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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 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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