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Project Archaeologist
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Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, 63150, USA
Listed on 2026-06-02
Listing for:
Terracon
Full Time, Part Time
position Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
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Research/Development
Research Scientist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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General Responsibilities:
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.
Essential
Roles and Responsibilities:
* 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.
Preferred:
* 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 mutli-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.
Required
* 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.
Essential
Roles and Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Maximum Salary: 100100
Minimum Salary: 64600
EEO Statement Terracon is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.
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