Project Archaeologist

General Responsibilities

Are you looking to join an established environmental planning practice with the opportunity to build your own local cultural resources team? We are looking for a Senior Archaeologist to help grow our cultural resources team in Lenexa, Kansas. This is a full-time position with benefits.

• Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
• Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects.
• Design, conduct, and report on archaeological investigations of all types (pre-contact, historic, industrial, rural, urban) and phases (survey, evaluation, mitigation) to regulatory agency standards on projects located in the central region with an emphasis on MO and KS.
• Conduct independent pre-contact and historic documentary research.
• Develop proposals, methodologies, and research designs for all types and phases of archaeological projects.
• Supervise and coordinate field and laboratory crews.
• Coordinate and assist internal and external clients with cultural resources regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with other Archaeological Principal Investigators and historians within Terracon across the region and nationally.
• Market our archaeological services to new and existing clients.
• Manage projects within budget and deadline constraints.
• Grow and manage a local team of full and part time field archaeologists.

• Professional experience as an Archaeological Principal Investigator in MO, IL, AR, and/or KS.
• Professional experience working on solar farms, commercial developments, and communications tower projects.
• Experience writing bid and proposal packages for large multi-year state and federal government contracts.
• Experience marketing archaeological services.
• Experience managing a team of archaeologists.
• Listed as a Registered Professional Archaeologist or ability to obtain RPA status.

• Meet SOI Qualifications as Principal Investigator
• Ability to work as an Archaeological Principal Investigator under the requirements of the State Historic Preservation Officer in MO.
• Minimum of Master’s degree in Anthropology or closely related field.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience with increasing responsibility including at least one (1) year of experience serving as a Principal Investigator and/or Project Archaeologist in U.S. with a professional cultural resource, architectural, or engineering firm or a federal or state agency such as a State Historic Preservation Office.
• Intimate knowledge of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely using both written and verbal skills.
• Ability to multi-task within flexible/fluid schedules and project needs.
• Ability to lead teams of archaeologists to complete fieldwork, reporting, lab work and curation in compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Eligibility to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Possession of a U.S. driver’s license, with acceptable violation history.