Get ready to move into a progressive career that will have you working with our cultural resources staff and leading the experience of preserving and protecting important archaeological and cultural heritage resources. As a
Senior Archaeologist, you’ll play an invaluable role in performing archaeological surveys, testing, evaluation, data recovery, and construction monitoring. You’ll work on a variety of projects in Hawaii, across the Pacific Region, and throughout the United States. We’ll ask you serve as a crew chief or field director on projects and as a co-author on reports. You’ll use your expertise by preparing artifact analyses, detailed field notes and archaeological site records, and research. In addition, you will also provide desktop and field-based cultural resources support for planning, engineering, and construction services to government, military, and commercial clients in various locations. As an Archaeologist with us, you’ll be empowered to work independently; and at times challenged by working in remote locations for extended periods of time under all weather conditions. The Archaeologist career path provides the opportunity to work on projects that require compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act (HEPA), the Hawaii Historic Preservation Act (Ch. 6e, HRS), and other federal, state, and local cultural resource regulations. You’ll serve as a key team member working with scientists, engineers, project managers, and other project staff across business sectors and practices in the company. You’ll analyze and interpret data; write and review cultural resources technical reports and site forms; develop archaeological treatment plans and agreement documents; and evaluate eligibility of resources for listing in the NRHP and state registers. You’ll also provide support to, and work with, senior-level cultural resources staff on a variety of projects and support clients during agency and native Hawaiian consultations. Follow your purpose and help define human history alongside some of the best archaeologists across the globe.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology, Archaeology or a related field.
- Demonstrated professional archaeological field work experience.
- Knowledge of historic preservation laws and policies.
- Demonstrated experience in the Hawaii market.
- Experience using GPS technology.
- Must be capable of walking for long periods of time over unfamiliar terrain, excavating shovel tests and test units, screening soil, and carrying field equipment.
- Must be willing and able to travel frequently and for long periods of time, as needed.
- Must be motivated and able to work safely with minimum supervision.
- Experience supervising field surveys and junior staff.
- Experience completing cultural resources studies for infrastructure, electrical transmission, renewable energy, and/or remediation projects
- Experience working with Hawaii’s historic preservation communities, and native Hawaiian organizations.
Ideally, You’ll Also Have:
- Master’s Degree in Anthropology or Archaeology.
Ideally 15 years of professional archaeological fieldwork experience.
- Experience working in the consulting environment and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and be responsive to both internal and external clients.
