance to the Historic Preservation (EH) organization at (CLIENT). This assignment will support CLIENT's Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Cultural Resource Program, which requires substantial coordination between CLIENT and partner agencies (the US Army Corps of Engineers [USACE] and the Bureau of Reclamation [Reclamation]) to address cultural resources compliance pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), including attendance at and coordination of at least 16 meetings per year between CLIENT, USACE, Reclamation, tribes, state historic preservation offices, and land managing agencies.

The primary purpose of this assignment is to provide professional knowledge in the inventory, evaluation, protection and management of prehistoric and historic resources. This assignment will require the ability to balance and prioritize multiple assigned projects and interact with a wide variety of CLIENT internal personnel and management, as well as federal, state, and tribal officials and other interested parties.

• Draft and recommend plans for cultural resource fieldwork, including pedestrian survey, subsurface testing, and site monitoring. When requested, review background research, field inventories (including subsurface testing) and resulting reports and other project deliverables that, depending on nature/type of project, meet the requirements of various state historic preservation offices, tribal historic preservation offices and other consulting parties.
• Assist in tracking, prioritizing, and monitoring numerous projects/tasks simultaneously; track / monitor program and/or project expenditures, alerting appropriate CLIENT manager and/or COR of potential issues / concerns.
• Evaluate cultural resources for eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with regulations implementing the National Historic Preservations Act (NHPA); including drafting supporting documentation for consultation with state and tribal historic preservation offices and other interested parties
• Facilitate/coordinate/attend off-site meetings in CLIENT's service territory including: preparing and distributing agendas, taking and distributing meeting notes, facilitating hybrid meetings, preparing, compiling, copying, etc. meeting materials, and coordinating with program participants who may represent other federal and state agencies and tribes. Many meetings require multiple day travel.
• Participate as a team member in preparing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and NHPA documents (i.e., drafting or reviewing relevant reports, forms, meeting notes, and sections of documents), detecting/identifying special cultural resource considerations and potential associated impacts.
• Draft, edit, and review contract statements of work (SOWs) and the associated deliverables for review and acceptance by CLIENT manager, Project Manager(s) and/or Contracting Officer's Representative (CORs).
• Communicate with internal and external parties regarding the FCRPS Cultural Resource Program project status, with CLIENT management review.
  
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  All formal communications must be aligned with and complimentary to other CLIENT and DOE public policy statements, programs, and direction and reviewed by Federal personnel.
• Maintain, process, disperse / destroy electronic and hard copy records (compliance reports, site records, spatial data, etc.), files and filing systems in accordance with federal compliance guidelines, records schedules, and the Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures.
• May prepare and review cultural resource management plans and project plans, recommending specific actions needed for long term cultural resource protection, including priorities, costs and schedules for CLIENT management review.
• Provide expertise and recommendations on the compliance of various proposed undertakings with federal cultural resources laws, their associated…